i don't see how this has anything to do with law, beyond the mechanics of setting up an account of this kind. BP could have refused if popular opinion wasn't s

i don't see how this has anything to do with law, beyond the mechanics of setting up an account of this kind. BP could have refused if popular opinion wasn't so strongly against BP, the president's demands would have been meaningless, so this isn't about the president and his "powers," but about the kinds of things you have to do when everyone is rightfully pissed at your company