Politics | ABC News Gulf Oil Spill Worse Than Katrina: Poll Majority of Americans want BP to face criminal charges By Marie Morris Posted Jun 7, 2010 4:55 PM CDT Copied Plaquemines Parish coastal zone director P.J. Hahn lifts his boot out of thick oil on the beach at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, off the Gulf of Mexico, June 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) The federal government's handing of the Gulf oil spill is even worse than its reaction to Hurricane Katrina, and BP should face criminal charges related to the disaster, a majority of Americans say in a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. The feds' reaction was "poor" or "not so good," according to 69% of respondents—and that looks pretty good compared with the 81% who deemed BP's response inadequate. Nearly two-thirds of Americans want to see BP in court, and nearly three-quarters place at least some blame on "unnecessary risks taken by BP and its drilling partners." Read These Next Hundreds of South Koreans were detained at a Georgia factory site. The story of a failed secret SEAL mission in North Korea. How you make it up the mountain can earn you cheers, or jeers. Residents of famed nudist ranch are suing property owners. Report an error