Last time we checked in on the Exxon oil spill in an Arkansas suburb, things were getting rather Orwellian: Cameras and reporters were barred from entering the site, and Exxon was saying that the oil spill wasn't actually an oil spill, because the oil that spilled was actually bitumen, or heavy crude from tar sands.The goofballery won't continue forever, though. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel last night told Rachel Maddow that the state plans on investigating what exactly happened, as he thinks what's being billed as an accident (and then hidden away from view) is actually result of negligence. The key quote from the segment above, pulled by Raw Story:“I think when people found out that there was a rupture and there was a 65-year-old pipeline, I think that almost everybody assumed that there was some small crack due to age,” he said. “The rupture was 22 feet long. Twenty-two feet is not something one would think would happen gradually. So now we’re starting to ask all new questions.”McDaniel has already told Exxon to hand over all documents from its internal investigation, as well as all maintenance and inspection reports on the pipeline. The EPA has already classified the spill as a "major spill," with tens of thousands of gallons of oil spilling out not just into the suburb, but through storm drains and waterways into important freshwater systems. It's good to see McDaniel investigating the spill, but it's also important to remember that, while this single case has gotten plenty of attention, toxic spills happen nearly every day.@derektmead