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...Here, TIME congressional correspondent Douglas Waller, author of "Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine," (HarperCollins), offers his take on the ongoing inquiry into the USS Greeneville disaster...
...Waller: He can't. You're not going to find one fatal error that caused the submarine to collide with that fishing boat. This accident wasn't caused by one person or one single event. As with most disastrous submarine accidents, this was a result of a combination of dozens of events...
...Waller: This was not due to one person's mistake. The fire control technician mans what's called the "contact evaluation plot" - a vertical sheet of paper in the control room that he marks up with different colored pencils to keep track of the locations of other ships and submarines. A contact evaluation plot is often just used as an historical record so crews can keep track of where things are - it's one of maybe a dozen tracking devices they...
...Waller: At this point, assuming the House votes in sync with the Senate, it will be up to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to introduce new rules...
...Waller: We don't know yet. But it's certainly safe to assume any new rules will be more acceptable to Republican interests...