As investigators dig into the details of this week’s deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia, it seems no one wants even a shred of responsibility. On Thursday, a lawyer for the train's engineer said his client had no memory of the wreck but definitely had not been drinking or texting. Amtrak blamed federal officials, reports The New York Times, saying the train was equipped with an automatic speed-control system but it wasn’t working because of budget cuts and bureaucratic delays. When reporters asked House Speaker John Boehner about that, he called it “a stupid question,” reports Politico. Meanwhile, the National Traffic Safety Board said the train’s speed went from 70 mph to more than 100 mph in the minute before derailing, reports The Washington Post. Nobody knows why.
