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Sex, Drugs, and Rockin' Oil
Are we surprised to find out that the U.S. government employees who
oversee offshore oil drilling turn out to be literally and figuratively 'in bed'
with the oil industry? A compilation of news stories about this scandal.
by Sterling
D. Allan
Pure Energy Systems News
None of us in the renewable energy sector are surprised by the scandal that was
announced Wednesday involving sex and drug favors to the U.S. Department of
Interior personnel overseeing offshore oil drilling.
This embarrassing illustration of the cozy relationship between the Bush
administration and the oil industry is now paraded before the world. This
unveiling of the wizard behind the curtain can be a positive thing for the quest
to move toward renewable energy sources.
The day prior to the report's release, President Bush had a private lunch with
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, the man in charge of the agency at the heart
of the scandal. To be a fly on the wall during that meeting . . .
The allegations of scandalous behavior involve a dozen or so government
employees in Denver and Washington. Their task is to sell U.S. mineral
rights to oil companies -- contracts worth eight billion annually, providing one
of the government's biggest sources of revenue besides taxes.
According to the inspector general, they rigged contracts, and engaged in
illegal moonlighting, drugs, sex and gift-taking from oil company
representatives.
The report allegations include:
- An employee who attended a so-called "treasure hunt" in the
desert with all expenses paid by an oil producer.
- A former supervisor who bought cocaine from a colleague, then boosted her
performance award, had sex with subordinates and steered government
contracts to an outside business where he also worked.
CBS News reported that "no one - from the oil companies to the workers
allegedly involved - provided a response today other than to say they cooperated
with the investigation, or appropriate action will be taken."
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Google News Archive
The following are the stories that pulled up in Google News for a search on
the term sex+oil+interior, as of Sept. 11, 2008, 7:15 pm Mountain time.
Sex,
Drugs, and Royalties
Slate - 13
hours ago
... with oil and gas company
representatives," and created a "culture of
substance abuse and promiscuity." The latest reports by
the Interior Department's ...
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Gov't
officials probed about illicit sex, gifts
The Associated Press -
Sep 10, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) Government officials
handling billions of dollars in oil royalties
partied, had sex with and accepted golf and ski
outings from employees ...
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Gov't
officials investigated for sex, gifts
The Associated Press -
Sep 10, 2008
Congress earlier this year passed a law
halting deposits of oil to the reserve to alleviate
high gasoline prices. Interior Secretary Dirk
Kempthorne, ...
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Oil
Industry Sex and Drug Scandal
Free Market News
Network, FL - 13 hours ago
US Interior Department employees who
oversaw oil drilling on federal lands had sex
and used illegal drugs with workers at energy companies
where they were ...
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AP
Executive Morning Briefing
The Associated Press -
15 hours ago
___ Oil brokers sex scandal
may affect drilling debate WASHINGTON (AP) A scandal
involving sex, drugs and uh, offshore oil
drilling. It's a strange mix, ...
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Humor
by Argus Hamilton
Tucson Citizen, AZ -
2 hours ago
The Interior Department is facing a sex
scandal. Staffers are accused of having sex with oil
company execs. It's only part of a reciprocal agreement the oil
...
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Oil
Exploration, the X-Rated Version
New America Media, CA -
Sep 10, 2008
Federal investigators found that 13 Interior
Department officials handling billions of dollars in oil
royalties improperly had sex with representatives of ...
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Wall
Street Tax Dodge
Slate - 14
hours ago
Sex, drugs, lavish gifts: just
another day at the office for the US Interior
Department employees tasked with collecting about $4 billion
per year in oil ...
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Morning
Wrap
The BLT, DC -
12 hours ago
Scandal at Interior: The WaPo reports
on the federal investigation of the Interior
Department, which uncovered a host of offenses committed by
government ...
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In
Egypt, Ramadan TV causes some real-life drama
Menassat, Lebanon -
Sep 10, 2008
The show's producers had to change the name
of a character in the series, Sharawi Jumaa, because
it happened to be also the name of an Interior
Minister ...
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MMS
sex scandal arms anti-drilling faction
EnergyCurrent, TX -
7 hours ago
"Big oil has used sex and
drugs and illegal gifts with US government watchdogs that
are charged with keeping a watchful eye on the oil
industry's offshore ...
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Page compiled by Sterling
D. Allan Sept. 11, 2008
Last updated October 22, 2008
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