Oil companies gave sex, drinks, gifts to federal overseers

Interior Department officials, while handling billions of dollars in oil and gas royalty payments, engaged in illicit sex with industry employees and accepted meals, drinks, ski junkets and golf outings from major oil companies, internal investigators reported Wednesday. Full Story »

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Steve Corenflos
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by Steve Corenflos - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a one-sided presentation of the story, with little to no 'defense' or rebuttal from the other side. That said the evidence compiled over two years into the report is pretty damning. This should be on the front page of every newspaper and the top story of every news broadcast in the country. America should be outraged. In keeping with tradition, this will probably amount to a blip or less on the press-coverage radar.

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