Looks like 10 -13 people from the Interior Dept are about to be charge with crimes relating to energy contracts that were awarded on the basis of drugs, sex, and other special favors.
Story breaking: link
Edit update: Contracts awarded based on gifts, drugs, promiscuity.
More from Inspector General shortly.
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BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
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BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by PeakingAroundtheCorner » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 15:10:49
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by vision-master » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 15:14:13
Link pleaze - not main page of cnn.
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by PeakingAroundtheCorner » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 15:15:27
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'L')ink pleaze - not main page of cnn.
It's on their live broadcast. You'll have to wait for it to develop and go online. Also, there may be live video there already.
On edit: Ok, here you go: link
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by Leanan » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 15:18:21
The story is on the front page in our news section.
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by Plantagenet » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 15:34:17
There is no sleaze like Big Oil Sleaze.
Obama should be able to ride this sleazy scandal all the way to the White House.
Obama should be able to ride this sleazy scandal all the way to the White House.
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by TheDude » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 15:41:33
WSJ: Government Oil Officials Probed About Improprieties
Sex..."Probed"... "Oh, probe me, you Big Oil Boy!"
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') report by the department's inspector general, Earl Devaney, which was released Wednesday, is expected to recommend disciplinary action for up to a dozen employees of the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service, people familiar with the matter said. A summary of the report said the report also criticizes "the refusal of one major oil company - Chevron - to cooperate with our investigation."
Sex..."Probed"... "Oh, probe me, you Big Oil Boy!"
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') report by the department's inspector general, Earl Devaney, which was released Wednesday, is expected to recommend disciplinary action for up to a dozen employees of the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service, people familiar with the matter said. A summary of the report said the report also criticizes "the refusal of one major oil company - Chevron - to cooperate with our investigation."
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')We discovered a culture of substance abuse and promiscuity in the RIK program -- both within the program, including a supervisor…who engaged in illegal drug use and has sexual relations with subordinates and in consort with industry," a summary of Mr. Devaney's report said. The report adds that some agency employees "also engaged in brief sexual relationships with industry contact. Sexual relationships with prohibited sources cannot, by definition, be arms-length."
Wednesday's report is the latest black eye for the Minerals Management Service. In July, a top aide at the agency pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to violating conflict-of-interest laws. The employee, Jimmy W. Mayberry, 65 years old, acknowledged helping create a consulting position that he was hired for after retiring from government.
Substance abuse would explain why navigating through the MMS site is like playing one of those 80s text adventure games. "Turn Left." "You've been eaten by an orc!"
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by emersonbiggins » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 15:45:53
HURRR, you want I should probe you?
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by killJOY » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 15:52:01
Per COC: 3.1.1 Nudity, partial nudity, or adult content: This includes any explicit images as well as language describing sex acts or erotica.Text deleted.-FL
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by Starvid » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 16:00:08
Hey, about my two favourite things! 
By the way, since when is promiscuity a bad thing and why is it wrong to consume alcohol at industry functions? Cocaine I get, but alcohol?
By the way, since when is promiscuity a bad thing and why is it wrong to consume alcohol at industry functions? Cocaine I get, but alcohol?
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Re: BREAKING CNN: Sex and Oil Scandal...
by mos6507 » Wed 10 Sep 2008, 16:03:00
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')here is no sleaze like Big Oil Sleaze.
Including the big oil that Palin is in bed with up in your parts?
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