Bush Administration Officials Lived Lives of Sex, Drugs and Oil

Posted by Digby, Hullabaloo at 4:02 PM on September 10, 2008.

There was a fraternity house atmosphere inside the Denver Minerals
Management Service office.

Gov't Officials Probed About Illicit Sex, Gifts

Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties
engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were
dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal
investigators said Wednesday.

The alleged transgressions involve 13 Interior Department employees in
Denver and Washington. Their alleged improprieties include rigging
contracts, working part-time as private oil consultants, and having
sexual relationships with -- and accepting golf and ski trips and
dinners from -- oil company employees, according to three reports
released Wednesday by the Interior Department's inspector general.

The investigations reveal a "culture of substance abuse and
promiscuity" by a small group of individuals "wholly lacking in
acceptance of or adherence to government ethical standards," wrote
Inspector General Earl E. Devaney.