Cover-Ups Throughout Bush Administration Continue

      I have posted on the $10 billion in revenue that the government has failed to collect from companies such as ExxonMobile and Shell to extract oil and gas from federal lands, in the past.

   Here is a new twist on things, coming from Congressional Quarterly's Jeff Tollefson.

A much-anticipated report to Congress will allege that Interior Department officials covered up a problem with oil and gas leases after it was discovered in 2000, according to congressional aides.

The Interior Department inspector general (IG) also has been investigating whether Johnnie Burton, head of the agency that collects royalties, might have been told about the problem earlier than she said in congressional testimony last fall.

    But the Bush Administration isn't about oil. The war in Iraq isn't about oil. The forthcoming war with Iran isn't about oil either!

 

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White House Forces Out Another Prosecutor

    Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney for Nevada, has been forced into resigning by the Bush administration. This is the second prosecutor forced out in the past week. As noted by the folks at TPMmuckraker

By Justin Rood - January 15, 2007

Nevada's GOP senator, John Ensign, had recommended Bodgen for the post, and spoke to the paper for the record. "His priorities, to prevent terrorism and prosecute violent and drug crimes, have made our communities and families safer," he said.

The paper did not include a quote on the topic from Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who also represents Nevada. However, it noted that a spokesperson for Reid said the lawmaker was in favor of legislation to prevent U.S. attorneys from being replaced without Senate approval.           Entire Article

   I guess that the Bush Crime Family intends to replace these prosecutors with others who may be more inclined to not pursue any charges against them when the charges do come up.

 

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