Interior Dept. Cover-Up of lease scandal

Apparently there are no lengths to which Bush Administration officials will not go in defense of Big Oil. According to Congressional Quarterly, the Interior Department’s Inspector General will shortly issue a report revealing that Department officials, after learning in 2000 of mistakes in leases that could cost the American people $10 billion, proceeded to cover it up. And apparently Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton lied to Congress about it last year. Ooops.