Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Equal Opportunity Offenders
Mineral Management Service in the U.S. Department of Interior doesn't just cheat Indian tribes out of royalties from oil, gas and coal leases. As this article in the Houston Chronicle observes, they also work hard to defraud the U.S. Treasury and states like Louisiana of revenues legally due them. Part of that work includes firing honest auditors and whistleblowers. Sound familiar?