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September 10, 2008 at 2:58pm

TOWLER: Interior Department - the oil-royalty collector - hit by scandal

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Another Bush problem for John McCain to run from?

Today's New York Times is reporting that the US Interior Department, which is responsible for collecting oil and gas royalties, "has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal - including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct."

"A culture of ethical failure" besets the agency, the department's inspector general, Earl Devaney, wrote in a memo accompanying three reports given to Congress today.

The news breaks as Congress debates permitting more offshore drilling.

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