Did Bushs Interior Secretary Talk to Shell About Getting A Job There While Still In Office?
See Also: InterOil’s Own Geologists Say It Is Lying To Wall Street, Says Skeptic* Six Dead, Dozens Trapped In West Virginia Coal Mine Disaster 25 Dead In Horrible Mine Tragedy $(“.box-post a”).mousedown(function() { $.post(“/ws/heatmap”, { homepage: ‘4ad0a51d00000000003a568f’, uri: $(this).attr(“href”) }); }); It’s hard to imagine a more blatant conflict of interest than being a regulator and, while in office, talking to a company you regulate about going to work there after you leave. LA Times: A federal grand jury has subpoenaed records from Royal Dutch Shell PLC as part of a Justice Department investigation into corruption allegations against former Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton, according to sources close to the investigation. … Prosecutors are investigating whether Norton was discussing future employment with Shell before she stepped down as Interior secretary in March 2006, when she was in charge of a process that resulted in Shell winning three lucrative leases to research
