The article says it all.
...The report alleges that eight royalty-program officials accepted gifts from energy companies whose value exceeded limits set by ethics rules — including golf, ski and paintball outings; meals and drinks; and tickets to a Toby Keith concert, a Houston Texans football game and a Colorado Rockies baseball game.
The investigation also concluded that several of the officials "frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives."
It'd be nice to throw this at McCain. Somehow I'm betting he'll be exposed for the fraud he is when there's actually corruption that needs cleaning up. Plus he's voted 90% of the time with Bush - the sleaze who let big corporations steal America's oil and gas.
More quotes from the article. As far as I can tell, kudos to NY Times for breaking this.
In three reports delivered to Congress on Wednesday, the department’s inspector general, Earl E. Devaney, found wrongdoing by a dozen current and former employees of the Minerals Management Service, which collects about $10 billion in royalties annually and is one of the government’s largest sources of revenue other than taxes.
"A culture of ethical failure" besets the agency, Mr. Devaney wrote in a cover memo.
The reports portray a dysfunctional organization that has been riddled with conflicts of interest, unprofessional behavior and a free-for-all atmosphere for much of the Bush administration’s watch.
Update: gsadamb has already covered the issue here. The diary's already been updated several times so go there for news and direct comments there as well. Think there's a tip jar over there too.