Rick Sanchez... "Big Government Shakeup"

[DemoRabbit]

Just got this on twitter:

ricksanchezcnn big govt shake up: Alleged improprieties include rigging contracts, and having sexual relationships with (more to come: 16 minutes ago from web

ricksanchezcnn still working out details, calls in now, inspector general holding office brief at 3 p, i'm going to take live. cnn crews working now.


Anyone know what's going on?


Edited to add link to Rick Sanchez's twitter (duh, I should have included it)

https://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn

New Info:

AP: Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.
The alleged transgressions involve 13 Interior Department employees in Denver and Washington. Their alleged improprieties include rigging contracts, working part-time as private oil consultants, and having sexual relationships with — and accepting golf and ski trips and dinners from — oil company employees, according to three reports released Wednesday by the Interior Department's inspector general.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKt4CePAt-tJqdPld1mZxbC4nsXwD93418R01

[Barack_America]

1. Great. Now we've got TWO breaking stories to obsess about.

Unless...

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. That's what I am thinking, they are one and the same

and if this is big enough... the good senator may have to step down

Hey, perhaps even the Keating Five will come back

[Barack_America]

25. However...

I don't see how the prescription drug promise plays into this story.

(LSN said the McCain story involved prescription drugs)

[Renew Deal]

13. Here's a link with new info

still working out details, calls in now, inspector general holding office brief at 3 p, i'm going to take live. cnn crews working now.

http://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn/statuses/916732241

http://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn/statuses/916721348

[Renew Deal]

22. "alleged transgressions involve 13 Interior Department employees in"

http://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn/statuses/916717807

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Lonestarnot has been hinting at a major thing today

perhaps they are tied

[DemoRabbit]

5. Was wondering the same (nt)

[blue2helix]

24. Washpost might be forcing CNN's hand?

for media news, it's all about being first and getting credit for the scoop.

[NikolaC]

43. Or, Maybe

(gonna wear my tinfoil hat for this one :tinfoilhat: )this CNN story is a way of overshadowing the story that is supposed to come out about McCain in the Washington Post. You know, keep us distracted and diminish the big story? Just grasping here since I have no clue what the big scoop is supposed to be in WaPo.

[1corona4u]

45. Probably....knowing the republicans....

[Connie_Corleone]

3. WTF?

What's that all about??

[Renew Deal]

4. Huh???

This is the CNN guys twitter? Is there a major scandle in the pipeline? Weird.

[PRETZEL]

7. talk about rapid response team,

if the rumors about McCain are true, this will most surely take it off the front pages until the Repubs can get their story together.

[DemoRabbit]

9. Yes, it's Rick Sanchez's twitter - he comes on in 10 minutes (3pm eastern)

[TornadoTN]

8. Interesting - what's Sanchez been working on lately? n/t

[Curtland1015]

"rigging contracts" sounds like Cheney... (NT)

[eleny]

10. Well, at least we all have tme for a quick potty break

I can hear toilets flushing all over the land.

[TwilightGardener]

19. LOL! Might see a temporary nationwide drop in water pressure.

[HereSince1628]

11. Diz could be IT?!

The only shake up I want would follow a matched pair of Bush Cheney indictments.

[Buttercup McToots]

12. Whoa....

This is a good day!!:popcorn:

[DemoRabbit]

14. maybe - but we don't know WHO he's talking about!

[DemoRabbit]

16. and if it's more lipstick shit I'll puke lol (nt)

[AlCzervik]

15. this intrigues me.

[Mari3333]

17. heres the site

http://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn

[jannyk]

36. He's on NOW!

[Cleita]

18. It seems every crime against the Constitution has been committed by

BushCo. What could be bigger unless they were planning to put this country up for sale on eBay?

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. My bid, 1 buck

sorry could not resist

;-)

It was worth much more at one time...

[mmonk]

34. No one would take it.

[jannyk]

20. Sex AND Drugs!!! All we need is Rock and roll and we'd have a hattrick

But we'll probably have to settle for whiny Country Music. Ah well, must not get greedy.

[Barack_America]

26. Sex and Drugs and ABBA.

Will ABBA do? ;)

[jannyk]

29. Let's hope it's their Waterloo n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

28. Well, the Pukes have Ted Nugent and Sammy Hagar

if you want to consider either of them "rock n roll". Myself, I consider both to be "shit".

[NikolaC]

49. Yup

forget about the wars, suffering, impeachable offenses. We have a new sex scandal!! Yippee!

[City Lights]

23. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat...

:popcorn: :beer:

...waiting for details. :evilgrin:

[qanda]

27. It said something about DOI (Department of Interior) employees

That's stinks. I know a lot of DOI folks, I hope they're not involved in any way.

[ogneopasno]

30. He says it was an AP report...it's not like he's breaking it...

nt

[Lex]

31. No McCain

in that.

[malaise]

32. Where can I watch this on the web?

Help!!

[MadrasT]

33. WaPo linky

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091001829.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[Barack_America]

37. Thanks. No McCain there, but still interesting...

And shamefully unsurprising.

[blue2helix]

38. Damaging, but not a Knockout Punch n.t,

[mmonk]

42. So is that what they meant at the Republican convention by

drill, drill, drill?

[MadrasT]

50. *snort*

:spray: :rofl: good one! :toast:

[TexasLady]

35. here we go!!

[radfringe]

39. Just heard it on the radio

Interior department employees working part-time for oil companies, sex, bribes, favors...

not much more than what's on "the twitter"

[Cleita]

44. That's not it.

The hint was that it involved prescription drugs.

[radfringe]

48. I know, I was just letting people know that this

sex for oil scandal is starting to hit the airwaves

[AlCzervik]

40. on now and hat tip to you, this is a good story.

[lapfog_1]

41. Hopefully they have video of McCain taking payoffs and

entering hotels with former beauty queens turned lobbyists, complete with a bag full of cash (maybe Johnny boy doesn't like it that his ice queen wife holds all the deeds to those uncountable mansions along with the keys to the family plane and the credit cards).

[dixiegrrrrl]

46. I love this part:

The investigations reveal
a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity"
by a small group of individuals
"wholly lacking in acceptance of or adherence to government ethical standards,"

wrote Inspector General Earl E. Devaney.

The government has ethical standards?????????

Haven't seen any for at least 12 years, maybe more.

[Bread and Circus]

47. This all gives "drill, baby, drill" a new meaning.