Los Angeles Times | September 16, 2009 | 7:07 p.m. Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton is focus of corruption probe
The Justice Department is investigating whether former Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton illegally used her position to benefit Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the company that later hired her, according to officials in federal law enforcement and the Interior Department. The criminal investigation centers on the Interior Department's 2006 decision to award three lucrative oil shale leases on federal land in Colorado to a Shell subsidiary. Over the years it would take to extract the oil, according to calculations from Shell and a Rand Corp. expert, the deal could net the company hundreds of billions of dollars. Full story at http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/CQA9A/64ZCR3/BMATA/RN534T/7V/t. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- California and the world: Visit http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/CQA9A/64ZCR3/BMATA/UUX1K8/7V/t for up to the minute news. Mobile: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/CQA9A/64ZCR3/BMATA/S34PWG/7V/t Follow @LATimes on Twitter: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/CQA9A/64ZCR3/BMATA/40RCF4/7V/t Follow the L.A. Times on Facebook: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/CQA9A/64ZCR3/BMATA/V1KLDC/7V/t Sign up for more email newsletters: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/CQA9A/64ZCR3/BMATA/LQV92L/7V/t -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this Communication: You are receiving this email because you opted-in to receive Breaking News Alerts from the Los Angeles Times. You're currently subscribed to Los Angeles Times Breaking News with the address [email protected]. If you'd like to unsubscribe, please click here: http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/CQA9A/64ZCR3/BMATA/BML5TS/7V/t?a=X0GLKI&[email protected]&c=51242192&d=BML5LU You can also unsubscribe by modifying your profile on latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com/newsletters For information on how we protect your information, please read our privacy policy at http://link.latimes.com/r/A1ERMI/CQA9A/64ZCR3/BMATA/D4HWBF/7V/t [[A1ERMI-BML5LU-CQA9A-64ZCR3-BMATA-T-M2-20090916-c935ad6df18199be4]] -- Posted By # to BN at 9/17/2009 05:07:00 AM
