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June 12, 2009

Interior Dept. Report Criticizes Bush Sale of Utah Federal Land
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A new Department of Interior report has faulted the Bush administration
for its rush to sell off oil and gas exploitation rights on vast swaths
of federal land in Utah last year. The report says the Bush
administration did not follow longstanding procedures in trying to sell
off twenty-two parcels of land. The sale was later canceled by Obama
administration Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The report’s findings
could bolster the defense of a college student who disrupted the auction
by posing as a bidder. The student, Tim De Christopher, is currently
facing ten years in prison on charges of interfering with a public
auction.



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