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Send Chevron to Guantanamo. Enemy combatant in the War against the American Taxpayer, Chevron:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 — The Interior Department has dropped claims that the Chevron Corporation systematically underpaid the government for natural gas produced in the Gulf of Mexico, a decision that could allow energy companies to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties.

The agency had ordered Chevron to pay $6 million in additional royalties but could have sought tens of millions more had it prevailed. The decision also sets a precedent that could make it easier for oil and gas companies to lower the value of what they pump each year from federal property and thus their payments to the government.

Interior officials said on Friday that they had no choice but to drop their order to Chevron because a department appeals board had ruled against auditors in a separate case.

They "had no choice" but to drop their order.

Funny how their political will dries up when it means confronting Chevron versus interrogating an innocent Pakistani taxi driver whom they want to torture for no good reason.

At least if we tortured Chevron, Condi's ex-playground, we'd get a few hundred million dollars to help us pay for all the renditions and the Abu Ghraibs.

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