茶壺山醜聞案
茶壺山醜聞案(Teapot Dome scandal)是美國總統沃倫·哈定任內,1922-1923年爆發的賄賂醜聞案件。內政部長亞伯特·富爾未用公開招標方式處理茶壺山以及另外兩處的美國海軍油礦,以低價方式讓石油公司承租。在1922及1923年期間,這項承租案成為參議員湯馬思·詹姆士·華勒士負責的國會調查案。富爾最後承認接受來自石油公司的賄款。

石油商人愛德華·鄧西尼(Edward Doheny),桌前右邊第二位,在參議院委員會調查茶壺山石油貸款醜聞案前的作證照片

茶壺山在醜聞案發生時的樣貌
調查與結果

美國第一位卸任後遭判刑入獄的閣員--艾柏特·B·佛(Albert B. Fall)參議員
參考資料
- Cherny, Robert W. . History Now. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. [May 27, 2010].
- Anthony N.Stranges 葛世培. .
从这个网页可知,当时已有将煤转化成石油的技术。另外条目石油#其它产油方法也提到了能将煤转化成石油
- 楊泰順. . 聯合新聞網.
林益世案的發展,很難不讓人想起一九二○年代轟動美國的茶壺山醜聞案(Teapot Dome Scandal),透過兩者的相似性,或許可以從中獲得若干啟示...
延伸閱讀
- J. Leonard Bates, The Origins of Teapot Dome. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1963.
- Leslie E. Bennett, "One Lesson From History: Appointment of Special Counsel and the Investigation of the Teapot Dome Scandal," Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1999.
- John Ise, The United States Oil Policy. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1926.
- Laton McCartney, The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country. New York: Random House, 2008.
- Blakely M. Murphy (ed.), Conservation of Oil and Gas, A Legal History. Chicago: Section of Mineral Law, American Bar Association, 1949.
- Burl Noggle, Teapot Dome: Oil and Politics In The 1920s. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1962.
- M.R. Werner and John Starr, Teapot Dome. New York: Viking Press, 1959.
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