Leased Reserves: The Geopolitical Treason of the Teapot Dome Scandal

What happens when the Secretary of the Interior secretly sells off the United States Navy's emergency fuel supply to private oil barons in exchange for a briefcase full of cash? Before Watergate, the Teapot Dome Scandal of 1921 was the absolute benchmark for catastrophic political corruption in America. During the administration of Warren G. Harding, Secretary Albert Fall convinced the Navy to t...