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It. >> reporter: how is this for a man cave? a private space with a couch, chairs, tv, a weight set, this isn't your cousin's basement. it's a u.s. government facility, a warehouse in landover, maryland, overseen by the environmental protection agency. leased and operated by a private contractor for $1.6 million of your tax dollars a year. >> when the auditors first saw it, it was overwhelming. >> reporter: robert adachi was the lead auditor who just issued a report on the facility. the document looks like a brochure with pictures of other man caves in the same warehouse. here's a space with a...

Partitions, curtains and piled up boxes. the epa says we can't have access inside this warehouse, but efa officials say as soon as they learned what the inspector general found, they had the building owners escorted out, prohibited them from coming back and began to take inventory of everything inside. it is not just the getaway space that is raised concerns, the little specks on the box, lower right. >> we did take pictures of where there was rat feces all throughout the building. >> reporter: one place the contractors kept emaculate, their 30 by 40 foot gym with updated equipment including -...

The lead auditor who just issued a report on the facility. the document looks like a brochure with pictures of other man caves in the same warehouse. here's a space with an even larger tv, a chair, art work on the wall, some had personal photos and pinups and -- >> they put in refrigerator, microwave ovens. >> that is a hair trimmer. i spoke about all this with taxpayer advocate ryan alexander. >> we hired these people. we pay taxpayer money for these people to manage our inventory, take care of the warehouse and as far as what we can tell from what the inspector general found, they didn't do ...

Spending scandal. jay russell george will be testifying. he's the treasury department inspector general whose scathing report detailed $50 million in irs spending an employee conferences from 2010 to 2012. two years, $50 million. and new this morning, the irs placing two employees on administrative leave for allegedly taking $1,100 in free food and other items during a 2010 conference in anaheim. that conference cost taxpayers more than $4 million. >> more of your hard-earned tax dollars at work here. this is another good one. employees at an epa warehouse in orlando, maryland, turning their f...

Maryland, overseen by the environment protection agency. leased and operated by a private contractor for $1.6 million of your tax dollars a year. >> when the auditors first saw it, it was overwhelming. >> reporter: robert was the lead auditor for the epa's inspector general who just issued a report on the facility. the document looks like a brochure, with pictures of other man caves in the same warehouse. here's a space with an even larger tv, a chair, artwork on the wall. some had personal photos and pinups, and -- >> they had put in a refrigerator, microwave ovens. >> reporter: that black ob...