The Enron Bubble

Topic Index

Home

"What did the president know and when did he know it?" Senator Howard Baker, Senate Watergate Committee

This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.

• News Reports
• Editorials and Opinion Columns
• Investigations
• The Bush Connection
• The GOP Connection
• Fallout
• Phil and Wendy Gramm
• Kenneth Lay
• History of Enron
• Arthur Andersen
• The International Perspective
• See also California Crisis (separate page)
• External site: OpenSecrets data on political contributions by Enron and Arthur Andersen

News Reports

• Enron Gouged Western Customers for at Least $1.1 Billion
  Gene Johnson, Associated Press (in Truthout), 15 June 2004
• Enron Traders Caught on Tape
  Vince Gonzales, CBS News (in Truthout), 1 June 2004
• Enron Tapes Hint Chiefs Knew About Power Ploys
  Jonathan Peterson, Los Angeles Times (in Truthout), 18 May 2004
• Ex-Enron Accounting Chief Indicted
  Erwin Seba, Reuters (in Truthout), 22 January 2004
• Fastows Headed to Prison
  Dana Calvo, Josh Meyer and Nancy Rivera Brooks, Los Angeles Times (in Truthout), 14 January 2004
• Former Enron CFO Fastow Charged With Fraud
  Associated Press (in Truthout), 2 October 2002
• Partners to the End?
  Ronald Fink and Marie Leone, CFO.com, 28 January 2002
• How Enron Got California to Buy Power It Didn't Need
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 8 May 2002
• Enron's Assets May Have Been Overstated by $24 Billion
  David Barboza, New York Times, 23 April 2002
• Enron's President Resigns Under Creditors' Pressure
  David Barboza, New York Times, 20 April 2002
• Labor Dept. Questions Enron's Truthfulness
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 19 April 2002
• David Duncan Plea-Bargains in the Shredding of Enron Records
  Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 9 April 2002
• U.S. in dispute with Enron over protecting workers' funds
  David Barboza And richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 4 April 2002
• Enron: The Anatomy of a Cover-Up
  interview with Catherine Austin Fitts, Flashpoints News Radio (KPFA), 12 March 2002
• Enron Benefited from World Bank 'Privatizing' Debtor Nations
  interview with Greg Palast, The Scoop, 8 March 2002
• Another Enron Oops?
  Reuters, 8 March 2002
• Bush Pushes for Corporate Monitoring
  David Stout, New York Times, 7 March 2002
• Enron investors may sue analysts
  Geoff Gibbs, Guardian (UK), 18 February 2002
• Enron to Provide Tax Returns to Congressional Committee
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 15 February 2002
• Talk of Crime Grows Louder, Spurred by Report
  Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 4 February 2002
• Wall Street banks 'knew about Enron'
  Simon English, London Telegraph, 2 February 2002
• Ex-Enron workers feel jilted by Bush
  Julie Mason and Roma Khanna, Houston Chronicle, 30 January 2002
• A Law Firm's 2 Roles Risk Suit by Enron, Experts Say
  Riva D. Atlas, New York Times, 29 January 2002
• Ex-workers try to collect from Enron
  CNN, 26 January 2002
• Ex-Workers Say Unit's Earnings Were 'Illusory'
  Alex Berenson, New York Times, 25 January 2002
• Labor Dept. Reviews Ban on Stock Sale
  Jo Thomas, New York Times, 24 January 2002
• By the Sign of the Crooked E (profile of Sherron Watkins)
  Michael Duffy, Time, 19 January 2002
• Ex-Official Says Enron Employees Shredded Papers
  Jonathan D. Glater and Michael Brick, New York Times reg, 22 January 2002
• Multiple Safeguards Failed to Detect Problems at Enron
  Richard W. Stevenson and Jeff Gerth, New York Times, 19 January 2002
• Enron's Board May Have Had Role in Company's Dealings
  Reed Abelson, New York Times, 19 January 2002
• More than one Enron official warned company about growing crisis
  Jake Tapper, Salon (full article available to subscribers only), 17 January 2002
• Enron Avoided Income Taxes in 4 of 5 Years
  David Cay Johnston, New York Times, 17 January 2002
• Enron Letter Suggests $1.3 Billion More Should Be Subtracted from Earnings
  Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, 17 January 2002
• For Andersen and Enron, the Questions Just Keep Coming
  Floyd Norris, New York Times, 16 January 2002
• Before Debacle, Enron Insiders Cashed in $1.1 Billion in Shares
  Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 12 January 2002
• Former Head of Enron Denies Wrongdoing
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 22 December 2001

Editorials and Opinion Columns

• It's Hasta la vista to $9 Billion if the Governator is Selected
  Greg Palast, Truthout, 3 October 2003
• Andrew Fastow, Fall Guy
  Dan Ackman, Forbes, 3 October 2002
• Looking Anew at Value of a Corporate Pedigree
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 3 July 2002
• Smoking Fat Boy
  Paul Krugman, New York Times, 10 May 2002
• Bush should fire Army secretary over Enron
  Bill Press, CNN, 2 April 2002
• Business and family values
  David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 March 2002
• The Rising Tide of Conflicts of Interest
  Robert Kuttner, CommonDreams, 6 March 2002
• The Two Enron System
  Frank Rich, New York Times, 16 February 2002
• Is Enron Anything Like Teapot Dome?
  Phillip Payne, History News Network, 11 February 2002
• In Bush's America, it just doesn't pay to give a damn about flagrant political corruption
  Mark Morford, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 February 2002
• Dean: 'First step' in Enron cover-up?
  CNN, 9 February 2002
• Time for a Special Counsel
  Senator Ernest F. HollingsNew York Times, 9 February 2002
• The Enron smoking gun
  Bill Press, CNN, 6 February 2002
• The Enron Lies are Piling Up
  William Rivers Pitt, Truthout, 8 February 2002
• Will S.E.C.'s Needs Be Met? Not by Bush
  Floyd Norris, New York Times, 8 February 2002
• For Enron and the Other Energy Privateers, the Arrival of the Bush Team was Timely Indeed
  Joe Conason, Salon (in Truthout), 7 February 2002
• Is There Something Rotten in the Heart of Texas?
  Molly Ivins, Time, 1 February 2002
• State of the Enron
  Frank Rich, New York Times, 2 February 2002
• The True Crime Behind Enron
  Jim Hightower, Austin Chronicle, 25 January 2002
• Enron's Fall: FDR's Ghost
  Marty Jezer, CommonDreams, 26 January 2002
• When the tough get shredding
  Daniel Schorr, Christian Science Monitor, 26 January 2002
• Enron for Dummies
  Bill Keller, New York Times, 26 January 2002
• There's No Positive Spin on This One, Mr. Lindsey
  Howard Gleckman, Business Week, 28 January 2002
• Enron May Spark Revolt of Professionals
  James K. Galbraith, Newsday (in CommonDreams), 25 January 2002
• Unaccountable in Washington
  Michael H. Granof and Stephen A. Zeff, New York Times, 23 January 2002
• Enron Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
  David Corn, AlterNet, 21 January 2002
• What Has Enron Gotten for Its Political Contributions?
  Common Cause, 18 January 2002
• Is the sleaze factor shocking enough, finally?
  Mark Anderson, CNBC, 21 January 2002
• The United States of Enron
  Frank Rich, New York Times, 19 January 2002
• Did Enron Successfully Buy Influence With The Money It Spent?
  John Dean, FindLaw, 18 January 2002
• Memo to D.C. — We Can Handle the Truth
  Arianna Huffington, AlterNet, 17 January 2002
• The real Enron scandal
  Daniel Schorr, Christian Science Monitor, 18 January 2002
• Learning From the Enron Moment
  E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 18 January 2002
• Claws for Alarm
  Mary McGrory, Washington Post, 17 January 2002
• How Is the Enron Scandal Like Whitewater?
  Chris Suellentrop, Slate, 17 January 2002
• Enron scandal: Where is Cheney?
  David Callaway, CBS MarketWatch, 17 January 2002
• Eight Questions for Bush about Enron
  Richard S. Dunham, Business Week, 14 January 2002
• .. . Especially From Republicans
  George F. Will, Washington Post, 15 January 2002
• The new Teapot Dome scandal of Enron and the administration
  Arianna Huffington, WorkingForChange, 15 January 2002
• A Familiar Capital Script
  Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 11 January 2002
• Crimmins Quips on Enron
  Barry Crimmins, 11 January 2002
• Enron's Circus Maximus
  Dan Ackman, Forbes, 3 January 2002
• A Systematic Deception
  William Wilgus, The Public Cause Network, 12 November 2000
• Will the Enron Scandal Break Wide Open?
  Michelangelo Signorile, New York Press, 26 December 2001
• Is Bush Still an Enron Fan?
  Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times, 25 December 2001
• Thank goodness for Osama
  Ernest Dumas, Arkansas Times, 21 December 2001
• Enron warrants the investigation that Whitewater needlessly withstood
  Robert Scheer, WorkingForChange, 11 December 2001

Investigations

• General News Reports About Investigations
  • Enron Probes Now Focus on Tax Deals
    Peter Behr and Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, 21 January 2003
  • Special Grand Jury Zeroes In on Enron Executives
    Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 1 April 2002
  • Federal agency investigating Enron's trading for possible fraud, manipulation
    Marcy Gordon, Associated Press (in the San Francisco Chronicle), 12 March 2002
  • Records Indicate a Lack of Direction for Executives in Deal-Approvals
    Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 8 March 2002
  • Enron Says Shredding of Records Was Not Stopped Until Recently
    Barnaby J. Feder and Michael Brick, New York Times, 30 January 2002
  • Hot on the E-Trail of Evidence at Enron
    Alex Salkever, Business Week, 29 January 2002
  • Shredded Papers Key in Enron Case
    Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 28 January 2002
  • Enron's new $5bn black hole
    Jamie Doward, Observer (UK), 20 January 2002
  • Team for Enron Investigation Is Beginning to Take Shape, Without Big Names
    David Johnston, New York Times, 16 January 2002
  • Enron sought government intervention before collapse
    Dana Milbank and Susan Schmidt, Washington Post, 12 January 2002
  • Bush administration comes under scrutiny
    Jodi Enda, Detroit Free Press, 12 January 2002
• Enron Internal Investigation
  • Enron Internal Report
    New York Times, 3 February 2002
  
  (Requires Acrobat® Reader to view)
  • Top Executives Blamed in Enron's Fall
    Peter Behr and David S. Hilzenrath, Washington Post, 3 February 2002
  • Panel Finds Rush to Hide Losses and Enrich a Few
    Floyd Norris, New York Times, 3 February 2002
  • Enron Panel Finds Inflated Profits and Few Controls
    Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 3 February 2002
• Florida
  • At 11th Hour, He Bought Enron. But Why?
    Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 2 March 2002
  • Bush, Enron lawyers appear to have conflict of interest
    Paige St. John, Florida Capital News, 15 February 2002
  • Enron: The Florida connections
    Helen Huntley, Steve Huettel and Adam C. Smith, St. Petersburg Times, 3 February 2002
  • State gives subpoenas to Enron, two others
    Anita Kumar, St. Petersburg Times, 30 January 2002
  • Florida's Enron connection
    editorial, St. Petersburg Times, 28 January 2002
  • The Enron Scandal Grazes Another Bush in Florida
    Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 27 January 2002
  • Florida attorney general may pursue RICO vs. Enron
    Paige St. John, Gannett News Service (in Florida Capital News), 26 January 2002
• Congressional Committees
  • List of Congressional Committees Investigating Enron
    Chris Suellentrop, Slate February 2002
  • Enron 'bribed tax officials'
    BBC, 14 February 2003
  • Senators Question Credibility of Army Secretary on Enron
    James Dao, New York Times, 19 July 2002
  • Senate Panels to Investigate Pricing of Energy
    Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 10 May 2002
  • John Conyers calls for a special prosecutor for Enron
    Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Truthout, 16 April 2002
  • New Issues Are Raised on Enron Aid
    Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 3 April 2002
  • Panel orders Enron to detail White House contacts
    Dana Milbank, Washington Post (in the Detroit News), 23 March 2002
  • Bond-Rating Agencies Say Enron Lied to Them
    Martha McNeil Hamilton, Washington Post, 20 March 2002
  • Vinson & Elkins Probed by House Subcommittee
    Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, 14 March 2002
  • Committee widens its probe: Did Enron pressure banks?
    Julie Mason, Houston Chronicle, 7 March 2002
  • Enron inquiry probes White House ties
    BBC, 5 March 2002
  • Wall St. Analysts Tell Congress They Were Misled by Enron
    New York Times, 27 February 2002
  • Watkins Criticizes Lay for the First Time
    April Witt, Washington Post, 26 February 2002
  • Congress Widens Enron Probe to Wall St.
    Ben White and April Witt, Washington Post, 20 February 2002
  • Congress to Investigate Wall St.'s Ties With Enron
    Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 19 February 2002
  • Sherron Watkins Testifies Before House Subcommittee
    Susan Schmidt, Washington Post, 14 February 2002
  • Enron's Ex-Chief Harshly Criticized by Senate Panel
    Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 13 February 2002
  • Lawmaker Challenges Skilling's Denials
    Susan Schmidt, Washington Post, 12 February 2002
  • Lawmakers Raise Doubts Over Skilling Testimony
    Charles R. Babcock, Washington Post, 11 February 2002
  • Enron investigation expanding to include big Wall Street players
    Marcy Gordon, Associated Press (in the Detroit News), 10 February 2002
  • Ex-Enron Workers See Little to Believe in Skilling's Testimony
    Kirstin Downey Grimsley, Washington Post, 8 February 2002
  • Making a Skilling
    Jake Tapper, Salon, 8 February 2002
  • A Tale Told to Congress, Full of Sound but Blurry
    Floyd Norris, New York Times, 8 February 2002
  • Enron Executives Say They Debated Freeze on Pension
    Steven Greenhouse and Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 6 February 2002
  • Investigators Buying Time for Inquiry
    Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 6 February 2002
  • Lawmakers grill Enron executives
    David Espo, Associated Press (in the Detroit News), 6 February 2002
  • Enron Witness Points to Lay
    Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Jackie Spinner, Washington Post, 5 February 2002
  • Ex-Chairman of Enron Cancels Hill Testimony
    Susan Schmidt, Washington Post, 4 February 2002
  • Senator Says Enron Refuses to Cooperate
    Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 1 February 2002
  • Boxer Calls On FERC To Provide List Of All Meetings And Phone Calls With Enron Executives
    Truthout, 31 January 2002
  • Army Secretary Should Testify Before Congress, Democrat Says
    Alex Berenson with James Dao, New York Times, 26 January 2002
  • Enron Hearings Open, Focusing on Destroyed Papers
    Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Stephen Labaton, New York Times, 25 January 2002
  • Andersen Officials Grilled on Shredding
    Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Kathleen Day, Washington Post, 25 January 2002
  • Congressional committees investigating allegations Enron manipulated energy markets to profit from insider information
    Jim Landers, Dallas Morning News , 24 January 2002
  • Former Andersen Executive Refuses to Testify
    Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Kathleen Day, Washington Post,24 January 2002
  • Senate Finance Panel Wants Enron Tax Data
    David Cay Johnston, New York Times, 24 January 2002
  • Ex-Auditor of Enron Refuses to Testify Before Congress
    David Stout, New York Times, 24 January 2002
  • Lieberman Feels the Sting of Criticism Over Enron
    Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 20 January 2002
  • Enron, Bush Officials Face Serious Legal Questions
    William Rivers Pitt, Truthout, 15 January 2002
  • Letters Between Waxman and Cheney Heat Up
    Truthout, 10 January 2002
  • Announcement of hearings by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
    Senator Carl Levin, Truthout, 2 January 2002
  • Enron Executives and Directors Face Subpoenas
    Peter Behr and Dan Morgan, Washington Post, 3 January 2002
  • New congressional investigation of Enron collapse
    CNN, 2 January 2002
• Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Regulators probe Enron stock selloff
    BBC, 13 January 2002
  • SEC asks judge to force Fastow to comply with 'lawful subpoena'
    Laura Goldberg, Houston Chronicle, 12 December 2001
• Department of Justice
  • Deputy Attorney General supervising Enron investigation worked for law firm that represents Enron
  • U.S. Inquiry Tracks Insiders at Enron
    Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 15 April 2002
  • Justice Dept. tells Federal Reserve not to destroy Enron files
    Miles Moffeit, Detroit Free Press, 8 March 2002
  • Enron Executive Said to Be Aiding in Federal Inquiry
    Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 26 February 2002
  • Hard-to-Miss Box of Shreds Catches F.B.I. Agent's Eye
    Michael Brick, New York Times, 28 January 2002
  • Noted RICO Prosecutor Joins U.S. Inquiry Into Enron Collapse
    Philip Shenon, New York Times, 28 January 2002
  • FBI Probe Of Enron Begins in Houston
    Paul Duggan and Susan Schmidt, Washington Post, 23 January 2002
  • FBI searches Enron head office
    BBC, 22 January 2002
  • Enron Is Target of Criminal Probe
    Peter Behr and Dan Eggen, Washington Post, 10 January 2002
  • Justice Dept. to Form Task Force to Investigate Collapse of Enron
    Kurt Eichenwald with Jonathan D. Glater, New York Times , 10 January 2002
• Lawsuits
  • Enron Loss May Prompt Florida Fund to File Suit
    Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 23 April 2002
  • Enron Shareholders' Suit to List Banks, Brokerages
    David S. Hilzenrath and Peter Behr, Washington Post, 8 April 2002
  • Vinson & Elkins to be added to Enron fraud case
    Charles Sisk, The Deal, 5 April 2002
  • Employee Lawsuits Against Enron Can Go Forward
    Brad Foss, Associated Press,22 February 2002
  • University of California takes lead in class action against Enron
    Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 February 2002
  • Judge Lee Rosenthal abruptly recuses herself from Enron case
    Tim Fleck, Houston Press, 14 February 2002
  • Enron employees file suit
    Houston Chronicle,, 28 January 2002
  • Ruling Accelerates Key Depositions
    New York Times, 25 January 2002
  • Enron suit cites racketeering charges
    Lisa Sanders, CBS MarketWatch, 23 January 2002
  • States File Lawsuit Against Enron
    Robert Tanner, Associated Press (in the Detroit News), 19 January 2002
  • Shareholders' attorney: Enron execs 'cooked the books'
    CNN, 14 January 2002
  • Enron's Creditors: Y'all Come Back To Texas
    Dan Ackman, Forbes, 8 January 2002
• Internal Revenue Service
  • Enron: Now the IRS Joins the Hunt
    Business Week, 11 January 2002

The Bush Connection

• Also see Energy Task Force (separate page).
• Enron's Energy Policy Priorities
  memo from Kenneth Lay to Dick Cheney, reprinted in Salon, 1 February 2002
• Also see Harvey Pitt (separate page).
• Also see Thomas White (separate page).
• Enron Used U.S. Government to Bully Developing Nations
  Emad Mekay, Inter Press Service (in Truthout), 30 May 2003
• What Did Cheney Know?
  Stephen Pizzo, The Daily Enron (in AlterNet), 3 June 2002
• US corporate clean-up implicates Cheney
  BBC, 29 May 2002
• Bush Did Try to Save Enron
  Sam Parry, ConsortiumNews, 29 May 2002
• White House-Enron Ties Detailed
  Mike Allen and Dan Morgan, Washington Post, 24 May 2002
• White House to Supply New List of Enron Contacts
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 25 May 2002
• White House acknowledges more contacts with Enron
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times (in The Smirking Chimp), 23 May 2002
• Senator Presses for Information on Enron
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 4 May 2002
• Enron and Bush: the mystery deepens
  David Callaway, CBS Marketwatch, 28 March 2002
• Bush-Lay Ties Based on Shared Priorities
  Hanna Rosin, Washington Post (in Truthout), 24 March 2002
• Cheney & Co. Owe Thanks to Those Who Pressured Them to Unload Stock
  Allan Sloan, Washington Post, 12 March 2002
• Was George W. Bush an Enron lobbyist?
  Haydn, Unknown News, 8 March 2002
• W.'s First Enron Connection: Update on the Bush-Enron Oil Deal
  David Corn, CommonDreams, 8 March 2002
• Bush Joined Unit of Enron in '86 Venture to Seek Oil
  Jim Yardley, New York Times, 6 March 2002
• The Enron-Cheney-Taliban Connection?
  Ron Callari, Albion Monitor (in AlterNet), 28 February 2002
• Ties between Enron and the Bush White House
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 February 2002
• Army Secretary's Enron Role Probed
  Ellen Nakashima and Peter Behr, Washington Post, 18 February 2002
• Bush 2000 Adviser Ralph Reed Offered to Rally Religious, Pro-Family Groups to Help Enron
  Joe Stephens, Washington Post, 17 February 2002
• Former Enron chairman wrote repeatedly to then-Gov. Bush
  Natalie Gott, Associated Press (in the Detroit News), 16 February 2002
• Did Enron's Law Firm Give Insider Information to Alberto Gonzalez?
  David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 February 2002
• US warns India over Enron project
  Paknews, 12 February 2002
• Floridians uneasy about President Bush's ties to Enron
  William E. Gibson, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 11 February 2002
• Special prosecutor needs to untangle Bush-Enron ties
  John Ed Pearce, Lexington Herald-Leader, 10 February 2002
• Web of Details Did Enron In as Warnings Went Unheeded
  Kurt Eichenwald with Diana B. Henriques, New York Times (requires registration to view), 9 February 2002
• Defense Department Included In Order Not to Destroy Enron Data
  Ellen Nakashima and Vernon Loeb, Washington Post, 9 February 2002
• Bush team playing defense on Enron story
  Judy Keen, USA Today, 7 February 2002
• Ally of Lay Appointed To 2 Posts By Bush
  Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 7 February 2002
• Enron's Power Crisis
  Bethany McLean, Business 2.0, September 2001
• Bush's energy czar had Lay's backing
  R.A. Dyer and Todd Mason, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 February 2002
• Bush and Ken Lay: Slip Slidin' Away
  Sam Parry, Consortium News, 6 February 2002
• Lawmaker to Review Enron's Links to Bush Campaign
  Richard L. Berke, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• Pension Chiefs Want Head of the S.E.C. to Withdraw
  Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• White House Told to Save Enron Records
  Stephen Labaton and Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 2 February 2002
• Enron Won Some and Lost Some in White House Energy Report
  Joseph Kahn, New York Times 1 February 2002
• New Enron scandal link to Bush
  Duncan Campbell, Guardian (UK), 1 February 2002
• Bush and Cheney keep dodging the bullet; politics of perception wears on the public
  Chuck Raasch, Detroit News, 29 January 2002
• Associates of Karl Rove Say He Helped Win Contract
  Richard L. Berke, New York Times, 25 January 2002
• NSC Aided Enron's Efforts to Collect Indian Debt
  Dana Milbank and Alan Sipress, Washington Post, 25 January 2002
• Army Chief Being Challenged on Ties to Enron
  Christopher Marquis, New York Times, 25 January 2002
• In Shift, Bush Assails Enron Over Handling of Collapse
  David E. Sanger with David Barboza, New York Times, 23 January 2002
• FERC chief's ouster raises Enron-Bush questions
  Ben Bryant, Biloxi Sun-Herald, 16 January 2002
• Enron Ruling by Nominee Is Being Noticed
  Jim Yardley, New York Times, 22 January 2002
• Enron spotlight falls on Cheney
  Ed Vulliamy, Observer (UK), 20 January 2002
• Enron and the Bushes
  David Corn, The Nation, 4 February 2002 issue
• White House Enron Stonewall?
  Byron York, National Review, 18 January 2002
• White House Backed Off Banking Laws
  James Ridgeway, Village Voice, 17 January 2002
• White House Aided Enron In Dispute
  Dana Milbank and Paul Blustein, Washington Post, 19 January 2002
• Something Smells Rotten in Texas
  Cindy Adams, Page Six, 18 January 2002
• Several Administration Officials Held Enron Shares
  Don Van Natta Jr. and Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 18 January 2002
• Former regulator: Enron tried to manipulate policy
  CNN, 15 January 2002
• Enron's Influence Reached Deep Into Administration
  Dana Milbank and Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 18 January 2002
• Former Enron Consultant Lawrence Lindsey Saw Little Risk on Enron
  David E. Sanger and Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 17 January 2002
• Enron scandal drawing in more Bush officials
  Marcy Gordon, Associated Press (in the Detroit Free Press), 18 January 2002
• Bush Chief of Staff Was Told of Enron's Plea
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 14 January 2002
• Aides Deny Any Duty to Tell Bush of Enron Calls
  Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 14 January 2002
• Bush officials defend Enron inaction
  Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times (in the Detroit News), 14 January 2002
• Lawrence Lindsey talks about Enron
  transcript, CNN, 12 January 2002
• Something to hide? Bush's Enron evasions only feed the scandal
  Anthony York, Salon (in The Smirking Chimp), 12 January 2002
• White House's Failure to Sound Alarm Faulted
  James Flanigan and Aaron Zitner, Los Angeles Times, 13 January 2002 (link expires 27 January)
• Enron-Bush ties dominate news
  William Spain, CBS MarketWatch, 13 January 2002
• Critics Zero In on Administration Silence on Contacts
  Glenn Kessler and Mike Allen, Washington Post, 13 January 2002
• School for Scandal: Trying to Pass Damage Control 101
  Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 13 January 2002
• Facing an inquiry, Enron turned to cabinet officers
  James Kuhnhenn, Detroit Free Press, 11 January 2002
• Enron's President Said to Have Asked Treasury Official for Help
  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 11 January 2002
• Enron scandal troubles White House
  Ronald Brownstein, Los Angeles Times (in the Detroit News, 12 January 2002
• Bush and Democrats Disputing Ties to Enron
  Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 12 January 2002
• How Enron Got Cozy With Bush and Company
  James Ridgeway, Village Voice, 14 January 2001
• Firm's Saga Could Dog Bush in Election Year
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 11 January 2002
• Bush regime's links to Enron
  David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site, 10 January 2002
• Joined at the Hip
  Bob Herbert, New York Times , 10 January 2002
• Enron is not Bush's Whitewater: It will be worse
  David Callaway, CBS MarketWatch, 10 January 2002
• Bush Officials Received Early Warning on Enron
  Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 January 2002
• Cheney, Aides Met With Enron 6 Times in 2001
  Mike Allen, Washington Post, 9 January 2002
• Bush's Enron Ties
  Edward B. Winslow, AlterNet, 2 January 2002
• Enron Is a Cancer on the Presidency
  Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times (in The Smirking Chimp), 2 January 2002
• Enron Is Symbolic of Bush Blunders
  Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times (in Truthout), 27 December 2001
• Connect the Enron Dots to Bush
  Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times (in CommonDreams), 11 December 2001
• Bush campaign donor Enron makes no attempt to hide influence
  Lowell Bergman and Jeff Gerth, New York Times, 25 May 2001

The GOP Connection

• Enron Owns the GOP
  Satirical site detailing the connections between the Republicans and their favorite donor
• Enron E-Mail a Window on Political Money
  Suzanne Gamboa, Associated Press, 18 July 2004
• Enron Funded Rep. DeLay's Texas Redistricting
  R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post (in Truthout), 12 July 2004
• G.O.P. Is Moving to Slow Action on Offshore Tax Loophole
  David Cay Johnston, New York Times, 18 June 2002
• Few — except Republicans — keeping Enron contributions
  Jay Root, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2002
• CA State GOP Sought Donations From Enron During Probe of Energy Prices
  Virginia Ellis and Carl Iingram, Los Angeles Times (in Truthout), 29 April 2002
• GOP chair's law firm considered as representation in Florida pension suit
  Nancy Cook Lauer, Tallahassee Democrat, 28 March 2002
• Enron tapped DeLay for aid in Congress
  Dave MontgomeryFort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 March 2002
• Enron's End Run
  Tim Fleck and Brian Wallstin, Dallas Observer, 7 February 2002
• The Swamp Fox on Enron's Tail
  Business Week, 4 February 2002
• Voters View G.O.P. as Closer to Enron Fall Than Democrats; Believe Bush Is Hiding Something
  Richard L. Berke and Janet Elder, New York Times, 27 January 2002
  • Houston Chronicle
• Enron allies helped stave off tax haven crackdown
  Sydney P. Freedberg, St. Petersburg Times, 19 January 2002
• Republican bosses can't escape from Enron glare
  R.G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle, 20 January 2002
• Enron's Ties to a Leader of House Republicans Went Beyond Contributions to His Campaign
  Alison Mitchell, New York Times, 16 January 2002
  • Houston Chronicle
• GOP image at risk in Enron saga
  Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 14 January 2002
• GOP, Enron in Bed But Press Snoozes
  Dave Zweifel, Madison Capital-Times (in CommonDreams), 7 January 2002
• Enron's Blackout Cuts Power Behind Numerous Thrones
  Lobby Watch, 4 December 2001
• Washington Friends Desert Enron Chief
  Ronald Brownstein and Richard Simon and Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 15 December 2001

Fallout

• Tests confirm Baxter suicide
  Eric Hanson, Houston Chronicle, 31 May 2002
• Few — except Republicans — keeping Enron contributions
  Jay Root, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2002
• The case of Clifford Baxter
  Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site, 17 April 2002
• The Mysterious Death Of An Enron Exec
  CBS, 10 April 2002
• Wakeham quits press post
  Louise Jury, Independent UK, 19 March 2002
• Baxter Autopsy Points To Murder
  David Martin, WhatReallyHappened, March 2002
• Senate Democrats Set an Agenda on Enron
  John Lancaster, Washington Post, 15 February 2002
• Campaign Finance Reform Given Key Boost by Enron Scandal
  John Lancaster and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 14 February 2002
• British Regulator Temporarily Steps Down Over Enron Questions
  Robert Shrimsley and FT.com Staff, New York Times, 31 January 2002
• Police: Baxter death not necessarily suicide
  Cathryn Conroy, Truthout, 29 January 2002
• Critic Who Quit Top Enron Post Is Found Dead
  Jim Yardley, New York Times, 26 January 2002
• Former Enron Executive Found Dead
  Peter Behr and Robert O'Harrow Jr., Washington Post, 25 January 2002

Phil and Wendy Gramm

• Bill Showed Complexities of Power Couple's Ties to Enron
  Jeff Gerth and Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 18 January 2002
• Sen. Phil Gramm and his wife, Wendy, have deep ties to Enron
  Jay Root and Jennifer Autrey, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 January 2002
• Sen. Gramm's wife gets Enron subpoena
  Mark Benjamin and Nicholas M. Horrock, UPI, 12 January 2002
• Enron Board, Including Wife of Senator Gramm (R-TX), Comes Under a Storm of Criticism
  Reed Abelson, New York Times, 16 December 2001

Kenneth Lay

• SEC Seeking Papers From Enron Chief
  Carrie Johnson and Peter Behr, Washington Post (in Truthout), 30 September 2003
• Retraction of claim that Ken Lay spent the night in the Clinton White House
  Robert Pear, New York Times, 22 February 2002
• Lay sold shares worth $100 million back to Enron after warning from Watkins
  Floyd Norris and David Barboza, New York Times, 16 February 2002
• Lay borrowed millions, repaid Enron with stock
  Laura Goldberg, Houston Chronicle, 15 February 2002
• Enron chief's wife coached for a week before tearful TV interview
  Associated Press (in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 31 January 2002
• What Did Ken Lay Know on Aug. 20?
  Business Week, 24 January 2002
• Ken Lay Paints Hands-Off Image, but Actions Offer Different View
  Alex Berenson, New York Times , 23 January 2002
• Lay resigns as Enron chairman, CEO
  Allen Wan, CBS MarketWatch, 23 January 2002
• Enron Chief Says His Sale of Stock Was to Pay Loans
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 20 January 2002
• Chairman Told Workers Stock Was 'Bargain'
  Peter Behr, Washington Post, 19 January 2002
• Despite Warning, Enron Chief Urged Employees to Buy Shares
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 19 January 2002
• Enron chairman painted rosy picture to employees
  Pete Yost, Associated Press (in the Detroit News), 19 January 2002
• Enron's Chief Sold Shares After Receiving Warning Letter
  Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Jonathan D. Glater, New York Times, 18 January 2002
• Staffer's Memo Told Lay In August of 'Scandals'
  David S. Hilzenrath and Peter Behr, Washington Post, 15 January 2002
• Enron's Chairman Received Warning About Accounting
  Don Van Natta Jr. with Alex Berenson, New York Times, 15 January 2002
• Enron's Ken Lay: "There's No Other Shoe to Fall"
  Business Week, 24 August 2001

History of Enron

• The Axis of Corporate Evil
  The connections among Enron, Arthur Andersen, Qwest, Nortel, Carlyle Group, Global Crossing, the Bush family, and Bush allies
• What Enron Got For Its Political Contributions
  The Progress Report (undated)
• Enron used political ties to rid itself of regulators
  Brian Wallstin and Tim Fleck, Houston Press, 7 February 2002
• Enron Sought to Raise Cash Two Years Ago
  David Barboza, New York Times, 9 March 2002
• Enron Hid Big Loans, Data Indicate
  Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 27 February 2002
• Enron's Lay courted Rubin -- but didn't get to first base
  David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 February 2002
• Enron Received Many Loans From U.S. for Foreign Projects
  Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 21 February 2002
• Enron 'created fake trading room' to lure investors
  BBC, 21 February 2002
• Enron Pursued Plan to Forge Close Ties to Gore Campaign
  Richard L. Berke, New York Times, 18 February 2002
• Enron Had More Than One Way to Disguise Rapid Rise in Debt
  Daniel Altman, New York Times, 16 February 2002
• Enron's last-minute bonus orgy
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 8 February 2002
• Lawyer Warned Enron Officials of Dubious Deals
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 7 February 2002
• Deal at Enron Gave Insiders Quick Fortunes
  Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 5 February 2002
• Company Hobbled Investigation by Its Law Firm, Report Says
  Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 4 February 2002
• How to be an Enron millionaire
  Jake Tapper, Salon, 29 January 2002
• '99 German Deal Failed After Scrutiny of Enron Books
  Neela Banerjee, New York Times, 27 January 2002
• Investors Lured to Enron Deals by the Promise of Inside Data
  Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 25 January 2002
• Enwrong
  Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix, 25 January 2002
• Enron: History of Human Rights Abuse in India
  Human Rights Watch, 23 January 2002
• Deals That Helped Doom Enron Began to Form in the Early 90's
  Kurt Eichenwald with Michael Brick, New York Times, 18 January 2002
• The Enron Story That Waited To Be Told
  Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, 18 January 2002
• Enron proposes a business relationship to distribute sex videos
  John Schwartz, New York Times, 16 January 2002
• A Bubble That Enron Insiders and Outsiders Didn't Want to Pop
  Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, 14 January 2002
• Who's Accountable?
  Daniel Kadlec, Time, 13 January 2002
• Complex Web of Relationships in Boom and Bust
  John Schwartz, New York Times, 13 January 2002
• Enron's Campaign Contributions, 1989–2002
  Total dollars, with percentages to Democrats and Republicans, Center for Responsive Politics, undated
• Enron's India Disaster
  Sam Parry, Consortium News, 30 December 2001
• Former Enron executive to head homeland security
  Houston Chronicle, 3 October 2001
• US warns India on Enron
  BBC, 6 September 2001 January 2002
• Don't Cry for Bush, Argentina
  Louis Dubose and Carmen Coiro, Mother Jones, March/April 2000

Arthur Andersen

• Arthur Andersen and the Baptists
  Terry Greene Sterling, Salon, 7 February 2002
• Andersen reportedly missed $644 million error in NASA audit
  Patty Reinert, Houston Chronicle, 30 January 2002
• Wide Effort Seen in Shredding Data on Enron's Audits
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 24 January 2002
• Andersen linked to other shady cases
  John Kelly, Associated Press (in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer), 19 January 2002
• Auditor Received Warning on Enron in August 2001
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 17 January 2002
• Arthur Andersen Fires an Executive for Enron Orders
  Richard A. Oppel Jr. with Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times, 16 January 2002
• Andersen Says Lawyer Let Its Staff Destroy Files
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 14 January 2002
• Auditor told employees to destroy Enron documents
  CNN, 13 January 2002
• A Tattered Andersen Fights for Its Future
  Alex Berenson with Jonathan D. Glater, New York Times, 13 January 2002
• Audit Papers Usually Held For Years, Accountants Say
  Floyd Norris and Reed Abelson, New York Times, 12 January 2002
• Did Enron's Auditors Think They Had Something to Hide?
  Floyd Norris, New York Times, 11 January 2002
• Andersen admits destroyed Enron docs
  CNN Money, 10 January 2002
• Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen is a Bush "Pioneer"
  Texans for Public Justice, undated

The International Perspective

• Even Margaret Thatcher would have nothing to do with the Enron accountants
  Nick Cohen, Observer (UK), 20 January 2002
• Enron chief 'was warned of trouble'
  BBC, 15 January 2002
• Andersen attacked for Enron role
  BBC, 14 January 2002
• Evidence grows of Enron cover-up
  Julian Borger, Guardian (UK), 15 January 2002
• Bush, the corporations' flag-carrier
  Julian Borger, Guardian (UK), 15 January 2002
• Bush and Enron's collapse
  The Economist, 11 January 2002
• Price of power
  Ed Vulliamy, Observer (UK), 13 January 2002
• Lord Wakeham to face grilling over £55bn Enron crash
  Antony Barnett and Jamie Doward, Observer (UK), 13 January 2002
• Threat to Bush in Enron inquiry
  David Teather, Guardian (UK), 11 January 2002
• White House plays down Enron links
  BBC, 10 January 2002
• Bush's friends at Enron threaten India with U.S. sanctions
  BBC, 24 August 2001

Copyright © 2001–2006 by M. E. Cowan. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to link to this page or to reproduce the contents if (and only if) proper credit is given to the author. Failure Is Impossible is a noncommercial site and is not responsible for content in linked external sites. Links and other information are provided for educational purposes consistent with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. All rights to content remain as specified in the linked sites.