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Village Voice, 22-28 May 2002
The Incredible Shrinking R�sum� of Thomas White
Army Chief Feels Heat, Scrubs Enron Bio
by Russ Kick
Thomas White used to be proud of his r�sum�. When he was appointed
secretary of the army last May, his online bio boasted about his 11 years
as a senior exec at Enron. Then that nest of thieves collapsed, and
suddenly it wasn't so cool to have been a big shot there. It was time to
apply some serious splotches of white-out to White's life. Swiftly,
quietly, the official biography for the army's top dog was changed, but
cybersleuths soon unearthed the original. Until the military wises up
enough to destroy the page, you can find it for yourself; it's squirreled
away at www.hqda.army.mil/secarmy/biography.htm.
No longer posted for the broader public on the army's Web site, the
document could serve as a kind of primer for the senators who'll soon hear
White's testimony about the energy trader's downfall. The record begins by
explaining White's new responsibilities. It then quickly jumps into a
two-paragraph recap of his Enron glory days:
"Prior to his appointment as Secretary of the Army, Secretary White served
as Vice Chairman of Enron Energy Services, the Enron Corporation subsidiary
responsible for providing energy outsource solutions to commercial and
industrial customers throughout the United States. Mr. White was
responsible for the delivery component of energy management services, which
included commodity management; purchasing, maintaining and operating energy
assets; developing and implementing energy information services; capital
management; and facilities management.
"Secretary White also served as a member of Enron's Executive Committee and
was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Enron Operations Corporation.
He was also responsible for the Enron Engineering and Construction Company,
which managed an extensive construction portfolio with domestic and
international projects."
Sometime after Enron tanked, that glowing report went the way of a
California city in an Enron-sponsored blackout. Visitors to the army's site
are no longer regaled with details of White's corporate prowess. Instead,
at www.army.mil/leaders/Secarmy/bio.htm, they read this: "From 1990 to
2001, Mr. White was employed by Enron Corporation and held various senior
executive positions."
The Enron material has not only been shrunk to tiny proportions, but it has
also been shoved down to the very last sentence, where it sits as nothing
more than a lonely afterthought.
Reached for comment, Charles Krohn, the deputy chief of public affairs for
the army (and former next-door neighbor of White), said, "I don't know what
the company answer is. But I think it's the obvious one. After what
happened with Enron, his experience doesn't seem relevant. But it would be
disingenuous, if not dishonest, to take out all Enron references."
Besides the general taint of being associated with a company that screwed
its employees, stockholders, and consumers while executives stuffed their
pockets with cash, White has many specific reasons to downplay his role.
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full article is at <http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0221/kick.php>
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