-Caveat Lector- "Tony Blair was under pressure last night to reveal his involvement in decisions by the Government that helped the American energy giant Enron before its collapse. Downing Street sought to head off allegations...by admitting four government ministers held a total of seven meetings with Enron bosses between 1998 and 2000."
"Enron Understated its Lobbying Expenditures, CRP Analysis Finds Embattled energy company Enron underreported its lobbying expenditures by more than 50 percent in the first half of 2001, an analysis by the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics has found." This may be heavy for survivors. Therapist-priest blasted as abuser: Ex-altar boys claim Kane was molester by Robin Washington and Maggie Mulvihill - 1/30/02 "Rev. Thomas Kane....Ph.D and respected psychotherapist, scholar with postgraduate studies worldwide, and founder of a chain of counseling centers for troubled clergymen stretching from California to Boston to England. But in little more than a decade, that world would crumble with the shutdown of his centers and accusations that the brilliant priest entrusted to treat sexual deviants among his fellow Catholic clergyman was himself guilty of child molestation. http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/kane01302002.htm http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=12732 ....A few of the politicians who received these ill-gotten gains are rushing to return them to funds for the employees. President Bush should follow suit and return every penny of the $550,000 he received from Enron. America's top politicians have long known Enron as one of the most generous political donors the country has ever seen. The company doled out millions in its relentless push to have state and federal governments deregulate the energy industry. As governor of Enron's home state, Texas, and then later as a candidate for the White House, President George W. Bush was at the front of the line, both in terms of receiving political donations and dispensing political favors. According to the New York Times, Enron and a number of its executives contributed more money to Bush over his political career than anybody else -- over $550,000! The company even kicked in $100,000 for Bush's inaugural committee, a donation matched by Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, who could certainly afford it: Lay reportedly sold $101 million worth of Enron stock even as he urged employees to keep investing in the doomed company. Less than a year later, Enron's bankruptcy and the final disintegration of its stock price wiped out the company retirement savings of hundreds, if not thousands, of Enron employees. Cathie and Wayne Stevens, for example, saw their nest egg, built over 28 years of combined employment, go from $720,000 to $2,300 practically overnight. http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=12733 The many government investigations and civil suits already in motion will likely determine Lay's role in the sordid Enron saga. But in the meantime, the man who reportedly sold $101 million worth of Enron stock at prices hugely inflated by accounting lies (and aggressively urged the company's employees to keep buying it!) can begin to make amends for the corporate giant's shameless behavior. http://www.math.uic.edu/~takata/WorldTradeCenter/WTC_Articles/Russian-US_ten sions_and_anthrax.htm CIA AGENT ALLEGEDLY MET BIN LADEN IN JULY >From 'Le Figaro' [1 November 2001] Translated by Tiphaine Dickson By Alexandra Richard (Page 2, October 31st, 2001) While he was hospitalised, bin Laden received visits from many members of his family as well as prominent Saudis and Emiratis. During the hospital stay, the local CIA agent, known to many in Dubai, was seen taking the main elevator of the hospital to go to bin Laden's hospital room. A few days later, the CIA man bragged to a few friends about having visited bin Laden. Authorised sources say that on July 15th, the day after bin Laden returned to Quetta, the CIA agent was called back to headquarters. http://globalfreepress.com/Baxter_Medical_Examiner.shtml Baxter Medical Examiner no stranger to her own scandals!" posted at http://democraticunderground.com (source) NNN0LHI (1743 posts) Jan-27-02, 10:10 AM (ET) Biography Joye M. Carter, M.D. Chief Medical Examiner For Harris County, Texas CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS NEWS ADVISORY JANUARY 29, 2001 tel: 202-857-0044, fax: 202-857-7809 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], web: www.opensecrets.org Contact: Steven Weiss 202-857-0044 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enron Understated its Lobbying Expenditures, CRP Analysis Finds Embattled energy company Enron underreported its lobbying expenditures by more than 50 percent in the first half of 2001, an analysis by the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics has found. The company reported spending $825,000 on lobbying in the first six months of 2001, according to its mid-year report. However, 13 outside lobbying firms reported income from Enron totaling at least $1,785,000 over the same period, a discrepancy of $960,000. The discrepancy appears only on the report filed by Enron Corp., not on reports filed by Enron's subsidiaries. When those subsidiaries are included, Enron's lobbying totals - as reported by outside lobbying firms - exceeded $2.0 million for the first half of 2001. In comparison, Enron and its subsidiaries spent $2.1 million on lobbying in all of 2000 and $1.9 million in 1999. In a letter sent Monday to Secretary of the Senate Jeri Thomson and Clerk of the House Jeff Trandahl, the Center complained of Enron's apparent violation of lobbyist reporting requirements under the Lobbying Disclosure Act..... It is unclear whether the $825,000 reported by Enron Corp. reflects in-house lobbying efforts, payments to outside lobbying firms, or both. Upon noticing the discrepancy, the Center contacted the Enron lobbyist who filed the company's mid-year 2001 report. She referred the Center to the company's corporate public relations office, which did not return the Center's calls. "While we should expect all companies to abide by the lobbying reporting rules," said Larry Noble, the Center's executive director, "it is particularly critical at this time for the public to have the full picture of Enron's lobbying activities. The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House should move immediately to make sure Enron's reports are complete and accurate." http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=116979 Blair under pressure over government links to Enron By Andrew Grice and Marie Woolf 29 January 2002 Internal links Four ministers met executives of US energy giant - Key contacts between Enron and Downing Street - Donald Macintyre: We won't escape the fallout from the Enron scandal Tony Blair was under pressure last night to reveal his involvement in decisions by the Government that helped the American energy giant Enron before its collapse. 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