tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757942502025723029.post1150502354500112995..comments2023-07-24T08:04:00.412-07:00Comments on Critical Nation: Smells Like Enron (Lehman Brothers)Caleb Mardinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097876896939033853noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757942502025723029.post-70071532946738886462008-07-31T14:11:00.000-07:002008-07-31T14:11:00.000-07:00The main point to be made here is that Enron accou...The main point to be made here is that Enron accounting fraud started to unwind before Bush took office, by which time, the ball was rolling fast and the law and legal sharks were afoot grabbing crooks, pirates and finding evidence of corruption, collusion and fraud.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately (in retrospect) The DOJ and FBI, FTC, SEC were still somewhat honest or at least had to appear to care about the illegal Enron activities.<BR/><BR/>Those were the good ol' days, and now (obviously) DOJ, FBI, FTC, SEC, etc, etc are as corrupt as ol' Enron and obviously no push what so ever to go after similar crimes -- but, yet the one difference in all this, is that much more money is involved today!<BR/><BR/>Re: Bush administration and the Enron connection<BR/>http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bush_administration_and_the_Enron_connection<BR/><BR/>"During 2001, there were also at least 14 contacts with the Commerce Department; 10 contacts with the Energy Department; 9 contacts with the Treasury Department; 5 contacts with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; 5 contacts with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; 4 contacts with the US Export-Import Bank; 4 contacts with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; 3 contacts with the US Trade Representative; 2 contacts each with the Agriculture Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, the International Trade Commission, the State Department, the Surface Transportation Board, and the Department of Transportation; and 1 contact each with the Federal Reserve, the Interior Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com