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"Auditing firm Arthur Andersen instructed its employees in a memo to destroy most of their material relating to Enron just days before the energy trading company went bankrupt"		Archived 01/14/02 8:00am
ENRON SPIN CYCLE


"President Bush fainted briefly in the White House residence Sunday after choking on a pretzel while watching a National Football League playoff game on television" 1/14 Who's Accountable for Enron? 1/14 KEEP BUZZFLASH.COM A STRONG, INDEPENDENT VOICE! Get News Fast! Sign up for BuzzFlash Alerts, the fastest and easiest way to keep abreast of breaking news and commentary (see bottom of the right column). Click here for the latest alert. Will the Justice Department Investigate Enron or Conduct a Damage Control Operation for the Bush Administration? A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY 1/13 "We know that they were trading fast and loose with offshore corporate entities that were hiding their debt from the public," said Lieberman 1/14 Two Bush Cabinet Members Claim They Never Told Bush of Enron's Problems. Treasury Head O'Neill Says What's the Big Deal, Anyway? 1/14 Tom Wales Fought for Gun Control. Maybe He Died for It. 1/14 "Bush and his administration have been revealed as entwined in a story of corporate greed and political manipulation by an energy firm called Enron, now under double criminal investigation." 1/14 "The SEC’s Ms. Harlan declined to comment on whether Mr. Pitt will recuse himself from the Enron probe." 1/14 "Mr. Lay made no secret with us about his close relationship with the president and the White House and so on. We've been told that he in fact says things like, "I'll help you with what you need politically" (READ DOWN THIS INTERVIEW) 1/14 Just Call It the EPA WHITMANGATE 1/14 Democrats May Advance Dates of Primaries 1/14 "If this memo is what it looks like, I'm afraid that the folks at Arthur Andersen could be on the other end of an indictment before this is over," Sen. Joseph Lieberman 1/14 Enron's Failed Power Play 1/14 Enron: Countdown to a Scandal 1/14 Reformist Iranian Parliament Members Stage Walkout Over Crackdown by Right Wing Hardliners 1/14 Opening the Caspian Oil Tap 1/14 States Face Hard Choices on Medicaid Cuts 1/14 ENRON AND STAFF ARE THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF BUSH CAMPAIGN FUNDS: GOP "ENRONOMICS" AT WORK Before Debacle, Enron Insiders Cashed in $1.1 Billion in Shares 1/13 "Al Qaeda militants practiced carrying out a mass assassination of world leaders and an attack on a motorcade, according to a video obtained in Afghanistan" 1/14 A Brief Backgrounder to Enrongate and Enronomics 11/4 It's Time to Give the Saudis an Ultimatum 1/14 Why Giuliani was wrong for Time's `Person of the Year' 1/14 Missing in Action, the Democratic Party in Ohio 1/14 Biography of Karl Rove. Notice No Military Service. Just Another Grand Hypocriscy Party Chicken Hawk, Along with Cheney, Ashcroft and Bush. 1/14 They're Busted In Shell Game, by Jimmy Breslin 1/14 Enron: Now the IRS Joins the Hunt 1/14 Euro MPs Plead for Nigerian Woman in Stoning Death 1/14 Who Killed Enron? 1/14 Geraldo's hunt: That's entertainment 1/14 'The Old Man and the Sea' boat captain dead at 104 1/14 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE U.S GERM WARFARE PROGRAM. Contribute to BuzzFlash.com and receive the #1 Bestseller: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War: Germs. "George II was the drill instructor who taught the troops that the first -- and possibly only -- word in the Bush political vocabulary is "loyalty." Next on the Bush Family Grudge List: Saddam Hussein. 1/14 Former Enron employees deeply angered by their treatment as company went down: Americans should take note as they support a White House schooled in "Enronomics" 1/14 Bush's Soot Heaven for America 1/14 GOP image at risk in Enron saga 1/14 Ridge Says the War on Terrorism Will Take Years, Right Through the 2004 Election We're Sure 1/14 THE HOME PAGE FOR THE CARLYLE GROUP 1/14 A Message from the President, Clinton that Is 1/13 Kashmiri Militants Vow to Continue Violence Against India 1/14 We Knew There'd be Scandals 1/14 Healthcare for All in Oregon 1/14 As BuzzFlash Reported Months Ago, Bush is Trying to Keep His Papers as Governor Out of the Public Domain by Storing Them at Daddy's Library. What a Coward. 1/14 HOT ITEM: READ THIS PBS INTERVIEW WITH THE FORMER HEAD OF FERC TO LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW KEN LAY USED HIS WHITE HOUSE CLOUT TO TRY AND MUSCLE ENRON-FRIENDLY POLICIES THROUGH (READ DOWN) 1/13 Watch Out, the Carlyle Group is Getting into Publishing 1/14 ENRON EASED ITS WAY INTO FLORIDA WITH CASH FROM THE ARCHIVES: Meet Enron, Bush's Biggest Contributor 1/14 ENRON: "a culture of greed and arrogance that bred excessive secrecy." Sounds Like the White House to Us. 1/13 Saudis Tacitly Support Terrorist Network, Book Asserts 1/14 "Since 1989, Enron has made $5.8 million in campaign contributions to members of Congress. More than $700,000 went to Texans during that period, more than any other state delegation." 1/13		George W. Bush Was Shilling for Enron back in 1988, Despite What He Has Said 1/12 BUSH LIED -- AND HERE'S THE PROOF FROM THE WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG DEPARTMENT: The Bush administration is considering whether to restrict distribution of government documents that describe how to make germ weapons 1/14 Democratic Surge of Voters in New York State 1/14 From the Archives: Cheney's Questionable IPO Profits 1/14 Right Wing Organization Takes a Disgusting Rumor Mongering Shot at a Gay American Ambassador 1/14 The Republican Gravy Train 1/14 Two Texas Pols Keep Enron Donations 1/14 Collapse of Soviet Union Proved Boon to Iranian Missile Program 1/14 "To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day." Theodore Roosevelt 1/13 This debate shouldn't be about tax cuts vs. none 1/14 Henry Waxman Won't Let the Enron/Bush Administration Con Artists Off the Hook 1/13 WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE ENRON TIES TO THE WHITE HOUSE: AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL IS CALLED FOR Comprehensible Corporate Sleaze 1/13 Henry Waxman, Our Bulldog, Demands Answers from "We Don't Need Social Security Alcoa Polluter" O'Neill and "My Qualification is that I am a Rich Guy and Contributor to the Bush Family" Evans. Go, Henry, Go! 1/13 (Adobe Needed) "Read My Lips. Not Even Stupidity Excuses Bush's 'Pakis' Slur" 1/13 What Did Bush Know and When Did He Know It? We're Not Asking You Ari. After All, We Want the Truth. 1/13 Update on the India/Pakistan Crisis 1/13 According to the Right Wingers at Free Republic, Bush DOE Granted Enron Waiver of Securities and Liability Regulations 1/13 Federal judge temporarily halts plan to move EPA ombudsman's office 1/13 White House's Failure to Sound Alarm Faulted 1/13 RECEIVE "TALIBAN: Militant Islam, Oil & Fundamentalism in Central Asia" With a $30 Voluntary Subscription to BuzzFlash.com. Yale University Press, #1 on the NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller List (Paperback Nonfiction) Energy Giant Has Longstanding Ties to Bush 1/13 When in Doubt, Shred It! 1/13 Liberal Bias in the Media, Look Again 1/13 Enron Insider Training 1/13 How About a Military Tribunal for Kenneth Lay? 1/13 Was Jeffords Just the Beginning? 1/13 Blast from the Past: Bush dodged Vietnam draft, court told 1/13 Andersen Called to Account for Egregious Errors in Judgment, Or Was It Just Greed? 1/13 Abortion foes this year will once again try to attach anti-abortion legislation to popular bills to get them enacted 1/13 How do We Know the Bush Administration Aided Enron: Because They Didn't Alert the Public and Shareholders to the Company's Deceiving Information About their Financial Condition 1/13 MESSAGE TO DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS: STOP BEING TIMID! 1/13 More on Buddy 1/13 Nice Idea: College Scholarships for Afghan Women 1/13 Enron Executives Contributed to Ashcroft Campaign 1/13 Flight Crews Will Get Training in Self-Defense 1/13 What Has Bush Done With the Bad Boys? Made Recess Appointments: Scalia and Reich are an Embarrassment. One's a Payback and the Other's a Disgrace. 1/12 The Nuclear Industry and Their Hired Guns Gang up on Nevada 1/13 Report: Enron CFO Reaped Millions from Partnership 1/13 Henry Waxman Takes on John "Who Gives a Damn About the Bill of Rights" Ashcroft 1/13 White Supremacists Have Their Constitutional Rights Protected in Pennsylvania, But if You are Critical of Bush You Might Get a Visit from the FBI. That's UnAmerican. 1/13 Former Reagan Cabinet Member Sentenced for Drunk Driving 1/13 FTC Asked to Monitor Gun Websites for False Claims about Protection Against Terrorism 1/13 Former U.S. Customs Agent Alleges Corruption 1/13 The Bush Recession is Driving People to Drink 1/13 Employees are Screwed a Second Time: Enron Case Will Stay in New York 1/13 KENNETH LAY CALLED GREENSPAN TOO! BUZZFLASH IS GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN CALL ALAN FOR A CONTRIBUTION AND SEE IF HE'LL SPEAK WITH US. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 1/12 The Enron Insider Share Sellers Should be Behind Bars. The Sooner, the Better. These People are Coyotes Who Feed off the Carrion of Innocent Employees. 1/13 Bush Negotiated with the Taliban: Interview with Guillaume Dasquié 1/13 A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE ENRON/BUSH ADMINISTRATION 1/13		Bush's "Enronomics": Guaranteed Deficits for Years to Come 1/13 Teen Who Sympathized With Osama bin Laden and Flew Small Plane Into Tampa Skyscraper Belonged to the Young Republicans Club. Rush Limbaugh, We Want to Hear From You About This! 1/12 Tim Russert, On His Knees 1/13 Sen. Gramm's wife gets Enron subpoena 1/13 FROM THE ARCHIVES: Enron Troubles Only the Tip of the Iceberg? 1/13 Enron's Master of Disaster 1/13 The Enron Chainsaw Massacre 1/13 A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: ENRON MAKES WHITEWATER LOOK LIKE A PUDDLE 1/13 David Boies is Just Another Legal Slut 1/13 The Unsavory Business and Political Practices of the Bush Family and Their Court Servants 1/13 U.S. shuts troubled bank in S. Florida 1/13 U.S. Selling Papers Showing How to Make Germ Weapons 1/13 "A bankruptcy judge has given a green light to lawsuits by about 1,250 individuals who claim PG&E Corp. poisoned them or their families with discarded chemicals." 1/13 Montana Member of the Grand Hypocrisy Says It Is Our Duty to Kill Off Endangered Species: No, BuzzFlash is Not Making This Up 1/13 Few seem ready for new rules on checking luggage 1/13 Democrats Should Take on Bush's Tax Boondoggle 1/13 FROM THE ARCHIVES: Bush’s Insider Connections Preceded Huge Profit on Stock Deal 1/13 "There are absolutely no problems .... There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues. The company is probably in the strongest and best shape...," Ken Lay Told Business Week Last August. 1/12 Fourteen Top Bush Officials Owned Stock in Enron 1/12 President Bush fires entire labor-management relations panel 1/12 D. Stephen Goddard, managing partner of Arthur Andersen's Houston Office (where the ENRON documents may have been destroyed) is a Bush "pioneer" who raised over $100,000 for the 2000 campaign 1/11 A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Ken Lay, Enron, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 1/12 The Dick Armey Connection to Enron Runs Right Through His Staff 1/12 BUZZFLASH PRESENTS The Angry Liberal - Fuel Cells: How Bush's Oil Buddies Can Cash In 1/11 Bush Gubernatorial Records Should Be Available Under Texas Law, Not Kept Secret in Father’s Library 1/12 The January 11th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia The January 11th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American Did Otto Reich Aid and Abet a Terrorist? 1/12 BUZZFLASH WAS ON ENRON FROM DAY ONE: BUZZFLASH INTERVIEWS CONGRESSMAN HENRY WAXMAN ON ENRON. A MUST READ, REPOSTED ON 1/2 U.S. Pressures Countries to Comply With Biological Weapons Treaty that Bush Administration Doesn't Support Enforcing. Hey, It's the Grand Hypocrisy Party Running Grand Hypocrisy Treaty Policy. At Least They're Consistent. 1/12 The Bush administration urged a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a court order blocking oil and natural gas exploration off California's central coast. 1/12 REPOSTED FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE ENRON BUCK STOPS AT THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE 1/11 BLAST FROM THE PAST: Overnight Guests At Governor’s Mansion Added $2.2 Million to Bush Campaign 1/11 The Bush clan's family business 1/11 The Bush - Enron Archives 1/11 Papa Bush lobbies Junior on behalf of Carlyle. Military policy towards Korea overturned. Watchdog groups decry improper influence, digging for more info. 1/11 "All in all," President Bush said of 2001, "it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." OH MY GOD, WHAT ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11TH , ANTHRAX, AND A RECESSION? A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: The Ballad of Poor Kenneth Lay 1/4 President wants Senate to hurry with new anti-terrorism law, But Trent Lott and Orrin Hatch Remain Key Obstructionists (1996) Faith in democracy is crucial, Moyers says. Bill Moyers for President! 1/6 "But if more people intended to vote for Gore than for Bush in Florida -- as they surely did -- then it is a crime against democracy that he did not win the state and thus the presidency." FOR $35.00, RECEIVE JEFFREY TOOBIN'S "TOO CLOSE TO CALL." THE CAMPUS VOICE: The film version of John Nash GS '50's life is a far cry from the one he has lived, from the Princeton Daily Princetonian 1/12 THE LIGHTER SIDE: President Bush: Methodist Layman of the Year. Somehow We Couldn't Take This Article Seriously, Eventhough It Was Meant That Way. 1/13 Which One Disappeared Faster? 1/14 Rush Limbaugh Online 1/14 Karl Rove's Secret Memos 1/14 The Dubya Chronicles 1/14 GET A BUZZFLASH.COM T-SHIRT AND SPREAD THE NEWS! 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