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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal
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To: Mephisto who started this subject1/25/2002 11:08:32 AM
From: Baldur Fjvlnisson  Read Replies (2) of 5185
 
"Enron robbed the bank; Arthur Andersen provided the getaway car, and they say you were at the wheel,"

January 25, 2002

FLOYD NORRIS




From Communists to Accountants, a History of Capitol Scorn

he right not to be forced to incriminate oneself is a fundamental one in American justice, and one that is normally respected. A witness who will not testify does not provide information, and so there is little reason to force him to show up and invoke his rights under the Fifth Amendment.

But Congress has been willing to subject some people — normally those deemed to be beneath contempt — to televised humiliation. In the early 1950's, suspected Communists were paraded before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Later, Mafia bosses were given the treatment.

Now it is auditors.

nytimes.com
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