Labrador,
I simply refuse to be complicit with your cover-up and apologia on behalf of a criminal like Joe Berardino. All your weak excuses for the man, "only been there a year", "didn't know what his company was doing", etc. are, to me, vile and reprehensible legalistic dodges. They fail utterly to deal with the heart of the matter. Which is that Andersen and its upper management is a criminal organization. You need to review history, my friend. The reason that Andersen was a key lobbyist on the foul PSRLA of 1995, was because they were trying desperately to exonerate themselves from their liabilities in the Savings & Loans swindles of the 1980's, which they had a major role in organizing and abetting.
You may make your arguments about who Berardino shouldn't bear any responsibility to a more naive reader than me. But don't try to pull the wool over my eyes on this one. I know far too much about how Andersen's Scheme-A-Second Consultancy worked. They're bent, they're unethical, they're immoral. And if they have their way, they'll make it all legal in an 'earmark' in a piece of midnight legislation, just like the PSRLA. But I do believe the spotlight is on them, their time is up, and they are toast. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of crooks.
Cheerio! |
