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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (1119)	1/24/2002 5:19:45 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5185

Enron officials met with White House officials 6 times when Cheney drew up the Bush Energy Policy. Cheney will not give Congress the name or names of the people in the Energy industry that he (Cheney)contacted. Congress has tried unsuccessfully to obtain this information for many, many months. See: Message 16886193

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (1119)	1/24/2002 5:59:24 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 5185

You had better read an article on another forum on how a failed Texas oilman by the name of George W. Bush lobbied for Enron's entrance into the Argentine market. I read the article last year. Zonkie found it recently: Don't Cry for Bush, Argentina An excerpt: "George W. may not recall the names of world leaders, but when it comes to foreign affairs, he knows the value of his own family's name. " by Louis Dubose and Carmen Coiro March/April 2000 Message 15707079 “In 1988, Terragno was considering two proposals for the $300-million pipeline, one from an Italian firm called Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi and the other from Pérez Companc, an Argentine company working in partnership with Dow Chemical. After a year of consideration, the minister was close to making a decision when Enron, the largest pipeline company in the United States, suddenly entered the bidding. At the time, the Houston-based Enron had no experience in Argentina. It had formed a business relationship with Westfield, a small Argentine firm, but Westfield wasn't much of a player either. El Boletín Oficial -- the Argentine equivalent of the Federal Register -- reported that Westfield's only asset in 1988 was $20, its corporate filing fee. Westfield was a prestanombre, literally a "borrowed name" used to provide a domestic front for a foreign firm” For full story see: Message 15707079