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

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (1427)	1/29/2002 12:40:26 AM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 5185

A Scandal Worse Than Water Over The Gate? (LOL)

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (1427)	1/29/2002 12:44:13 AM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5185

Noted Brooklyn Prosecutor Joins U.S. Inquiry Into Enron Collapse The New York Times January 28, 2002 THE PROSECUTOR By PHILIP SHENON WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 - The Justice Department has named a leading organized-crime prosecutor from New York to its investigation of the collapse of the Enron Corporation (news/quote), department officials said. The prosecutor, Andrew Weissmann, chief of the criminal division of the United States attorney's office in Brooklyn and the lead prosecutor in the 1997 trial that ended with the imprisonment of the reputed head of the Genovese crime family, is described by colleagues as a tenacious investigator and litigator. Department officials said they hoped the appointment of Mr. Weissmann would be seen as additional evidence that the Justice Department's Enron inquiry would be aggressive, despite the many ties between the Bush administration and senior Enron executives who were among the largest contributors to President Bush's 2000 campaign. Attorney General John Ashcroft has recused himself from the case because he accepted contributions from Enron in a failed campaign for re-election to the Senate. Mr. Weissmann will report to Leslie R. Caldwell, a career federal prosecutor in the United States attorney's office in San Francisco who has been named to head the Enron investigation. Ms. Caldwell, chief of the securities fraud division in the prosecutor's office in San Francisco, has a reputation for toughness and for helping juries make sense of complicated criminal cases. Mr. Weissmann, 42, has handled a variety of cases in Brooklyn but is best remembered for his prosecution of organized-crime figures, most notably Vincent Gigante, the reputed head of the Genovese crime family. Mr. Weissmann won a 1997 conviction of Mr. Gigante on charges of murder-conspiracy and racketeering, overcoming defense claims that Mr. Gigante was incompetent to stand trial. Mr. Gigante was known for walking around Greenwich Village in a bathrobe and pajamas, which resulted in his being dubbed the Oddfather. Mr. Weissmann, a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, was born and raised in New York. He has worked in the United States attorney's office in Brooklyn for 10 years, the last two as chief of the criminal division. nytimes.com Enron