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To: nickel61 who wrote (2851)	5/18/2002 2:33:14 PM
From: Gary Sanders	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3558

If they aren't disclosing what is being done in their off balance sheet accounting, how do you know what it is they are doing and that it is devious? I've seem both sides of the arguments and don't really have enough knowledge to know whether or not there is off balance sheet accounting going on or not. However, even if it is accepted as fact and one accepts your supposition that what is being done off balance sheet is hidden, how can you claim as fact that there are devious things going on or there are problems since it would be hidden from you also. If your supposition about off balance sheet activity is valid, how can you be making claims of devious activities as fact and how can you claim anything other than theories of possibilities? If you have specific factual information to back up your claims that would be different. However if all you are presenting are theories of possible actions, you would get less flak if you presented them as such. I may have missed it, but I haven't seen anything but conjecture in any of your posts that claim devious and deceptive activities.