To: tsigprofit who wrote (11225 ) 7/10/2002 11:29:16 AM From: James Strauss Respond to of 13094 Qwest And Arthur Andersen... *******************************So, we have Enron, WorldCom, Harken Energy, Merck, and Halliburton tied to Anderson... And, Bush and Cheney tied into Harken and Halliburton... And, Cheney will not release the notes to the Enron White House discussions... Anyone see a connection here? : > Matt: Now let's add Qwest to the Andersen connection... We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Qwest Communications International Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated state-ments of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001. These con-solidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these con-solidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards gen-erally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall finan-cial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a rea-sonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Qwest Communications International Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Denver, Colorado, January 29, 2002 (except for the matters discussed in Note 15, as to which the date is March 31, 2002). R e p o rt o f I n d e p e n d e n t P u b l i c A c c o u n t a n t s 76 . Qwest 2001qwest.com You need to click on the link to see the Arthur Andersen Signature... Jim