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HOUSTON (AP) — Enron
■orp. invited the FBI to its
headquarters after a former
executive said she saw employ
ees shredding documents as
■cently as last week,
■eanwhile, shareholders suing
tile once-mighty energy compa-
iv sought access to its former
auditor’s records.
I FBI agents arrived at
Biron’s headquarters Tuesday
tc investigate the shredding
allegations and company
guards blocked employee
■cess to accounting and
■nance offices on the 19th and
2< ih floors of the 50- _
stpry building.
I “The company has
nine everything
nu’d expect under
■ese circumstances,”
^■nron attorney
Henneth Marks told
^I.S. District Judge
^■elinda Harmon.
I The FBI declined
to comment, but
Hiron officials said
He agents were on
h; ud to talk with
Horkers and check
Hto the claims.
I On Wednesday,
Harmon awaited a
p] n from sharehold-
attorneys to bar
jHditing firm Arthur
jHndersen from any
Hrther shredding of
d< cuments related to
^■iron's audits.
H One of those attor
neys, William
^Kracln. said multiple
la vyers agreed that
Hey want Harmon to
approve a plan allow-
Hg them to inspect
al of Andersen's
Enron-related docu-
Hents and take depo
sitions from top
Hndersen personnel.
They also want
Harmon to eliminate
any Andersen poli-
cit s that require doc
ument destruction
after keeping records
&
i
for a certain amount of time.
Andersen is currently under
a Texas court order prohibiting
shredding.
In Washington on Tuesday,
the White House disclosed that
President Bush’s mother-in-
law. Jenna Welch, had invested
in Enron and lost $8,100.
Bush, a friend of Enron
chairman Kenneth Lay, reiter
ated that he had no intention of
releasing details of Enron con
tacts with White House aides
who developed his energy
plan, saying if “somebody has
an accusation of wrongdoing.
let me know.”
Congressional investigators
also said they would subpoena
senior officials at Andersen,
including the chief executive,
to testify Thursday.
Enron slid into the biggest
bankruptcy in U.S. history last
month after investigators
began examining several com
plex partnerships used to keep
half a billion dollars in debt
off company books. Enron
shares crashed, and thousands
of employees lost their jobs
and their stock-loaded retire
ment savings.
Kenneth Lay
Enron chairman
and one of
President Bush's
top political
contributors.
Sherron Watkins
Enron vice
president of
development who
warned Lay about
accounting
irregularities last
August.
Maureen
Castaneda
Former Enron
executive who
claims the
shredding began
after Thanksgiving
at Houston
headquarters.
Robert Bennett
Washington lawyer
representing
Enron; represented
former President
Clinton in sexual
harassment
lawsuit.
ENRON
the players
Arthur
Andersen
The growing list of
political, corporate
and regulatory
characters in the
Enron debacle
includes the
following people
trom Enron's
accounting firm;
Joseph Berardlno
Chief executive
officer of Arthur
Andersen. Enron's
accounting firm
until it was fired
Jan. 17.
David Duncan
Andersen's chief
auditor on Enron
account until he
was fired earlier
this month.
Michael
C. Odom
A partner in
Andersen’s
Houston office
who was
stripped of his
management
responsibilities
because of the
destruction of
Enron
documents.
Nancy
Temple
A lawyer for
Andersen
who spelled
out the firm’s
document-
destruction
policy in an
Oct. 12 e-
mail to its
Houston
office.
ENRON
the players
Capitol
hill
The growing list of
political, corporate
and regulatory
characters in the
Enron debacle
includes the
following members
of Congress.
Sen. Joe
Lleberman
(D-Conn.)
Chairman of the
Senate Govern
mental Affairs
Committee;
received S2.000
from Enron
Rep. W.J. Billy
Tauzln
(R-La.)
Chairman of
House Energy and
Commerce
Committee;
accepted $6,464
from Enron.
Rep John Dlngell
(D-Mich.)
Ranking member
on House Energy
and Commerce
Committee; .
accepted $9,000
from Enron,
Rep Jim
Greenwood
(R-Pa.)
Chairman of
House Energy and
Commerce
Committee’s
Subcommittee on
Oversight and
Investigations;
received $1,000
from Enron.
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