[Galtoid]

John Danforth? Janet Reno's pal? Go figure.

[NC Conservative]

Arthur Andersen is the auditor for our company. Time to find a new auditor. They suck. The guy that comes for ours out of the Raleigh office is a pompous a$$.

[smith288]

If this is all the dems got to try to bring Bush down, we are in for a pleasant election. Unless Bush was pictured personally holding the papers above a shredder, this whole Enron thing is blown out of proportion in relation to the White House. The liberals are reaching big time.

[Madame Dufarge]

Asked whether Andersen has been told by any clients that they are switching to other auditors, spokesman David Tabolt said, "Some have been concerned. Some have been supportive. I just don't think that we know yet how people are going to react."

Who's going to drop them right in the middle of the tax season?

[VRWC_minion]

THe irony is that many businesses will flock to AA, thinking they too can get a better financical report.

[VRWC_minion]

People with knowledge of the Justice Department's Enron probe said Andersen didn't destroy any audit working papers.

This is what I have been looking for. Auditors gather all sorts of workpapers that include originals and copies of originals. At the end of the audit they are supposed to be destroyed. It is quite possible that AA retained some documents that were not required for its audit and as things were heating up they got around to finally disposing of them.

[Commiewatcher]

A bit off topic, but can anyone recommend a program for document archival on CD?? Acrobat 5.0 looks good but maybe there is something else I should consider using.

[newgeezer]

Here is a similar story from the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/sns-enron.story

From the Chicago Tribune

Enron auditor destroyed files

Top Bush aides talked with CEO about bankruptcy, its implications

By William Neikirk and Jeff Zeleny
Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau

January 11, 2002, 7:14 AM EST

WASHINGTON -- The investigation into the collapse of Enron Corp. widened Thursday as the company's auditor, Arthur Andersen LLP, admitted destroying an untold number of documents relating to the Houston energy firm while the White House disclosed that Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay last fall contacted two Cabinet officers about the firm's pending bankruptcy.

As the White House sought to contain election-year political damage from the company's extensive ties with the Bush administration, Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft and the entire U.S. attorney's office in Houston recused themselves from a newly opened criminal investigation into Enron's failure. more...

[angkor]

Enron’s Campaign Contributions, 1989-2001- Senate & House