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PBS Frontline 2001 Interview with Enron's Ken Lay on the California Energy Story

"You understand when people read this in the newspaper ...

I think you need to keep in mind also, for better or for worse, we had a lot of access in the Clinton administration. Certainly [former Secretary of Energy Bill] Richardson called on me and Enron on a number of occasions to at least discuss different energy matters, [I] was asked a few times even by then-Chief of Staff Mack McLarty about various energy matters, and [former Treasury Secretary Robert] Rubin on other matters. As a major energy company in the country doing a lot of international business too, we have a lot of reason to, in fact, talk with different officials in our government just like they have many reasons to talk with us.....

You recently had a meeting with Governor Davis in Sacramento?

I did.

Is Governor Davis correct in saying that you told him that things are going to get a lot better because Pat Wood is going to be on the commission?

I think he's told me that. He said he met with Pat Wood and he was convinced that, in fact, things would get better with him on the commission. ... He was convinced that Pat Wood would take a lot more proactive role in trying to help California solve its problem."

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See 'link' in reply #20

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"And when will the media identify almost every Enron lobbyist as formerly associated with Clinton admin. or Gore election campaign?"

See reply #20---Richardson, McLarty, Rubin---lobbyists IN the Clinton Administration.

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The 'link' in reply #20 is great 'hindsight', and, on its face, seems to implicate only Enron and the auditors. Remember how Orange County, California was nearly bankrupted by the 'reverse derivatives' and 'off the books' entries of its 'County Treasurer'.

"Everything that goes up must come down."(or vanish) 'Timing is everything'. 'When the smoke clears, you see the mirrors.'

The Enron auditors(Arthur Andersen) would have seen the 'mirrors' if they were inclined to blow away the smoke. They weren't so inclined, little knowing that the 'smoke' also hid a smoldering fire which would 'burn them' BIGTime, IMHO.

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The PBS Frontline interview with Ken Lay from last spring has some interesting insights. Things do change rather quickly sometimes.

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The PBS Frontline interview last spring with Ken Lay adds support to the Enron debacle as being apolitical as far as 'party politics' go, IMHO.

On an individual basis, Enron did appear, however, to be willing to dance with any person or persons who would say 'Yes' to her temptations.

Those who said 'Yes' in accepting campaign contributions did not necessarily say 'Yes' to the request for 'quid pro quo'.