Bump to you as you have been following this story.......
Excellent piece, in fact a superb one that answers most of the questions about this transaction, including my questions. (I guess it is on to the issue of Bush being a toady of the CPA firms; the WSJ had some suprisingly negative comments about SEC chairman Pitt on its editorial page which shocked me, and it also thinks the audit and consulting functions should be split, and that the CPA firms are not getting their just desserts in resisting it as something more onerous comes down the pike.) The only thing not addressed is the charge that Bush knew that Harken had financially restructed itself in May, 1990, and had to pay very high interest rates that compromised its future profitability.
The most exculpatory fact brought out here is that someone approached Bush to sell, not Bush himself initiating the sale. It is odd that has not been brought out before. That is the sort of thing that even Joe Six Pack can readily understand is exculpatory, at least of evil intent if not in and of itself of all attendant legal issues.