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Friday, May 24, 2002

For months, Democrats on Capital Hill have been trying to glean information from the Bush administration about their contacts with Enron prior to the company's bankruptcy filing in December. Each time the administration says it will comply with the request--whether it be through threats of lawsuits or subpoenas--new information is released that shows top officials in the Bush administration have had more contact with Enron's Ken Lay than they previously said. Much like the questions surrounding what Bush knew prior the september 11 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, the administration seems to have had lengthy conversations with Ken Lay and possibly other Enron officials during California's energy crisis and just days before Enron's bankruptcy. Like September 11, lawmakers want to know what the administration knew and when they knew it. On Tuesday, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to subpoena the White House to provide contacts with Enron. A short list was delivered to the committee Tuesday afternoon with some new contacts the Bush administration had that hadn't been disclosed previously, but the list still falls short. One can only assume that the administration's contacts with Enron and its involvment with the company is far deeper than they let on.

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