They’re circling like vultures, and with good reason. The House Energy Committee, Senate Governmental Affairs, House Financial Services and more. Plus a special task force of the Justice Department, the S.E.C. and a herd of lawyers. They’re all crowding around to carve into the bankrupt carcass of Enron. The huge energy company made Texan-sized political donations to the President and a long list of lawmakers from both parties. Now Enron is providing another kind of political fodder, the grist of scandal, coming into an election year no less. But the politicians know there’s danger in the hunt, that the benefit of such a scandal can be lost if all the public sees is birds of prey enjoying a blood bath. It’s a delicate dance in DC.
Guests:
Larry Noble, Executive Director for Center for Responsive Politics
Lanny Davis, former Special Counsel to President Clinton
Congressman Bernard Sanders of Vermont