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The Enron Trap: And how to stay out of it.

National Review

| February 11, 2002 | YORK, BYRON | COPYRIGHT 2002 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Here's a worrisome scenario for the White House as it tries to navigate its way through the Enron mess: Weeks from now, there's still no evidence that anyone in the administration did anything wrong, yet the White House finds itself in a confrontation with Congress over contacts with Enron. Democratic senators demand information, the president refuses to give it up, and subpoenas fly. Legal battles follow, and the White House ultimately loses-all without any credible suggestion of wrongdoing.

It might seem farfetched, and indeed there appears to be great confidence in the White House that it won't happen. But the president's increasingly hard-line stance against ...

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