cartoon I saw recently (it wasn't easy to find!):

They may as well. So far it's been a he said, she said, I quit months ago, I didn't know how bad it was... no one told me...

Sherron Watkins is the only one that seems to have reasonable proof.

``I believe that Enron had a brief window to salvage itself this past fall and we missed that opportunity because of Mr. Lay's failure to recognize or accept that the company had manipulated its financial statements,'' Watkins said.

Skilling said, ``I relied on our accountants,'' when asked about Watkins' warnings that Enron stock was improperly being used as the foundation of the web of partnerships that eventually brought the company down.

The clincher for me today was the Skilling's statement about his opinion on Federal Reserve laws (how dare the banks not 'cover' Enron during difficult times).

<sigh>

Marcia