Ua hoʻokuʻu wale aku nā mea hoʻoponopono o ka ikehu Federal ma mua o 400 mau ʻaoʻao o nā palapala e hōʻike ana ua ʻike ka luna o Enron mua ʻo Ken Lay a me ka luna nui o mua ʻo Jeff Skilling ua uhaʻi paha ka poʻe kālepa kahakai komohana o Enron i ke kānāwai ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana kālepa manipulative ma Kaleponi e hoʻoikaika ai i kā Enron's. loaʻa kālā i ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ka pilikia mana o kēlā mokuʻāina.
Eia kekahi, ʻo kekahi o nā lobbyists ikaika loa o Enron ma Wakinekona, DC, ka mea i hui me kekahi mau lālā o ka hoʻokele Bush i ka pūnāwai o 2001 e pili ana i ke kūʻē ʻana o Enron i nā mana kumukūʻai ma ke kūʻai ʻana i ka uila ma Kaleponi, ua haʻi ʻia e Tim Belden, ka haku o ke kālepa kaulana o Enron. scams, emi iho ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua o Belden a me nā mea kālepa ʻē aʻe e hana ana ma ke keʻena kālepa o West Coast o ka hui ma Portland, Ore., Ua hoʻohana i ka hapa maikaʻi o 2000 a me 2001 i ka uhai ʻana i nā lula e hoʻokele ana i ka mākeke mana o Kaleponi "i ka wā i loaʻa ai nā manawa kūpono e loaʻa kālā. â€
"ʻElua mau mea i hanaʻia -ʻelua mau wahi ... e pili ana i nā mea e puhi nei," i'ōlelo aiʻo Belden iā Shapiro, ka hope pelekikena o Enron no nā mea hoʻoponopono a me kekahi o nā lobbyists o ka hui, iʻAukake 2000. hana a laila ʻo kā mākou hana manawa maoli. ʻEā, ua hana mākou a ua hana mākou no ʻelua makahiki i ka nui o nā hana i loko, ʻike ʻoe, aia ʻeleʻele, aia keʻokeʻo a he hina. ʻAe, ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou i ka wahi hina i ka wā e loaʻa ai nā manawa kūpono e loaʻa kālā. I kēia manawa ua neʻe mākou i waho o ka ʻāpana hina i ka ʻāpana kū kānāwai… ʻaʻole hoʻi i ke kānāwai, akā he aha, um, e like me ka leka o ke kānāwai, ka leka o nā lula a me ka ʻuhane o nā lula. ʻAe, ua hoʻohana mākou i ka leka o nā lula–a i ʻole i unuhi maoli ʻia–ka unuhi ʻana i nā lula, um, ma Kaleponi ke hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa kālā…”
ʻO nā palapala i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e FERC-ʻoi aku ma mua o 400 ʻaoʻao o nā transcripts o nā kamaʻilio i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waena o nā mea kālepa Enron, nā loio ʻoihana a me nā keʻena o ka lehulehu a me ke aupuni o Enron i hana ʻia ma ke kiʻekiʻe o ka pilikia uila Kaleponi ma 2000 a me 2001 ʻO ke kiʻi kūʻokoʻa a hiki i kēia lā o nā hana kālepa kānalua o ka hui e hoʻomaka ana i ka pilikia mana o Kaleponi. Hiki ke loaʻa kahi kope o nā transcripts ma “http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/nvcommon/NVViewer.asp?Doc=10152323:0”
Ua hoʻopilikia ka pilikia uila o Kaleponi i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā ʻoihana mai ke kauwela o 2000 a i Iune o 2001, ʻo ia ka hopena o nā lā ʻekolu o ka pōʻeleʻele o ka ʻeleʻele, nā haneli o nā mākaʻikaʻi ulia pōpilikia a koi i ka waiwai nui o ka mokuʻāina, Pacific Gas & Electric, i ka panakalupa. ʻOi aku ka pilikia o ka mokuʻāina ma mua o $ 70 biliona.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka Loio Kuhina Mokuʻāina ʻo Bill Lockyer i ka pule i hala e manaʻo nei ʻo ia e waiho i kahi hoʻopiʻi multibillion e kūʻē iā Enron ma muli o nā hana kālepa manipulative a ka hui i kikoʻī ʻia i nā transcripts.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Kaleponi i $ 9 biliona no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai kahi liʻiliʻi o nā hui ikaika no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mokuʻāina i ka wā o ka pilikia mana. Manaʻo ʻia kēlā pilikia e hāpai ʻia e ka 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ma Kapalakiko no ka mea ua ʻōlelo ʻo FERC he kuleana wale nō ʻo Kaleponi i $3 biliona i nā hoihoi.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma waena o Shapiro a me Belden, ua koi ʻo Shapiro iā Belden e huki hou i kāna mau hana kālepa ma Kaleponi, e like me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā laina hoʻouna, ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka mana ma waho o ka mokuʻāina a me ka waiho ʻana i nā ʻikepili hoʻopunipuni i ka mea hoʻohana pūnaewele o ka mokuʻāina, a e hoʻomaka i ka hana kokoke i loko. ke kānāwai ma muli o ka pilikia politika koʻikoʻi e pili ana iā Enron a me nā piliona kālā a ka hui i ʻohi ai mai ka pilikia uila o Kaleponi e hoʻopiha i kāna waihona.
Akā ʻoiai ʻo Shapiro i ʻike e pili ana i nā hana kālepa kānalua a Enron, ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā poʻe loio o Wakinekona e koi ana iā lākou ʻaʻole e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia mākeke ma Kaleponi e ʻōlelo ana ʻo ka pilikia ka hewa o ka mokuʻāina no ka kūkulu ʻole ʻana i ka mana. nā mea kanu, e like me nā palapala lehulehu mai ke komite o ke aupuni o ka hale.
Ua haʻi aku naʻe ʻo Belden iā Shapiro e hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lula ma Kaleponi, me ka manaʻo e uhaki paha ʻo ia i ke kānāwai ma muli o ka hopena, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e pio nā kukui ma ka mokuʻāina. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia inā e koi ʻia ʻo Skilling e hōʻike i mua o ke komisina e pili ana i ka hana o loko o ke keʻena kālepa West Coast e hiki ke hōʻeha i ka hana a Belden.
"Ua ʻike wau he nui ka pilikia politika a ʻike wau ua loaʻa iā mākou he nui o ke kālā i kā mākou puke a laila - inā ʻo Jeff Skilling ah, pono e hele i mua o kekahi komisina a wehewehe i nā hana a ka West Power Group, ʻo ia paha. ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa no kaʻu ʻoihana, "wahi a Belden iā Shapiro, e like me nā transcripts.
ʻO kēia ka hōʻike mua i hōʻike ʻia e kahi lobbyist Enron e pili ana i nā hana kālepa manipulative o ka hui a ʻike ʻia paha aia nā luna ʻē aʻe i ka ʻike. Ua hoʻohana nui ʻo Shapiro i nā lālā o ka hoʻokele Bush. Ma ka lā 23 o Mei, 2001, ua hui ʻo ia me ke kākāʻōlelo ʻoihana White House ʻo Robert McNally a me ke poʻo o nā limahana o Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham e pili ana i kā Bush National Energy Policy a me Enron's kū'ē i ka hoʻokele kumukūʻai ma Kaleponi.
ʻO ka hālāwai ma waena o Shapiro a me McNally i hele mai i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi no Enron. Ua ʻike nā luna koʻikoʻi loa o ka hui ua lilo ʻo Enron i nā haneli miliona o ka loaʻa kālā a me kona kū ʻana ma Wall Street inā kūleʻa nā poʻe kānāwai o Kaleponi i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea hoʻoponopono ikehu federal e kākau hou i nā lula ma ka mākeke mana o Kaleponi. Ma ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā hanana i hala, ʻike ʻia aia ʻo Bush lāua ʻo Cheney ma ke kihi o Enron.
ʻEhā lā ma mua o ka hui ʻana o Shapiro me McNally lāua ʻo ko ʻAberahama koʻokoʻo, ma ka lā 17 o Mei, 2001, ua nīnauele ʻia ʻo Hope Pelekikena Dick Cheney e ka papahana nūhou ʻo Frontline. I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana inā e hana ana nā hui e like me Enron e like me ka "cartel" a me ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i ka mākeke mana o Kaleponi ua pane ʻo Cheney me ka "no".
“ʻO ka pilikia i loaʻa iā ʻoe ma Kaleponi ma muli o ka hui pū ʻana o nā mea—he hoʻolālā hoʻoponopono naʻauao ʻole, no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i deregulate. I kēia manawa ua paʻa lākou mai nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoponopono naʻauao, me ka ʻole o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao hoʻolako o ka pilikia. Ua maopopo ua hana lākou i nā pilikia nui no lākou iho. . .”
I kēlā lā hoʻokahi, Mei 17, 2001, ua wehe ʻo Cheney lāua ʻo Bush i nā kikoʻī o ka National Energy Policy, kahi i ʻae ai ʻo Cheney i ʻehiku mau manaʻo a Ken Lay, e like me nā hōʻike i paʻi ʻia. Inā i ʻike ʻia nā kikoʻī kikoʻī o nā hoʻolālā kālepa o Enron e nā luna o Kaleponi, ʻoiaʻiʻo paha ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kulekele ikehu a Bush, ka mea i koi i ka mālama ʻana i nā mea nui o ka deregulation, a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā mea pāʻani, e like me Cheney, e hoʻi i ka papa kiʻi kiʻi e hoʻolālā i kahi kulekele hou.
Akā he mea hou aku.
Ma ka lā 17 o Mei, 2001, ua kāhea ka luna hoʻomalu ʻo Enron Ken Lay i kahi hālāwai malū ma ka hōkele ʻo Peninsula ma Beverly Hills, Kaleponi, i mea e loaʻa ai kekahi o nā mea waiwai a kaulana o ka mokuʻāina e hoʻolauna i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o Kaleponi e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka "deregulation". i kēia manawa.†Ua nānā pono ʻo LLay i nā waiwai kālepa o Enron. I kekahi mau mahina ma mua, ua kelepona ʻo Sue Mara, kahi limahana hana aupuni o Enron iā Bob Badeer, he mea kālepa Enron, me kahi nīnau mai Ken Lay. Ma hope o nā ʻōlelo a ka lehulehu a Davis e pili ana i ka mokuʻāina o ka pilikia o ka ikehu o Kaleponi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mara ua makemake ʻo Lay e ʻike inā ua pili nā ʻōlelo a Davis i ke kumukūʻai o ka mana ma ka mākeke mua, ʻo Lay makemake i kēlā mau minuke kikoʻī kūʻē i nā ʻōlelo ākea a ka luna mua. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo e pili ana i nā hana ʻino e hana nei i loko o ʻEronona.
ʻO ke kiaʻāina o Kaleponi i kēia manawa, ʻo Arnold Schwarzenegger, nāna i hoʻokuʻu iā Davis i kahi koho hoʻomanaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka makahiki i hala, ua hele ʻo ia i ka hālāwai ma ka Peninsula Hotel me Lay e like me ka Mekia Los Angeles ma mua ʻo Richard Riordan a me ke aliʻi junk-bond Michael Milken a me nā kukui ʻē aʻe. Hāʻawi ʻo Lay i ka poʻe i hele mai i kahi palapala ʻehiku ʻaoʻao i loaʻa i nā mea i kapa ʻia he mau hoʻonā i ka pilikia uila o ka mokuʻāina.
He ʻumikumamālua mau lā ma hope o ko Lay hui ʻana me Schwarzenegger a me Cheney i nīnauele ʻia e Frontline, a ʻewalu mau lā ma hope o ka hui ʻana o Shapiro me McNally, ua ʻae ʻo Pelekikena Bush e hui me Gray Davis ma ka Hotel Century Plaza ma West Los Angeles e hoʻolohe i ka noi a Davis no ka nui. - pono nā mana kumu kūʻai ma luna o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai mana. Ua hōʻole ʻo Bush i ka ʻōlelo ʻana e hoʻoponopono ka mākeke manuahi i nā pilikia.
Akā, ua maopopo i loko o Enron ʻaʻole hiki i ka hui ke loaʻa hou, i ka mea a Enron limahana hana aupuni i ʻōlelo ai ma nā transcripts he "bucketloads of cash," mai Kaleponi. ʻO nā pule ma mua, Kaleponi, ma lalo o Davis, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa i $ 42 biliona i nā ʻaelike uila no ka wā lōʻihi me ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua mau kakini mau ʻoihana ikehu a ʻaʻole kūʻai hou i ka nui o kāna pono mana ma ka mākeke ākea, kahi i loaʻa ai kāna makani nui loa.
I Iune 2001, ma hope koke iho o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana o nā kikoʻī o nā ʻaelike lōʻihi, ua kiʻi ʻo Skilling lāua ʻo Lay iā Belden i Houston e kūkākūkā i ka māhele kālepa West Coast o ka hui, a Belden i ʻōlelo ai ma kahi kamaʻilio i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 80 pakeneka o nā waiwai o Enron. ma 2000 a me 2001, e hoʻoholo inā hiki ke hana ʻia kekahi mea e hoʻopakele ai i ka hana, e like me ka mea e hana pū ana me ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo ma ka hoʻokolokolo.
ʻAʻole maopopo ka mea i puka mai i kēlā hālāwai, akā ʻelua mahina ma hope mai ua haʻalele ʻo Jeff Skilling mai Enron. ʻEkolu mahina ma mua, ma Malaki 9, 2001, ua lele ʻo ia i Portland e lawe iā Belden a me nā mea kālepa ʻē aʻe i ka ʻaina ahiahi ma ka hale ʻaina ʻo Higgins no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā o ka hapaha mua o Enron. Ma nā transcripts i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e FERC, ʻōlelo ka poʻe kālepa ua loaʻa iā lākou he $ 10 miliona i ka lā ma 2000 ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui o nā scam kālepa i hoʻomohala ʻia e Belden.
He aha ka mea kupanaha e pili ana i kēlā mau scams i huki ʻia e nā mea kālepa Enron ma Kaleponi ʻo ia ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia i loko o ke keʻena nui o ka hui ʻo Houston, e like me nā transcripts. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua aʻo aku kekahi luna o ka lehulehu ma Enron i kahi mea kālepa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka ʻoihana kalepa ʻo Portland, Oregon e wahaheʻe i kahi mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Wall Street Journal i makemake e kākau i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka pākaukau kālepa waiwai a Enron.
"ʻO ka mea a lākou e nīnau mai ai iā ʻoe, pono ʻoe e wahaheʻe no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e haʻi iā lākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo…," wahi a kahi limahana Enron ʻike ʻole i ka ʻoihana aupuni o ka hui i kahi mea kālepa Enron. A laila ho'āʻo ka limahana o ke aupuni e kamaʻilio i ka mea kālepa mai ka hana ʻana i ka nīnauele me ka Journal. "ʻAʻole wau e hana (ka nīnauele). ʻO ka mea mua, pono ʻoe e haʻi iā lākou i nā wahaheʻe he nui, no ka mea inā ʻoe e haʻi iā lākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo…
"E loaʻa iaʻu ka pilikia," wahi a ka mea kālepa, ke hoʻopau nei i ka limahana o ke aupuni.
"E pilikia ana ʻoe," wahi a ka limahana o ke aupuni.
Eia nō naʻe, ma Iulai 18, 2000, ua paʻi ka Wall Street Journal i kahi moʻolelo ma lalo o ke poʻo ʻOhi nā mea kālepa ikehu i nā waiwai nui ma nā kumu kūʻai kiʻekiʻe, ka mea i wehewehe i ka hauʻoli o ka lilo ʻana i mea kūʻai ikehu i ka wā o ke kumukūʻai o ka ikehu, ʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo like i kūkākūkā ʻia ma waena o ka mea kālepa Enron a me ka limahana hana aupuni. Ua ʻike ʻia i kēia manawa, e like me nā transcripts, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai mana i kūkākūkā ʻia ma ia moʻolelo, ua hoʻokumu pololei ʻia e nā hana manipulative a Enron. a ʻaʻole ia he hopena o nā kaohi hoʻoponopono i waiho ʻia ma ka mākeke uila nui o Kaleponi.
Malia paha ʻo ka hapa nui loa o ka transcript ʻo ia ʻo John Forney, kahi mea kālepa Enron koʻikoʻi i hana pili pū me Belden a ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ma nā hoʻopiʻi kipi, hopohopo e hoʻouna ʻia ʻo ia i ka hale paʻahao. Ma kahi kamaʻilio ʻana a Forney me Belden, me he mea lā ua hopohopo ʻo Forney e pili ana i kahi hoʻolālā āna i huki ai e pili ana iā Kaleponi a me Kanada.
Me he mea lā e hoʻopau ʻo Belden i nā hopohopo o Forney, e like me nā transcripts, a ʻōlelo ʻo Forney ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole hopohopo kekahi o kāna mau hoa Enron e pili ana i ka hiki ke hele i ka hale paʻahao ma muli o nā hoʻolālā āna a me. ua huki nā mea kālepa ʻē aʻe.
“Makemake wale au e hele i ka halepaahao,' wahi a Forney.
“Ae,†wahi a Belden. “I kekahi manawa ma keia aina.â€
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Forney e kū i ka ʻaha federal ma Kapalakiko i ʻOkakopa.
ʻO Jason Leopold ka luna ʻoihana mua o Los Angeles o Dow Jones Newswires kahi i noho ai ʻo ia i ʻelua mau makahiki e uhi ana i ka pilikia o ka ikehu a me ka panakalupa Enron. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna kākau ʻana i kahi puke e pili ana i ka pilikia, e puka ana ma Dekemaba ma o Rowman & Littlefield.
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