Esemokwu mmeghe na ikpe mpụ a na-echere ogologo oge nke onye isi oche Enron mbụ Kenneth Lay na onye isi ụlọ ọrụ Jeffrey Skilling ga-amalite n'oge na-adịghị anya ugbu a na ahọpụtara ndị juri maka ikpe ahụ.
N'ihi na ọtụtụ ndị maara na elu-efe efe ike ụlọ ọrụ meteoric ịrị elu na mberede ọdịda afọ anọ gara aga, Enron na ụlọ ọrụ si gbagọrọ agbagọ logo "E" abiawo na-anọchi anya anyaukwu ụlọ ọrụ, nrụrụ aka na ngafe.
Mana nke ka mkpa, Enron kwesịrị ịbụ ihe atụ maka ihe ọzọ: ọ bụ nke mbụ n'ime ogologo ndepụta asịrị nke ụlọ ọrụ metụtara ọchịchị Bush na ọtụtụ ndị otu Congress.
Laa azụ n'August 2001, nanị ọnwa abụọ tupu Enron abanyela n'ọtụtụ akụkọ ndekọ ego nke ọtụtụ puku ndị ọrụ tụfuru ọrụ ha na ụgwọ ezumike nká ha, nke kpochapụrụ $ 60 ijeri ọnụ ahịa ndị na-eketa òkè, onye Enron lobbyist kwụsịrị ọchịchị Bush banyere ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. nsogbu ego na-abịa.
Onye bụbu onye isi oche Enron bụ onye nọ na nyocha ụlọ ọgbakọ n'oge ahụ gbasara ọdịda ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kọwara n'oge ahụ ka arụkwaghịm n'ike nke Skilling n'ụlọ ọrụ ahụ welitere ọkọlọtọ uhie n'ime Enron na ndị na-eche nche.
"Amaara nke ọma na Enron chere ihu ndakpọ ego," onye bụbu onye isi kwuru n'oge ahụ, na mgbe a gbara ajụjụ ọnụ ọzọ maka akụkọ a n'izu gara aga onye isi ahụ kwughachiri okwu ndị ahụ. “N'ụbọchị Jeff gbara arụkwaghịm, ngwaahịa anyị dara ada. Anyị maara na ọ gaghị agbakọta ọnụ. Ihe anyị na-amaghị bụ ka nsogbu ego na Enron ga-esi metụta ahịa ike na US. Ọ bụ ya mere Pat ji hụ Mazị McNally.”
Mmekọrịta Enron na ndị omebe iwu Washington siri ike karịa onye na-eme ihere Jack Abramoff's. Enwere oge Ken Lay, nke a maara dị ka "Kenny Boy" na Bush, nwere ike iburu ekwentị ma soro onyeisi oche, osote onye isi oche Dick Cheney ma ọ bụ ọnụ ọgụgụ ọ bụla nke ndị isi nchịkwa kwurịta okwu.
Ọnwa abụọ bu ụzọ ọdịda Enron bụ otu n'ime oge ahụ.
N'August 15, 2001, otu ụbọchị Skilling kwụsịrị na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, Lay zigara Enron lobbyist Pat Shortridge ka ya na onye ndụmọdụ akụ na ụba White House zute Robert McNally. Shortridge dọrọ McNally aka na ntị na arụkwaghịm Skilling nwere ike bute nsogbu gbasara mmefu ego nke nwere ike mebie ahịa ike mba ahụ, onye bụbu onye isi Enron gwara onye nta akụkọ a afọ atọ gara aga.
Ụlọ White House kwetara na nzukọ dị n'etiti Shortridge na McNally mere na akwụkwọ ndị e wepụtara nye ndị nta akụkọ na Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Onye isi oche nke Kọmitii Ọchịchị Gọọmenti Senate, nke na 2002 nyochara ọdịda nke Enron. Akwụkwọ ndị ahụ kwuru na “Mr. McNally zutere Maazị Shortridge na onye ọzọ na-abụghị ndị Enron.”
Mgbe a jụrụ ma a tụlewo ọdịnihu Enron, ọnụ na-ekwuchitere White House Anne Womack kwuru n'oge ahụ na "ọ bụrụ na nzukọ ahụ bụ maka nke ahụ, m ga-eche na ọ nweghị onye ọzọ ebe ahụ ma e wezụga Mr. McNally na Mr. Shortridge."
Ihe na-enye nsogbu banyere nzukọ dị n'etiti Shortridge na McNally bụ eziokwu ahụ bụ na White House abanyela na nsogbu ego nke Enron ọnwa ole na ole tupu ya ekweta na mbụ na nke ọma tupu akwụkwọ ozi ịdọ aka ná ntị onye bụbu onye isi Enron Sherron Watkins nyefere Lay, bụ nke o nyere ya Lay. kwuru na mmekorita nke ụlọ ọrụ Byzantine nwere ike ibibi ụlọ ọrụ ahụ.
Dị ka ọ dị na mwakpo 9/11, otu ajụjụ a ka na-azaghị na mgbagha Enron bụ: Gịnị ka President Bush maara, oleekwa mgbe ọ maara ya?
Na Mee 2002, White House kwadoro akwụkwọ ikike ma nyefee akwụkwọ karịrị puku abụọ 2,000 gbasara kọntaktị nchịkwa Bush na Enron na kọmitii Senate na Congressional dị iche iche na-enyocha ọnwụ Enron.
Ihe akwụkwọ ndị ahụ kpughere bụ mmekọrịta chiri anya nke Enron nwere na White House na otú ụlọ ọrụ ahụ si nwee ike imetụta atụmatụ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị President Bush site n'ịkwado ndị mmadụ na ọkwa dị iche iche n'ime nchịkwa ahụ.
E liri ya n'ime ibe akwụkwọ ndị ahụ bụ akwụkwọ ozi Lay zigara January 8, 2001, nye onye isi ọrụ Bush, Clay Johnson, na-atụ aro ndị ga-azọ ọkwa asaa na Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Abụọ n'ime ndị na-azọ ọkwa Lay tụrụ aro, Pat Wood na Nora Brownell, bu Bush họpụtara na FERC; A họpụtara Wood onyeisi oche. Akwụkwọ ọzọ kpughere Lay na-akpọ White House n'akwụsịghị akwụsị maka enyemaka.
Lay kpọrọ odeakwụkwọ Treasury Paul O'Neill na Ọktoba 28, 2001, iji nye ya ndụmọdụ na Enron na-aga n'ihu odida. N'echi ya, Lay jụrụ Odeakwụkwọ Azụmahịa Don Evans maka enyemaka n'idebe nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ ọkwa ọkwa Wall Street site na ibelata ọkwa kredit Enron, nke ga-eme ka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ banye n'ụgwọ. Otu izu ka e mesịrị, onye isi oche Enron Greg Whalley kpọrọ Treasury Under Secretary Peter Fisher ugboro isii ruo asatọ, na-achọ enyemaka n'inweta ụlọ akụ iji gbanyekwu ego na Enron.
N'ịgbaso mkpughe ndị a, a manyere White House ịnakwere na Jenụwarị 2002 na ọ rịọrọ Lawrence B. Lindsey, onye bụbu onye isi oche nke National Economic Council nke Bush, ka o mee nyocha na October 2001 - tupu Lay akpọ O'Neill na Evans - ka ọ hụ. ma ọdịda Enron nwere ike inwe mmetụta siri ike na akụ na ụba America. Ndị nkatọ nọ na ọgba aghara na-eso nnabata ahụ, n'ihi na Onye isi ala Bush na ndị enyemaka ya gọnarị nke ukwuu na ha nwere ihe ọmụma ọ bụla tupu ọkwa ego nke Enron ma ọ bụ nsogbu na-abịa.
Dị ka Jennifer Palmieri, onye na-ekwuchitere kọmitii Democratic National Committee kwuru n'oge ahụ, "ọ na-egosi ọzọ na nchịkwa ahụ mere ọtụtụ echiche banyere eziokwu ahụ bụ na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ga-adaba, ma ha emeghị ihe ọ bụla iji jide n'aka na 50,000. Ndị ọrụ Enron agaghị atụfu nchekwa ndụ ha. "
Mmekọrịta chiri anya dị n'etiti Enron na nchịkwa Bush bụkwa akwụkwọ ndị a gosipụtara nke ọma. Lindsey abụrụla onye ndụmọdụ na-akwụ ụgwọ maka Enron, na-anata $50,000 na 2000. Ma ọ bụ naanị otu n'ime ndị isi White House na Republican Party nwere mmekọrịta chiri anya Enron, gụnyere Robert Zoellick, onye nnọchi anya azụmaahịa United States nke nọ ọdụ na bọọdụ ndụmọdụ Enron. 2000; Karl Rove, onye isi atụmatụ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị White House, bụ onye nwere ihe karịrị 1,000 mbak Enron tupu ere ha na June 2001; na Marc Racicot, onye isi oche nke Kọmitii Mba Republican, onye rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-agba ume Enron n'afọ gara aga.
Mgbe ahụ enwere mmekọrịta chiri anya nke Enron na mkpọsa Bush. Enron na ndị ọrụ ya nyere ihe karịrị $1 nde na mkpọsa ntuli aka Bush nke 2000, Republican Party, na Bush Inaugural, na ndị enyemaka Bush ji ụgbọ elu ụlọ ọrụ Enron mee ihe n'oge fracas ntuli aka na Florida.
Mana ikekwe mpụ kacha jọgburu onwe ya bụ ka Onye isi ala Bush na osote onye isi ala Cheney nọdụrụ ala wee kwe ka Enron tufuo California.
Na May 29, 2001, mgbe nsogbu ike California ruru ọnụ ọgụgụ ya kacha elu, nke kpatara ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu izu nke mgbụsị akwụkwọ, enweghị ego, na ọtụtụ ọnwụ, Gov. Grey Davis zutere Bush na Century Plaza Hotel na West Los Angeles, ma rịọ ya arịrịọ. ya wepụta usoro njikwa ọnụahịa dị mkpa na ọkụ eletrik a na-ere na steeti ahụ, bụ nke rigoro ihe karịrị $200 kwa elekere megawatt.
Davis jụrụ Bush maka enyemaka gọọmentị etiti, dị ka ịmanye okpu ọnụ ahịa gọọmentị nyere iwu, iji nwetaghachi ọnụ ahịa ike na-arị elu. Mana Bush jụrụ, na-ekwu na ndị omebe iwu California haziri ahịa ọkụ eletrik nke hapụrụ ọtụtụ ihe mgbochi iwu na nke ahụ mere ka ọnụ ahịa ọkụ eletrik na steeti ahụ rịa elu.
Ọ dị n'aka gọvanọ ka ọ dozie nsogbu ahụ, Bush kwuru, na-agbakwụnye na nsogbu ahụ enweghị ihe jikọrọ ya na ụlọ ọrụ ike na-emegharị ahịa ahụ.
Mana nzaghachi Bush, n'ịtụgharị uche, yiri ka ọ bụ akụkụ nke mbọ a haziri ahazi nke Lay bidoro ka Davis buru ụta maka nsogbu ahụ, nke mechara bute ncheta a na-enwetụbeghị ụdị ya nke Gọvanọ na mgbasa ozi mwakpo ndị Republican na-akwado maka njikwa Davis. nsogbu ike.
Izu ole na ole tupu nzukọ Davis na Bush, mmemme akụkọ PBS Frontline gbara Cheney ajụjụ ọnụ. Onye nta akụkọ sitere na Frontline jụrụ Cheney ma ụlọ ọrụ ike na-eme ihe dị ka cartel ma na-eji ụzọ aghụghọ eme ka ọnụ ahịa ọkụ eletrik rịa elu na California.
"Ee e," Cheney kwuru. "Nsogbu ahụ ị nwere na California bụ ngwakọta nke ihe kpatara ya - atụmatụ iwu na-adịghị mma, n'ihi na ha emeghị ka iwu kwadoro. Ugbu a ha abanyela n'atụmatụ usoro iwu na-adịghị mma, gbakwunyere na ha edozibeghị akụkụ nke okwu ahụ. O doro anya na ha ekepụtala onwe ha nnukwu nsogbu ma mebie PG&E na usoro a. "
N'April 2001, otu ọnwa tupu ajụjụ ọnụ Frontline na nzụkọ Bush na Davis, Cheney, onye na-elekọta ndị ọrụ ike Bush, zutere Lay iji kparịta amụma amụma ike mba Bush.
Lay tụrụ aro ụfọdụ atụmatụ amụma ike ga-abara ụlọ ọrụ ya uru n'ụzọ ego, ma nye Cheney ndetu nke gụnyere ndụmọdụ asatọ maka amụma ike. N'ime asatọ ahụ, asaa etinyere na ntinye ikpeazụ nke amụma ike ike. E wepụtara amụma ike ahụ na ngwụcha Mee 2001, mgbe nzụkọ dị n'etiti Bush na Davis gasịrị, yana ajụjụ ọnụ Cheney's Frontline.
Ihe ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ na-aghọtaghị bụ na Davis ziri ezi na ntule ya na ụlọ ọrụ ike, gụnyere Enron, na-achịkwa ahịa ike ọkụ nke steeti. Ruo taa, ma Cheney ma Bush ekwetaghị na ha nwetara ya ezighi ezi yana na arụghị ọrụ ha nyere aka kpalie nsogbu ike California.
Ọ dị ka a gaghị ejide Lay ma ọ bụ Skilling maka wayo ndị ahịa Enron wetara na California. Onye ọka ikpe gọọmenti etiti na-ahụ maka ikpe mpụ megide Lay and Skilling kpebiri na mbido ọnwa a na ihe odide egbe na-ese anwụrụ na teepu ọdịyo na-egosi otú ndị na-azụ ahịa Enron si kpatara ụkọ na mgbụsị akwụkwọ na California enweghị ike iwebata ya site n'aka ndị gbara akwụkwọ dị ka ihe akaebe n'oge ikpe ahụ n'ihi na ọ ga-enwe ajọ mbunobi. ndị juri.
Otu n'ime teepu ọdịyo kachasị njọ weghaara onye na-ere ahịa Enron na-ekweta na ụzọ aghụghọ ya na California nyeere ya aka ịdọpụ "Nne nne Millie" ruo ihe ruru $ 1 nde kwa ụbọchị.
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