How Many Wall Street Execs Has Obama Sent to Jail? (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 11, 2012 Hint: If you read between the lines of the Obama team's latest hit on Mitt Romney, you'll find it's less than one, and greater than any negative number. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Endgame for Gramm?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 15, 2009 One wonders if Phil Gramm has been made just a tad nervous by the news on Tuesday that one of UBS' super-wealthy private clients has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Plague Upon the White House

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 8, 2008 I am not a conventionally religious man, or even a very superstitious one, but I do wish George Bush would stop asking God to bless America. Every time he does, we seem to be visited with another plague, suggesting divine wrath over our president's evil ways. How else to explain the persistent calamity that has marked this administration? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Enron Files (Juicy Bits Too)

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2006 The "Enron Explorer" offers the politically inclined voyeur access to all 200,000 e-mails released during the fraud investigation. The "visualizer" is an excellent tool that creates a visual representation of each executive's social network. Hopefully they'll map the Abramoff scandal next. (Via boingboing.net) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Rewrites History on Lay

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2006 President Bush told Larry King that deceased Enron founder Ken Lay was "a good guy" That's just patently false A jury confirmed as much And as for Lay's crimes, Bush said he was "disappointed" Memo to Bush: "Disappointed" is dropping an ice cream cone in the mud Leaving thousands of employees with worthless pension plans and profiting wildly by knocking California off the power grid that's a bit more than "disappointing" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ken Lay, Former Enron CEO, Dies of Heart Attack

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2006 Enron Corp. founder Ken Lay, who six weeks ago was found guilty in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history, and who was expected to face decades in prison for his fraud and conspiracy convictions in the Enron collapse, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 64. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Bush Links Energized Enron

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 31, 2006 The Bush family consistently acted to put Enron and its longtime CEO, Ken Lay, into a position to rip off investors and taxpayers. Why is the mass media ignoring that fact now that Lay has been convicted in arguably the most egregious example of white-collar fraud in U.S. history? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Reform the System Or Lose the Democracy

Molly Ivins / Truthdig May 30, 2006 Kenny Lay paid heaps in campaign contributions to use our president as his "errand boy," and democracy faltered. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: The Enron Trial Jurors

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2006 Truthdig salutes the 12 jurors who sacrificed four months of their lives to sift through the lies of former Enron chiefs Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, convicting them on 25 counts of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. Interviewed after the case, jurors were incredulous that the two former titans were unaware of the crimes at their company. "Skilling was supposed to be a hands-on individual," one juror told a newspaper. "It's hard to believe a hands-on individual wouldn't know what was going on." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Enron Story Everyone Is Missing: The Bush-Ken Lay Connection

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2006 Former Enron Chief Ken Lay may stand convicted, but as Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer has been writing for years, no accounting of the Enron scandal will be complete until we have full disclosure of Lay's entanglements with the White House. Check out this classic Scheer column: "Enron is Whitewater in spades. This isn't just some rinky-dink land investment like the one dredged up by right-wing enemies to haunt the Clinton White House--but rather it has the makings of the greatest presidential scandal since the Teapot Dome." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mr. Fish – The Unicorn of Enron

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A Verdict on an Era?

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2006 That's what the N Times calls the conviction of Enron honchos Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling But Truthdig contributing cartoonist Mr Fish has a different perspective (click here to see the full cartoon) Truthdig editor Robert Scheer has written about the crooks from Texas in his new book, "Playing President" Click here to read some of those classic columns. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )