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Note:
This chart does not touch on campaign spending. Bush/Cheney
represent the State Department. Many of the seeds of this evil
axis were sown during the Bush, Sr. and Clinton
administrations.
1. Enron and Global Crossing
used a complex deal brokered by a third company to sidestep
accounting rules in a March 2001 transaction that was designed to
help Global Crossing disguise a loan and allow each company to book
revenue, according to executives and traders involved in the
transaction.
New York Times May 19, 2002
Enron has link to Global
Crossing
Enron and Global
Crossing participated in the first-ever commodity bandwidth
trade. Global Crossing was the seller, Enron was
the buyer. Jeff Skilling said, “This is ‘Day One’ of a
potentially enormous market.”
Enron Press
Release December 2,
1999
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2. Arthur Andersen is
Global Crossing's auditor, too.
Andersen ties
among similarities to Enron
Mississippi Clarion
Ledger June 27,
2002
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3. Roy Olofson, former
vice president of finance for Global Crossing, accused
company executives of overstating the company's assets, like with
Enron, and of firing him when he tried to blow the
whistle. Mr. Olofson told of shady deals being made with
companies such as the telecommunications company
Qwest.
InfoWorld February 8, 2002
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4. Arthur Andersen kept
the books for Qwest, too.
Is Qwest playing accounting
games?
MSNBC.com Jan 31, 2002
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5. On January 7, 2002,
Qwest Chairman and CEO Joseph P. Nacchio was named Chairman
of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Network
Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC). The
appointment was announced by FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell.
"In
addition to his role as chairman of the NRIC, Nacchio is vice
chairman of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC), a select group of industry executives that
provides advice on security and emergency preparedness issues to
President George W. Bush. Nacchio is scheduled to become chairman of
NSTAC later this year. The leadership roles for the
government will not distract Nacchio from running
Qwest.
Qwest Communications Press
Release
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6. Enron and Qwest struck a deal last
fall to swap fiber optic network capacity and services at
exaggerated prices in an effort to improve each company's financial
picture.
Broadband Week March 29, 2002
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7.
October 04, 2001 - Nortel Networks
has been selected by Global Crossing to provide IP service
management software for Global Crossing's worldwide
deployment of next generation IP and ATM
services.
MPLS World News
MPLS World
News
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8. October 11,
2001 Nortel Networks Deploying Voice, Data Network for
Qwest Using Internet Technology
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK,
N.C. – Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSE: NT] is deploying for
Qwest Communications International, Inc. a new, packet-based
network infrastructure that Qwest intends to use to replace
traditional, circuit-switched networks throughout its 14-state
region.
Nortel Networks Press
Release
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9. "Carlyle has
also invested in Global Crossing, Nextel and
Nortel."
The Industry Standard Money
Watch Apr 23 2001
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10. Until October 11,
2001, William E. Conway, Carlyle Group Founder and
Director, was also Director of Global Crossing.
Bermuda Stock
Exchange
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11. Until April, 2001,
the chairman of the board at Nortel was Frank Carlucci, who
is also chairman of The Carlyle Group
Press release from Nortel
Networks
"Carlyle has also invested in
Global Crossing, Nextel and Nortel."
The Industry Standard Money
Watch Apr 23 2001
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12. George Bush, Sr. is
Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group's Asia fund. For
full details see
The Ex-President's Club
Meet The Carlyle Group
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13. The Carlyle Group is the
13th largest government contractor.
Federal
Access
The Carlyle Group
is the 10th largest defense contactor.
Government Executive
Magazine
Northrop Grumman is the 4th largest
defense contractor, and the 6th largest government contractor.
The Carlyle Group bought into Northrop Grumman's Commercial
Aerostructures business (now called Integrated Systems Sector),
which is the largest supplier of aircraft structures to the Boeing
company, which is the nation's 2nd largest contractor.
Northrop Grumman News Release July 24,
2000
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14. John F. Harris,
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of The Carlyle
Group, was previously a Senior Manager with Arthur
Andersen
Hoovers Executive
Biography
The Carlyle Group is a partner and
investor in Apteka-Holding, a Russian pharmaceutical company.
From their website:
"At the request of The Carlyle Group the
business processes of the company were surveyed at the first stage
of the project by the specialists of Arthur Andersen, one of the
Big Five consultancies."
Platinum SQL Implementation at
Apteka-Holding
The Carlyle Group is an investor in a
property management technology company called
Realeum.
From their website:
"The former SC
Partner from Arthur Andersen responsible for Realeum development
serves as CTO and has established the infrastructure for analysis
& design, development, platform operations and product
management."
Realeum - About Us
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15. The Carlyle
Group is connected to Qwest through it's investment and
partnership with a company called Citynet. Qwest Communications supplied bandwidth
for Citynet as the company rose to become West Virginia's
largest internet service provider.
State's
Largest Internet Company Sees Bright Future
Ahead
Inside
Citynet July, 2001
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16. Robert E. Grady is a
Partner and Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, and is
also a member of the Advisory Board of Enron
Corporation.
USBX Board of Directors
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17. George Bush Sr.
accepted $80,000 worth of Global Crossing shares in lieu of
payment for speaking fees for a 1998 speech he gave on the company's
behalf in Japan. The value of those shares went up to 14
million.
San Francisco
Chronicle Feb 11, 2002
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18. Global Crossing is
still in the running for a $400 million defense contract, despite
having the project taken away from them in July, 2001.
Washington
Post WashTech.com Feb 12, 2002
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19. The federal
government paid Arthur Andersen $93 million for services in
2000. Visit the Federal Procurement Data
Center. Do a search for
"Andersen". It will give you a drop-down menu of
companies; in particular select ANDERSEN, ARTHUR, LLP_______CHICAGO,
IL. You can search by what agencies contracted with them and
how much they spent, or by what and for how much Andersen
sold.
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20. Enron's ties to the
White House too extensive to list here. Please see Ken Lay Slept Here: The Enron Photo
Album
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21.
Carlyle Group purchased QwestDex
yellow pages for $7 billion.
Washington Post, August 20, 2002
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