Lay had resisted giving up the documents for more than a year: "Kenneth L. Lay agreed Friday to turn over personal and corporate documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is investigating the bankrupt Houston energy company he headed.
Lay had resisted giving up the documents for more than a year, contending that surrendering them would violate his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. "

Lay and Bush--any connection? Well Bush says that he barely knows him, despite their close personal relationship that involved the exchange of millions of dollars in campaign financing for him and his father. But I'm talking about the similar ways they respond to legal matters. They refuse to reveal documentary evidence. Lay stonewalled for a year. Bush is stonewalling on investigations into 9-11 (and how about 3,000 lost their lives--was he warned in advance? why didn't fighters shoot the planes down?) the energy task force (who set this policy?), and he has placed all his fathers Presidential papers and his own from his time as Governor off limits.

Again. Any connection? Or do we just have a culture of arrogance and disregard for the law amongst our political and corporate leaders, and we just didn't know it?
- posted by geoff @ #