Breaking on CNN: Ken Lay trial to be delayed because

babylonsister

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:13 PM
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Breaking on CNN: Ken Lay trial to be delayed because

Enron's Richard Causey has pled guilty.
Damn!
Will provide link when able.

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havocmom

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:15 PM
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1. Did they take Kenny's passport and tag him with a radio transmitter yet?

They sure as hell better!

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ugarte

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:15 PM
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2. With Causey flipping, Ken Lay is probably ready to deal now

Maybe that's what the delay is about.

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spindrifter

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:18 PM
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4. Or maybe it will be Skilling who signs on the line.

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GrpCaptMandrake

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:18 PM
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5. Ostensibly, the delay is

to allow Kennyboy's lawyers time to "prepare" for Causey's testimony.

Realistically, it also provides the Feds an opportunity to lean on Kennyboy a little more.

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missouri dem 2

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:19 PM
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6. Kenny boy has the goods on w*

Would love to see him play lets make a deal.

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havocmom

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:18 PM
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3. Up side: Maybe he won't go to trial until a DEM is in the WH

Edited on Wed Dec-28-05 04:18 PM by havocmom

and he gets no shot at pardon? Would the shrub pardon Kenny-boy (who he said he barely knows) prior to a trial? Would the people storm the WH if he did?

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Midnight Rambler

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:30 PM
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12. I don't think even Junior would be that stupid

It would be an unmitigated disaster for him, and he can't afford another one. Ex-Enron employees would riot. Only Dennis Kozlowski would think it was a good idea.

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Beetwasher

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:19 PM
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7. Hey Kenny, Now's The Time To Deal And Give Up Chimpy

Might as well, he'd screw you over in heartbeat, you dumbfuck.

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eek

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:22 PM
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10. please g-d let this house o' cards fall!

because some of them cards have schwartzenegger, rove aWol etc on 'em.

Maybe the family of that enron guy who was suicided can get his name cleared, too.

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TahitiNut

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:48 PM
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15. First he'd give up Phil and Wendy Gramm and Kay Bailey-Hutchison ...

... who took payola to pave the way through the federal regulations.

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Fridays Child

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:21 PM
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8. In all of this, there's one thing that my intuition screams at me.

It is that Jeffrey Skilling knows a lot more about Cliff Baxter's death than he has admitted. I watched him testify before Congress, right after Baxter's murder, and my gut told me he was lying through his teeth. Skilling was about as convincing as was baby killer Susan Smith, when she tried to convince authorities and the media that her two little boys had been kidnapped.

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eek

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:23 PM
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11. Baxter! yeah, that's the name I couldn't remember

for the suicided/Baxterized guy!

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texastoast

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:34 PM
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13. I think you are right

My gut says a suicide it wasn't. There were just too many things that pointed to foul play. Too many things--the wrong kind of ammo, the amount of Ambien in his system, unusual lettering style of the "suicide" note--and just after he agreed to testify before Congress . . .

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ProSense

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:21 PM
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9. Here is the link.

Edited on Wed Dec-28-05 04:23 PM by ProSense

"The trial against Lay and Skilling has been scheduled to start Jan. 17, but may be delayed."

http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/28/news/newsmakers/causey_plea/index.htm?cnn=yes

At least when they go to trial they'll have damaging testimony from others involved.

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benburch

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Wed Dec-28-05 04:40 PM
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14. No matter what Causey says...

he plead guilty because he WAS guilty, and knew that, at trial, the book would get thrown at him.

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tsuki

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Wed Dec-28-05 05:17 PM
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16. Breaking: Kenny-Boy's trial to be delayed because he is a Bush Crony.

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