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The Enron Investigation: Key Documents

Following is a chronological list of key documents in the Enron investigation. Documents are ordered by their original date.
For full coverage, go to the Enron special report.

Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
Report (Part 1): Results of the Enron board of directors' investigation into possible financial mismanagement by former Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow and others at Enron. All parts of the report are PDFs. Part 2  |  Part 3  |  Part 4

Monday, Jan. 14, 2002
Letters: Text of three letters from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman James Greenwood to Enron Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay, Andersen Managing Partner and CEO Joseph F. Berardino and Joseph C. Dilg, Managing Partner at Vinson and Elkins, concerning Enron documents that raised "troubling questions" during the investigation.
Emails: Text of two emails sent by Arthur Andersen employees to other employees on Andersen's document retention policy.

Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002
Letter: Text of letter from Rep. Henry A. Waxman to Enron CEO Ken Lay regarding two emails from Lay to Enron employees that Waxman says if sent by Lay, "misled your employees into believing that Enron was prospering and that it's stock price would rise."

Friday, Jan. 11, 2002
Letter: Text of letter from Rep. Henry A. Waxman to Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill and Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans requesting information on their communications with Enron CEO Ken Lay.
Letter: Text of a letter from Rep. Billy Tauzin, on behalf of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee, to Andersen Managing Partner and CEO Joseph Berardino, requesting further information on the Enron audit.

Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002
Letter: Text of a letter from Rep. Henry A. Waxman to Attorney General John Ashcroft requesting his recusal from the Enron matter.
Statement: Text of a Justice Department statement announcing Attorney General John Ashcroft's recusal from the Enron matter.

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002
Letter: Text of letter from Vice President Dick Cheney to Rep. Henry A. Waxman regarding meetings between Cheney and Enron CEO Ken Lay.
Press Release: Text of an Enron news release detailing its turnover of the Northern Natural Gas Pipeline to Dynegy.
Press Release: Text of information released by Dynegy detailing its impending assumption of the Northern Natural Gas Pipeline, at that point controlled by Enron.

Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001
Application: Text of Securities and Exchange Commission application to the US District Court for the District of Columbia requesting an order that former Enron CFO Andrew S. Fastow comply with the SEC's Oct. 30, 2001 subpoena.

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001
Statement: Text of testimony submitted by Andersen Managing Partner and CEO Joseph Berardino to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001
Press Release: Text of the Department of Labor's press release announcing their investigation into Enron.

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001
Press Release: Text of a press release from Enron announcing its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001
Press Release: Text of information released by Enron including its net third quarter losses of over $600 million.

Thursday, Oct. 12, 2001
Email: Text of an email from an Enron employee to another Enron employee suggesting that they remind others in the company of Enron's document retention policy.

Friday, Aug. 8, 2001
Emails: Text of emails from Enron CEO Ken Lay to Enron employees announcing Jeff Skilling's resignation as Enron CEO and Ken Lay's reinstatement as Enron CEO.

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001
Memo: Text of an internal Andersen memo detailing their audit's focus on Enron's controversial off-the-books partnerships, as well as the consideration of dropping Enron as a client.

Feb., 2000
Statement: Text of Arthur Anderson's policy on document retention.

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