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June 2008
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Jason Whitely: March 2006 ArchivesStudents returned to classes at West Brook High School in Beaumont Thursday morning but this day was more different than anyone can remember. ...According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's website Sun Travel's bus drivers score below the national average. ...After what started out as an intense cross-examination, the back and forth between Skilling attorney Daniel Petrocelli and ex-Enron treasurer Ben Glisan had a few lights moments Thursday morning. During cross-examination, Ben Glisan recounts seeing a handcuffed Jeff Skilling in an elevator at federal court the day he was arrested. Cross-examination of ex-Enron Treasurer Ben Glisan is underway right now at Houston's Federal Court. Skilling's attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, is not holding back in trying to discredit Glisan before the jury. ...Wednesday afternoon testimony was another damaging day for Enron founder Ken Lay. ...In testimony Wednesday afternoon, ex-Enron treasurer hammered Ken Lay. As the company spiraled toward bankruptcy Glisan said Lay blatantly lied about the value of the energy company he created in the 1980s. ...With former Enron Treasurer Ben Glisan beginning his second day on the stand, prosecutors are announcing the last few witnesses they plan to call before resting their case in the next week or so. Ben Glisan, Enron's former treasurer, is back on the stand Wednesday morning providing powerful testimony for the prosecution. Among the final few witnesses the government is calling to testify in the Enron trial is Ronald Barone, a credit analyst with Standard & Poors credit rating agency in New York. ...The Enron trial spent Tuesday morning bogged down in another day of boring, complex, and detailed testimony from former Arthur Andersen accountants John Sult and Tom Bauer. ...Ben Glisan arrived at Houston's federal courthouse early Tuesday morning ready to play his role in the Enron trial. If you didn't know Glisan is a federal inmate it would have been hard to tell. ...Former Enron Treausrer Ben Glisan will testify Tuesday afternoon against his two former bosses, Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. Attorneys from both sides told the judge they have about six weeks of testimony left to present. ...After an interesting few days last week, the energy of the Enron trial has fallen sharply Monday morning. ...As the government winds down its fraud and conspiracy case against Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, it is calling a couple former accountants from Arthur Andersen. The Texas Southern University Board of Regents went into closed executive session Thursday morning at 10:15 to consider the future of University President Priscilla Slade. ...Sherron Watkins came to court with shorter hair than we have seen her wear in the past. ...Enron's former chief risk officer, Vince Kaminski, returns to the stand Wednesday morning. Sherron Watkins, the so-called whistle-blower, who wrote a memo to Ken Lay warning him of impending problems, takes the stand next. Prosecutors continued an assault on Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling Tuesday afternoon, calling their third witness of the day to testify. ...A 46-year-old pipeline worker from New Mexico is the latest witness in the prosecution's case against Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. Tuesday afternoon, he provided powerful testimony for the prosecution. ...The latest witness prosecutors called in the Enron trial is likely the youngest. With Fastow, the government's highest witness, finished testifying, legal experts believe the trial will now speed up. ...Seems Ken Lay's attorney is getting frustrated during the beginning of cross-examination of Andrew Fastow over a hearing problem. ...Petrocelli finally finished with Fastow leaving a certain degree of doubt with jurors about what the two defendants really knew. ...After greeting the jury Monday morning, Judge Lake said Daniel Petrocelli, who had cross-examined Andrew Fastow for two days before resting last Thursday, in fact, had more questions for Fastow. ...This is the beginning of week seven of the criminal trial of former Enron CEOs Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. ...Daniel Petrocelli has gone more than a day grilling Andrew Fastow in cross-examination. The back-and-forth between the two men is interesting theater to watch. Andrew Fastow admits he destroyed the original document, but after a copy was discovered in his safe deposit box, the so-called Global Galactic agreement is the center of questions in Fastow's third day on the stand. ...Cross-examination is underway at this hour in courtroom 9B of the Houston Federal Courthouse. Daniel Petrocelli, attorney for Jeff Skilling, is continuing to question former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow. ...
After two hours of damaging testimony to Ken Lay, prosecutors finished questioning former Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow about 10:45 Tuesday morning. Within minutes Skilling's lead attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, got up and fired away at Fastow. ...Ken Lay has to be cringing in his chair as he listens to Andrew Fastow testify Wednesday morning. There is still a buzz around federal court about testimony on Tuesday from former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow. The 44-year-old spent almost the entire day on the stand facing direct examination from prosecutor John Hueston. He is back on the stand right now continuing to lay out his story of what happened at Enron. |
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