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s_dc_39 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! House Panel: Whereabouts of Enron's Lay a Mystery Mon Feb 4, 9:49 PM ET By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional committee trying to serve a subpoena on former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay said on Monday his personal attorney does not know where Lay is and could not accept the subpoena. "We made contact with Mr. Lay's attorney this afternoon ... He tells us he does not know of Lay's whereabouts, which we find quite puzzling to say the least," said Peggy Peterson, spokeswoman for the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. Earl Silbert, Lay's attorney, was unavailable for comment. A woman answering the phone at his home said he was ill. Lay resigned from the board of the fallen energy trading giant on Monday as two congressional committees vowed to force him to come before them to testify on Enron's collapse. He had been scheduled to appear before a House Financial Services subcommittee to talk about Enron's downfall, but he backed out over the weekend. The House committee had hoped to subpoena him on Monday to compel him to appear on Tuesday, Peterson said. But upon contacting Silbert, she said, "He told us he doesn't know where he (Lay) is and so could not accept the subpoena ... This is a bizarre situation." She said, "We're going to keep talking to the attorney." Lay had also been scheduled to appear before a Senate committee on Monday, but canceled that date, as well. Lay resigned as chairman and chief executive of Houston-based Enron on Jan. 23. On Monday, he issued a statement saying he was also stepping down from the board. "I want to see Enron survive and successfully emerge from reorganization," he said in the statement. "Due to the multiple inquiries and investigations, some of which are focused on me personally, I believe that my involvement has become a distraction to achieving this goal." His testimony to Senate and House panels had been expected to be a highlight of four days of hearings into the crumbling of the one-time Wall Street darling, the largest company to file for bankruptcy in U.S. history. But Lay canceled, with his lawyer citing a "prosecutorial" atmosphere. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings, a South Carolina Democrat, said the committee would meet on Tuesday to issue a subpoena to make Lay testify on Feb. 12. However, even if he appears, Lay can invoke his right not to testify against himself, committee members said. With a criminal inquiry into Enron's demise under way at the Justice Department and fresh revelations emerging daily of wildly irregular practices at the company, an increasing number of witnesses were refusing to testify before Congress. Ousted Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow and former Enron executive Michael Kopper were expected to appear before a House Energy and Commerce Committee panel on Thursday, but to invoke their right not to testify against themselves. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
