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Of course the man in the picture above is Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D) and was Al Gore's running mate during the 2000 presidential election. Joseph Lieberman was one of the first senators to announce a probe in to the Enron debacle and the political influence as well.

Now Joseph Lieberman is the founder of the New Democrat Network and some of the political contributions raise some questions about Lieberman.

-Enron contributed at total of $25,000 in 2000 to the group Lieberman founded, the New Democrat Network, according to IRS records.

-Enron's biggest creditor, Citigroup, Inc. is listed as Lieberman's largest single contributor ($112,546) for the period 1997-2002 by the web site Opensecrets.org, relying on Federal Election Commission records.

-Citigroup, Inc. also made $100,000 in contributions to the New Democrat Network in 2001.

-Arthur Andersen, Enron's auditing firm, contributed $20,000 to the New Democrat Network in 2001.


Lieberman's chief of staff Michael Lewman who set up meetings between Enron and Lieberman's staff and also attempted to get Lieberman to meet with Ken Lay was also an Enron lobbyist.

The facts about the Lieberman staff are that Michael Lewan arranged three Enron meetings.


-One was with Joyce Rechtschaffen, staff director for Lieberman's committee. Gerstein described it as a "courtesy call" from Enron's Washington staff.

-The second was with Chuck Ludlam, the senator's economic and budget adviser, to talk about Enron's broadband business.

-The third involved David Berick, energy policy staff member for the committee, to discuss energy pricing.

Michael Lewan was a long-standing member of the Clinton-Gore National Finance Council and was an active member of the Democratic Leadership Council where he served as chair of the steering committee. Lewan was also named Chairman of the Commission to Preserve America's Heritage Abroad during Clinton's term. In addition, Lewan has served as Chief of Staff to Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and as an assistant to Representative Steven Solarz of New York. Lobbyist Michael Lewan served three years as Lieberman's chief of staff and remains a political adviser.

White House  Guests Database Savage, Frank STAMFORD , CT (Alliance Capital Management) Total contributions so far in this election cycle: $85,000   Amount Recipient Date $25,000 DNC/Non-Federal Individual, (D) 6/19/2000 $20,000 DNC Services Corp, (D) 4/18/2000 $10,000 New York Senate 2000, (D) 1/22/2000 $10,000 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte, (D) 10/28/1999 $5,000 DNC/Non-Federal Individual, (D) 4/18/2000 $5,000 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte, (D) 6/17/1999 $1,000 Corzine, Jon, (D) 12/30/1999 $1,000 Corzine, Jon, (D) 12/30/1999 $1,000 Bradley, Bill, (D) 5/24/1999 $1,000 Gore, Al, (D) 3/11/1999 $1,000 Gore, Al, (D) 2/2/1999 $1,000 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, (D) 7/15/1999 $1,000 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, (D) 10/18/1999 $1,000 Rangel, Charles B, (D) 7/27/1999 $1,000 Gore, Al, (D) 3/11/1999 $500 Kennedy, Edward M, (D) 2/3/1999 $250 Waters, Maxine, (D) 4/11/2000 Savage is chairman of Alliance Capital Management International, a $321 billion investment management subsidiary of The Equitable Companies Incorporated. Enron, Bill Richardson, and $882 million dollars in Nigerian power contracts. Between 1992 and 1999, the Democratic Party received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Enron Corporation and its officers. Their generosity was not ignored. To help push through energy initiatives in Africa, Clinton's Energy Secretary (and Monica Lewinsky's job counselor), Bill Richardson, visited Nigeria in August 1999. "As a result of Secretary Richardson's visit to Nigeria in August, we have embarked on a bilateral cooperation program. The Department is developing an action plan with the Government of Nigeria, which will be coordinated with USAID. Cooperation could include: restructuring and privatization; rural electrification; deployment of clean energy and renewable energy technologies; promotion of energy efficiency; and development of an independent regulatory authority." This initiative, coordinated by Richardson, led to $882 million dollars in power contracts for Enron from the government of Nigeria: "Enron, an oil and gas firm in Houston, has signed a power purchase agreement to supply emergency electricity to state-owned power utility Nigerian Electric Power Authority (NEPA) through 30MW power barges located on the coast of Lagos State. Enron and its Nigerian joint venture partner signed the $82 million deal with NEPA and the power ministry in the capital Abuja. Enron and the Lagos state government entered a joint venture earlier in 1999 to build an $800 million gas-powered plant with capacity for 540 Megawatt (MW) to augment supply to the city." Unfortunately for Enron, the Nigerian Government cancelled these contracts in April 2000. As a further reward for their generosity to the Democratic Party, Clinton Administration Special Envoy Thomas Pickering hustled off to Nigeria (on the taxpayers dime) to plead Enron's case. "Picking who spoke at a news conference after his meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo, said the American government has been following the fortunes of the two companies, ENRON and Babcolk $Wilcox both of which are operating in the energy sector, with keen interest. Pickering stated that the American government was obviously convinced that the contracts awarded to the two companies which were later cancelled by the Federal Government were negotiated in good faith. He said that he discussed the issue of the contract's cancellation with the President and hoped that the issues would receive fair and direct treatment from the government with a view of being reviewed." The power producing barges went on line in June, 2001, providing Enron with a significant return on their investment with the DNC. Who is this person? From Clinton's web site: White House Counselor to the President Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty is a lifelong friend of President Clinton, serving for 18 months as his Chief of Staff, and is the former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Arkla, Inc., one of the nation's largest natural gas companies. What is his Enron connection? According to the Washington Post: "In 1994, the Washington-based Export-Import Bank approved a $302 million loan to promote Enron's investment in a power plant in Dabhol, India. According to a 1997 article in Time magazine, Clinton took a personal interest in the project, deputizing his chief of staff, Thomas "Mack" McLarty III, to monitor it. McLarty later became a paid adviser to Enron." According to Time Magazine: "For a man who had supposedly vanished from the corridors of power, MACK MCLARTY was the man to see in 1996. BILL CLINTON's former chief of staff, now a White House counselor tucked away in the basement, provided assistance to businessmen who ponied up $1.5 million for the Democrats in the last election. On Nov. 22, 1995, for example, Clinton scrawled an FYI note to McLarty, enclosing a newspaper article on Enron Corp. and the vicissitudes of its $3 billion power-plant project in India. McLarty then reached out to Enron's chairman, KEN LAY, and over the next nine months closely monitored the project with the U.S. ambassador to New Delhi, keeping Lay informed of the Administration's efforts, according to White House documents reviewed by TIME. In June 1996, four days before India granted final approval to Enron's project, Lay's company gave $100,000 to the President's party." According to the Irish Times: "Mr McLarty was later hired by Mr Lay, who also played golf with Mr Clinton and slept in the Clinton White House. The Enron chief executive also advised the Clinton administration on energy policy." According to CorpWatch: In Aug. 1993, McLarty arranged an invitation for Lay to play golf with Clinton in Vail, Colorado. This date irritated Oscar White, chief executive of Coastal, another natural gas company that had helped the Clinton election campaign raise funding. Who is this person? Gregory C. Simon - President and Chief Executive Officer - Simon Strategies/Mindbeam From his web site for Simon Strategies/Mindbeam: He first joined Vice President Gore's staff as Legislative Director in March 1991, when the Vice President served in the Senate. Prior to founding Simon Strategies/Mindbeam in 1997, Greg Simon was the Chief Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore. In that position, Greg was the Vice President's top advisor on economic, science and technology issues. He represented the Vice President in such policymaking bodies as the National Economic Council, the Domestic Policy Council, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and numerous interagency task forces. What is his Enron connection? According to the AP: Former Al Gore adviser Greg Simon was one of the "star-studded lobbying team in Washington" that "Enron and its affiliates reported spending about $1 million in the first half of 2001 on". According to The Montana World Trade Center: An influential private consultant, Greg provides advice and counsel to leading companies such as Broadband, Earthlink and ENRON. His expertise lies in emerging trends in information technology, biotechnology, media, education and telecommunications. As chief domestic policy advisor to Al Gore, he was a representative to the National Economic Council, the Domestic Policy Council, and The Office of Science and Technology Policy. Who is this person? The man in the center is Johnny Hayes. According to Clinton's web site: "Hayes is currently the State of Tennessee's Commissioner for Economic and Community Development. Before entering public life, he was President of Newman, Hayes & Dixon, an independent insuance agency that he had helped to found. In addition, Hayes was appointed to the Democratic National Committee in 1985, and has been active in the House, Senate, and Presidential campaigns of Vice President Gore" According to a Tennessee Tennessee Technological University press release: Johnny Hayes serves in the country's political spotlight as Vice President Al Gore's national finance chairman for the Gore 2000 presidential campaign. He began serving on the TVA Board of Directors in 1993 following his appointment by President Bill Clinton. What is his Enron connection? According to MSNBC: "Records show Enron paid large sums to enlist the lobbying aid of former Tennessee Valley Authority Director Johnny Hayes and another Tennessee friend of former Vice President Al Gore." "Enron paid $200,000 to Sideview Partners Inc., a company headed by Mr. Hayes, for lobby work involving TVA earlier this year, according to Mr. Hayes' midyear 2001 lobby activities report." "Mr. Hayes' lobbying work occurred more than a year after he left the board of TVA, a federal utility, and did not violate any TVA policies." Who is this person? According to The Center for Responsive Politics: Charles Bone, TN (Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs) was on a list of fund-raisers for Vice President Al Gore's presidential effort that gave at least $100,000. According to CNN: The Gore connection may also have figured in the TVA's plunge into the world of venture capital. In 1996 the agency invested $2 million to help get a new firm called Commerce Capital off the ground. Two other companies with ties to Gore were also investors in the Nashville-based outfit--and thus stood to benefit from the TVA's infusion of money. One was Insouth Bank, which was represented by Charles Bone, Hayes' personal lawyer, who has raised at least $100,000 for Gore's current campaign. Another investor was hospital-management giant Columbia/HCA, whose chairman at the time was Clayton McWhorter, an old Gore friend and supporter. The company gave $50,000 to the Democratic Party in 1996. According to the Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs web site: They note Charles Bone was active in supporting Al Gore. According to the Nashville Business Journal: Another Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs attorney working on the Dover Downs account is Charles Bone, a close friend of Vice President Al Gore and one of Tennessee's most-well-connected Democrats. He was once described by Mayor Phil Bredesen, a fellow Democrat, as "one of the state's best political fund-raisers and advice-givers." According to USA TODAY: Charles Bone was Al Gore's first fundraiser and supported him during his first run for office in Tennessee. According to the Washington Post: On 9/27/95 Charles Bone was on the White House coffee list of democratic supporters. What is his Enron connection? According to MSNBC: "Enron also paid $500,000 to the Nashville law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, where another longtime Gore friend and fund-raiser, Charles Bone, works, according to Mr. Bone's midyear disclosure. Mr. Bone reported he lobbied both TVA and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Enron's behalf." "The $500,000 paid to Mr. Bone's law firm appeared to be the highest among all the lobby contracts Enron reported for the first half of 2001. Last year, Enron spent about $2.1 million on lobbying, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a watchdog group." Who is this person? According to The Center for Public Integrity: John M. "Jack" Quinn is a longtime political associate of Al Gore. Quinn provided legal help to Gore's 1988 presidential campaign. After Roy Neel left the White House, Gore tapped Quinn to be his chief of staff, where starting in July 1993 Quinn oversaw Gore's large policy portfolio, including telecommunications, and his political duties. Quinn played a small role in the Clinton campaign-finance scandals. He was Gore's top aide when the vice president made dozens of Democratic Party fund-raising calls from his West Wing office, prompting Gore's statement that there was "no controlling legal authority" applying to White House officials making calls on government property. Quinn also placed a number of calls to fund-raisers from the White House. In an interview with the Washington Post, Quinn described one of his duties as "vetter of last resort," making sure that fund-raising was conducted within legal bounds. He's appeared on television as a Gore surrogate and has helped with debate preparation. He's likely to be up for a top post-perhaps chief of staff again -- if Gore is elected. Quinn, who became Clinton's counsel after leaving Gore's staff, left the White House in 1997 to return to the high-powered Arnold & Porter law firm. He acquired a roster of clients with business before the government, including telecommunications and technology companies facing antitrust scrutiny: SBC Communications, Bell Atlantic, Intel and Viacom. Quinn is a close friend of William Baer, an Arnold & Porter colleague, who last fall left the Federal Trade Commission as head of its antitrust bureau. Quinn is prohibited from lobbying the White House until 2002, and he has noted on his lobbying disclosure firm that he has not lobbied the White House. Still, clients value his knowledge of the inner workings of the administration, and associates at the firm are not bound by federal ethics rules. In many cases, Quinn has been hired by clients whose interests conflict with administration policy. Together with Republican Ed Gillespie, he represented the Americans for Computer Privacy, a coalition of computer companies that persuaded the administration to relax its longstanding policy on the export of encryption technology. His lobbying records show that his law firm associates lobbied the White House on the issue, and that he lobbied the Justice, Commerce, and Defense departments, and the National Security Agency. He also represented a coalition of manufacturers that was seeking to make it harder for consumers to sue over defective products -- a proposal that has run headlong into opposition from the trial lawyers, a key Democratic constituency. Quinn and Gillespie recently formed a new lobbying shop, Quinn-Gillespie Associates. According to Forbes.com: Marc Rich was represented by Jack Quinn, former chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore. According to CNN: Former White House counsel Jack Quinn, represented Rich, presented a "pardon package" to the White House. Quinn replaced Roy Neel as the vice president's chief of staff in 1993. He later left Gore's staff to become White House counsel, where he became embroiled in some of the Clinton administration's first-term troubles, including Filegate and Travelgate. Before coming to the White House, Quinn worked for 17 years as a lawyer with Arnold & Porter. He rejoined the same firm in 1997 after he left the White House but retains close ties to Gore. What is his Enron connection? According to The Center for Public Integrity: Jack Quinn, former White House counsel to former President Clinton is a lobbyist for Enron. According to MSNBC: Also registered to lobby on behalf of Enron this year was former Vice President Gore's former chief of staff, Jack Quinn. Disclosure reports for the first half of 2001 indicate Mr. Quinn's lobbying firm, Quinn, Gillespie & Associates, was paid $10,000. Who is this person? According to the Washington Post: Elizabeth Moler was appointed by Bill Clinton to be chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. According to AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies: Elizabeth A. Moler is a partner in the Energy Practice Department at Vinson & Elkins and cochair of the firm's electric power practice. Before joining Vinson & Elkins, she was deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, a member and later chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and senior counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ms. Moler is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the board of directors of Unicom Corporation, and the board of directors of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Her numerous honors include the National Energy Resources Organization's Distinguished Service Award (1996) and the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment's Woman of the Year Award (1996 and 1998). According to testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee: The Clinton Administration Chinagate coverup was exposed in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Notra Trulock, the Energy Departments former Director of Intelligence, who had first briefed Berger in April 1996, testified that he was prepared to brief members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees as late as July 1998, but was denied permission to do so by Acting Energy Secretary Elizabeth Moler, a political appointee. Moler reportedly ordered Trulock not to conduct the briefing because she said the information would be used to hurt Clinton's China policy. Senator James M. Inhofe said, "When Moler refuted this testimony and claimed she did not recall gagging Mr. Trulock in this way, I asked both officials if they would voluntarily submit to a polygraph test. Both agreed at the hearing, but when pressed several weeks later, only Trulock was readily willing to cooperate and go through with taking the test. As a result, it is obvious to me that Trulock was telling the truth and Moler was not, confirming rather conclusively that there was indeed a politically-inspired coverup." What is her Enron connection? According to The Center for Public Integrity: Energy Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Elizabeth "Betsy" Moler is is a lobbyist for Enron. Who is this person? The person on the left is Linda L. Robertson According to the Department of State: Robertson was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs and Public Liaison at the Clinton Treasury Department on June 14, 1995. In this position, Ms. Robertson advises the Secretary and all sub-Cabinet officers on Congressional relations policy. She is the principal contact and coordinator at Treasury for Congress and for Congressional relations activities at the White House and other departments. As Manager of the Office of Public Liaison, she advises the Secretary on all departmental relations with businesses, trade associations, non-profit organizations, state and local elected officials, and the general public. Prior to joining Treasury, she was a partner with the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy in Washington, DC, where she specialized in energy, policy, and tax legislation. According to Bill Clinton's web site: On May 24, 1995 Clinton nominated Linda L. Robertson. Ms. Robertson has been serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs (Tax and Budget) since January 1993. In that role, she has been responsible for the Treasury Department's legislative activities relating to tax and budget issues. Prior to joining Treasury, she was a partner with the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy in Washington, D.C. Ms. Robertson served on the staff of Representative James Jones from 1976 until 1987, as Staff Counsel and later Tax Counsel, handling all tax legislation before the Committee on Ways and Means. What is her Enron connection? According to Roll Call: Enron Corp., the Texas-based energy conglomerate, hired Linda Robertson, a former senior Treasury Department official in the Clinton administration, as its head of government affairs earlier this year. According to The Center for Public Integrity: Linda Robertson, a democrat, was hired by Enron to lobby on Capitol Hill. According to The Hindu: Mr. Lay courted Ms. Linda Robertson, a senior Treasury official who was the department's liaison with Congress. Who is this person? Former Louisiana Democratic Sen. J. Bennett Johnston From the U.S. Senate web site: Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, November 7, 1972, for the term commencing January 3, 1973; subsequently appointed by the Governor to complete the unexpired term caused by the death of Allen J. Ellender, for the term ending January 3, 1973, left vacant by the resignation of Elaine S. Edwards; reelected in 1978, 1984, and again in 1990 and served from November 14, 1972 to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Ninety-fourth Congress), Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses); engaged in the consulting and development businesses. Obviously a lifelong Democrat. What is his Enron connection? According to The Hartford Courant: Former Louisiana Democratic Sen. J. Bennett Johnston was one of the "Washington all-star team of lobbyists" hired by Enron. According to the AP: Ex-Democratic Louisiana Sen. J. Bennett Johnston was one of the "star-studded lobbying team in Washington" that "Enron and its affiliates reported spending about $1 million in the first half of 2001 on". Enron's current legal team Who is this person? W. Neil Eggleston According to the Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP web site: Mr. Eggleston joined the firm as a partner in 1988 and remained at Howrey until 1993, when he accepted a position in the Clinton White House as Associate Counsel to Clinton. He returned to Howrey in 1994. He practices principally in the areas of defense of government investigations and government enforcement actions, including grand jury investigations, trials, appeals, civil and administrative actions, and suspension and debarment. He is Co-Chair of the firms White Collar Criminal Defense Group. LIUNAs Appellate Officer, W. Neil Eggleston, the person that hears all internal reform effort appeals and makes final decisions on members and bosses fate, is also tainted by several glaring conflicts of interest. Like Luskin, several Eggleston clients are wrapped up in this Adminstrations scandals, but unlike Luskin one Eggleston client is Bill Clinton himself. Eggleston is Clintons lead attorney for executive privilege matters. Eggleston argued Clintons case for executive privilege before the Supreme Court in the summer of 1998. See: David Stout, Clinton Lawyer Appeals Ruling on Privilege, N.Y. Times Aug. 22, 1998. Eggleston is also U.S. Labor Secretary Alexis H. Hermans lead attorney for combating Hermans independent counsel. Herman is in trouble over alleged illegal campaign contributions to the Democratic National Committee and seeking to benefit a company in which she had a financial interest while working at the White House. See: Deborah Billings, Independent Counsel Investigating Herman Plans to Act Quickly in Fairness to Secretary, BNA: Daily Labor Report May 29, 1998. Eggleston has three other connections to the Clinton Adminstration. Eggleston served as Associate Counsel to the President from 1993-94. Also according to testimony before the U.S. House Government Reform and Oversight Committee on November 6-7, 1997, Cheryl D. Mills, Deputy Counsel to the President and Dimitri Nionakis, Associate Counsel to the President, were.are both clients of Eggleston. Eggleston connections to the scandal-ridden Clinton Adminstration are troubling due to the nexus between Arthur A. Coia and Bill Clinton as detailed by Eugene Methvin, John Mulligan and Byron York (cited above). Egglestons representation of Clinton, Herman and the others, furthers the argument that the LIUNA internal reform effort is not independent. What is his Enron connection? According to the N.Y. Post: Neil Eggleston, a former White House associate counsel under Clinton, represents Enron's outside directors. Who is this person? Left: David Boies rose to fame prosecuting Microsoft Corp. on behalf of the U.S. government and auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's on behalf of 130,000 plaintiffs. He represented Al Gore in his battle to become president when the Florida vote tally was in question and defended Napster against copyright infringement claims. He said that he is involved with the case because of Fastow's long-standing relationship with another attorney at the firm. Right: Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow What is his Enron connection? According to Reuters: A mute former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow appeared at a packed news conference along with top litigator David Boies, after being out of sight for the past several weeks. According to the N.Y. Post: David Boies, Al Gore's lead lawyer in the Florida recount, is repping former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow. Who is this person? "Clinton's fast-talking lawyer in the (dismissed, then settled) Paula Jones sexual harassment case, Bennett is a $475-per-hour Washington superlawyer and power broker." (Source: Time Magazine) What is his Enron connection? According to the N.Y. Post: Enron's lead Washington lawyer is Robert Bennett, who represented Clinton in the Paula Jones case.

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