Tom Kirkendall checks in again on the Enron-related Nigerian barge trial.
Why do we keep linking to Kirkendall on this topic?
Because he offers a view we haven’t seen from dinosaur media:
Left unstated in the mainstream media’s accounts of the trial is the continued dubious nature of the government’s case in this trial. The government spent three weeks putting on its case in chief, which consisted almost entirely of testimony from former Enron executives who admitted that they were liars and cheats. Each of these witnesses stated that they had lied about the Nigerian Barge transaction to prosecutors initially, but now allege — after copping plea bargains with the government — that they are telling the truth in supporting the government’s theory that the Nigerian Barge transaction was a sham.
Go check out his lengthy, detailed post.
