Late Start on Lay Today
It would figure: On the first day Judge Simeon Lake III (SL3) says court now has to start at 8 a.m. instead of 8:30 a.m., my computer dies. How dead? "Deader than Caesar," as Sean Connery said in "The Untouchables."
So I'm using my colleague Carrie Johnson's laptop while she's in the courtroom and the folks back in D.C. overnight me a replacement for tomorrow. When Carrie needs to write, I'll pass the laptop over to her. So the online file may suffer a little today.
Thankfully, Kenneth L. Lay was a little more restrained than yesterday, so I don't think I missed much.
By Frank Ahrens |
April 27, 2006; 10:18 AM ET
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Posted by: Ken Premo | April 27, 2006 11:23 AM
It sounds like, from your coverage, that Lay is really digging himself a grave. The way I see it, his demeanor could be and should be construed as arrogance along with his and Skilling's claims of "no one understands our business." Any thoughts?
Posted by: Jeff M. | April 27, 2006 12:07 PM
Hi, Ken:
Thanks for the comment. Since I'm in the Overflow Press Room (OPR), I don't see the jury, only the witness. But I'll ask my colleagues for more regular reports on jury react.
Posted by: Frank Ahrens | April 27, 2006 12:23 PM
As the trial progresses I hear Skiling and Lay blaming 'other officers of Enron' for their actions. If it is the reality what for these two crooks get paid so well? When did a CEO/
Chariman job become an observer? Are they not supposed to make decisions, based on differning advice, and stand up to their actions? I hope the jury sees through this fog.
Posted by: idprasad | April 27, 2006 01:31 PM
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Mr Aherns, Keep up the great coverage of the trial. I was the jury forman for the US vs Forbes trial last year (Cendant Corp.) that ended in a mistrial (2nd time). Could you plese try to include more about jury reactions? I believe they are very telling, I can recall many times is the Forbes trial that a joke was made and the response of each of us as jurors seemed to have been a predictor for how we felt. Thank-You, I enjoy Ms Johnsons and your coverage very much!