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SEC’s ex-chief accountant: Is agency a lapdog or watchdog?

A former Securities and Exchange Commission official urged the regulator “to get serious about enforcement.”

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By Shirley Gao

August 3, 2011

Supreme Court leaves most of auditing regulator intact

Philadelphia Housing Authority spent millions improperly

By Aaron Mehta

March 11, 2011

Lack of regs fueled accounting scandal

By The Center for Public Integrity

December 10, 2008

Commentary: The Enron collapse — A financial scandal rooted in politics

By Charles Lewis

February 25, 2002

February 25, 2002 — The unfolding Enron spectacle is a cautionary tale about the fatal quicksand of irrational exuberance and greed, deceit

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Enron top brass accused of dumping stock were big political donors

By John Dunbar, Robert Moore and MaryJo Sylwester

January 9, 2002

Enron's deregulation fight

By M. Asif Ismail

January 6, 2003

A most favored corporation: Enron prevailed in federal, state lobbying efforts 49 times

By M. Asif Ismail

January 6, 2003

Fourteen top Bush officials invested in Enron stock

By Derrick Wetherell

January 11, 2002

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