The first law of politics: Nothing big and bad goes on for very long unless both sides are dirty.
I actively followed the Enron matter daily for more than 2 yrs on 3 stock message boards, starting 48 hours before the BK petition was filed on 2 Dec 01. It was one bizarre education and look at several occupational disciplines, I assure you. I was addicted, as were many. A subsidiary of Arthur Andersen Inc openly taught the tactics used, in seminars.....to many companies, some of which also went over the edge as enron unfolded. Benignly called "managed earnings" but the inner workings facilitate slo-mo fraud by many many thousands of people and other businesses who benefit before the dam bursts and as it bursts.