The United States of Enron Wasn't that the best?" said a laughing Ann Richards this week, when I asked her reaction to President Bush's effort to hide behind her skirt when questioned about Enron. "It was so silly. Why didn't he just say Ken Lay was a strong supporter and gave him a half-million dollars and is a good friend, and he's really sorry Ken's in these terrible circumstances?" http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/19/opinion/19RICH.html

News: E-snoop bill runs aground A bill that would give California law-enforcement officials unprecedented power to monitor the e-mail and phone conversations of suspected criminals has hit a roadblock. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101818,00.html