We Demand a Special Prosecutor for Enrongate!

The collapse of Enron was the largest bankruptcy in American history. Thousands of Americans - including many Enron employees - were financially devastated.

But Enron's executives got rich. A shareholder lawsuit alleges that the 29 executives and directors dumped $1.1 billion worth of stock while knowing the company was in danger of collapse.

Enron's collapse is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department of the Bush Administration. However, the Bush administration and Enron are so closely connected as to be virtually indistinguishable.

* Enron chair Ken Lay on other Enron executives were George W. Bush's largest donors, contributing over $550,000.

* Top officials of the Bush administration, including political advisor Karl Rove, were major stockholders in Enron.

* Close associates of George W. Bush, including Florida recount chair James Baker, served on the board of directors of Enron.

* Top Republican officials, including Republican Chairman Marc Racicot, lobbied for Enron, while the Republican Party received huge contributions from Enron.

* Enron was a key advisor to the Bush administration in the secret formulation of its energy plan, which the administration adamantly refuses to make public.

* One day after Ken Lay met with Dick Cheney in April 2001, Cheney declared the administration's opposition to wholesale electricity price controls in California, which was enormously profitable to Enron.

The Bush administration cannot possibly conduct an independent and thorough investigation of Enron.

* Attorney General John Ashcroft had to recuse himself from the Justice Department's criminal investigations after it was revealed that he received more than $61,000 in contributions from Enron executives.

* Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, who inherited these criminal investigations, was a partner in a law firm that represented Enron, which creates an intolerable conflict of interest.

We, the undersigned, demand a Special Prosecutor to investigate all of the crimes that preceeded the collapse of Enron, and the possible involvement of the Bush administration in those crimes.