Article: Panel Blasts SEC Enron Oversight.(Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief Article)

Panel Blasts SEC Enron Oversight

A US Senate investigation found "systemic and catastrophic failure" by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its regulation of failed energy trader Enron, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

A 127-page report by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee blasts the SEC for failing to detect dubious business practices at Houston-based Enron, and for failing to review any of Enron's post-1997 annual reports, the newspaper said.

The committee, chaired by Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), on Sunday sent the report along with a "sharply worded" letter to SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt, according to the article.

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