fed judge in Houston keeps criminal hearings of Enron execs secret!

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:05:51 -0700
> From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
> Subject: fwd: [FOI-L] fed judge in Houston keeps criminal hearings of Enron
>  execs secret!
> X-Sender: jwarren () mail well com
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: calfoilist () uclink4 berkeley edu
>
> At 8:02 AM -0400 8/28/03, Paul McMasters <Pmcmasters () FREEDOMFORUM ORG> 
> posted on the FOI-L (freedom-of-information) list:
>
> > That a judge would close a hearing in an Enron case is bad enough but for 
> > him to advance the rationale that he doesn't want the public hearing 
> > anything that would embarrass or humiliate the government -- or the 
> > court! -- boggles the mind.
> >
> > -pkm
> >
> >
> >
> > Aug. 26, 2003, 11:27PM
> > Chronicle shut out of 2 more hearings
> > Fastow transcript still denied release
> >
> > By MARY FLOOD
> > Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
> >
> > A federal judge held two more closed hearings in the criminal case 
> > against Andrew Fastow and two other former Enron executives on Tuesday 
> > and refused to unseal the transcript of a July 28 hearing he also held in 
> > secret.
> >
> > U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt said he might continue to close hearings 
> > if he thinks it necessary.
> >
> > "There are matters that do not need to be discussed in public in ways 
> > that embarrasses or humiliates the government or the defense and 
> > particularly the court," he said.
> >
> > Hoyt denied a motion by the Houston Chronicle to make public the record 
> > of the closed hearing in July and the two on Tuesday.
> >
> > "Embarrassment is not an exception to the First Amendment," Chronicle 
> > Editor Jeff Cohen said. "With all due respect to the judge, we will 
> > continue to press him to open these hearings until he provides a better 
> > explanation."
> >
> > One Tuesday conference was held in the morning with prosecutors and the 
> > lawyers for defendant Ben Glisan and a second in the afternoon with 
> > prosecutors and lawyers for Fastow, Glisan and Daniel Boyle.
> >
> > All three have pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud in connection with 
> > various deals at Enron. Fastow faces nearly 100 counts himself.
> >
> > [Rest of article snipped.]
>
> [Also see: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/enron/1921887 ]

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