October 17, 2002 — In the wake of the corporate scandals that began with Enron Corp.'s collapse in October 2001, there has been renewed interest in material the Center for Public Integrity obtained via the Freedom of Information Act from the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning George W. Bush's tenure at Harken Energy. The Center used this material in The Buying of the President 2000 and in two reports. (We published the first on April 4, 2000 and the second on October 4, 2000.) In July 2002, we began posting the documents on which we based our reporting.
As a public service, we are offering in PDF format the previously posted documents, in addition to some new material.
The Center obtained these documents in 2000.
Posted July 3, 2002
December 14, 1990 Letter to Harken Energy
Written by Jerry Reidler of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, the letter requests additional information on Harken’s Aloha sale, among other matters.
April 10, 1991 SEC Memorandum
Written by SEC investigators Herbert F. Janick 3d, Lewis J. Mendelson, and James B. Adelman for the SEC’s files, the memorandum notes that Bush was late reporting his Harken stock sales. “Bush’s Forms 4 [disclosing the sale of stock by an insider] were filed from 15 to 34 weeks late”
April 16, 1991 Fax to Harken Energy
Written by Hebert Janick of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, the fax requests a chronology of events leading up to Harken’s public announcement of a $23.2 million loss on August 20, 1990.
May 12, 1991 Harken Energy Chronology
