CBS Evening News - 2002-01-25
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[0:08] The Enron case takes a dramatic turn. A
[0:11] former Enron executive is shocked to
[0:14] death. Police say it appears to be a
[0:16] suicide. The Canadian connection. New
[0:20] information about a terror ring that may
[0:22] be planning suicide attacks. This used
[0:25] to be the Soviet Union. Now it's
[0:29] America's newest military air base. We
[0:32] take you there. And he was convicted in
[0:35] the hockey dad's manslaughter case.
[0:38] Today he learned the penalty.
[0:46] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:49] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:51] headquarters in New York.
[0:54] >> Good evening. The investigation of the
[0:56] Enron bankruptcy, accounting, and
[0:58] political influence scandal now includes
[1:01] an apparent suicide. A former Enron
[1:04] executive who had warned of questionable
[1:06] corporate accounting practices early
[1:08] last year was found shot to death. Jay
[1:11] Clifford Baxter was also one of the
[1:13] executives being sued by shareholders
[1:15] who lost fortunes in the Enron stock
[1:18] manipulation and meltdown. CBS News
[1:21] correspondent Cheryl Atkinson reports on
[1:23] this tragic twist in the Enron case.
[1:26] >> Cliff Baxter was found overnight in his
[1:29] Mercedes in a Sugarland, Texas
[1:31] neighborhood with a gunshot to the head
[1:33] and a note.
[1:34] >> We feel that it's a suicide, but we are
[1:36] taking all precautions necessary.
[1:38] >> The former Enron vice chairman was 43,
[1:41] married with kids, and caught up in the
[1:43] Enron scandal. He resigned last May
[1:46] after sources say he repeatedly warned
[1:48] CEO Jeff Skielling about the company's
[1:50] accounting schemes. Those warnings were
[1:52] documented in a letter made public last
[1:54] week written by a sen