January – February 2002.        Broadly, 2002 kicks off with the administration in a certain amount of hot water. Front-page stories around the nation memorialize the spectacular collapse of Enron, with its links to the White House and to Cheney’s office, sometimes featuring the Enron links to Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis Libby individually. A spate of news articles with titles like “Some Bush officials sold Enron stock before bankruptcy” and “Some Bush officials got out in time” report accurately that the law forcing Rove and Libby to sell their Enron stock when they joined the government also ...   more »