Cara Ellison

Short Sellers: Quit Whining and Follow The Rules

Just a technical observation: Chanos and Bethany McLean were working hand in hand to bring down Enron. He had *planned* to attack Enron stock during his annual Bears In Hibernation meeting, and had shorted billions of dollars of stock. He then told McLean that Enron's financial statements didn't make sense. Bethany, being a hungry young journalist, took his tip to heart and began to scrounge for proof of Chanos's comments.

It's not correct to divide them when analysing Enron.