Rick Causey
"The on-again, off-again plea negotiations between federal prosecutors and former Enron chief accounting officer Rick Causey are on again, with a deal possible as early as this week. The two sides have not yet agreed to specific terms, and it's not clear an agreement can even be reached, according to sources familiar with the case. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the discussions. But Causey's cooperation with the government, if a plea bargain is reached, could be damaging to co-defendants Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling and make what is expected to be a lengthy, complex trial — scheduled to begin Jan. 17 in Houston — somewhat shorter".
