国家機密は粉飾決算を正当化する！

大統領はSOX法をコケにする？！

Intelligence Czar Can Waive SEC Rules

Now, the White House's top spymaster can cite national security to exempt businesses from reporting requirements

個人情報保護などは全く気にしないブッシュですが、今回は企業に情報秘匿を認めようとしています。

President George W. Bush has bestowed on his intelligence czar, John Negroponte, broad authority, in the name of national security, to excuse publicly traded companies from their usual accounting and securities-disclosure obligations. Notice of the development came in a brief entry in the Federal Register, dated May 5, 2006, that was opaque to the untrained eye.

Unbeknownst to almost all of Washington and the financial world, Bush and every other President since Jimmy Carter have had the authority to exempt companies working on certain top-secret defense projects from portions of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. Administration officials told BusinessWeek that they believe this is the first time a President has ever delegated the authority to someone outside the Oval Office. It couldn't be immediately determined whether any company has received a waiver under this provision.

The timing of Bush's move is intriguing. On the same day the President signed the memo, Porter Goss resigned as director of the Central Intelligence Agency amid criticism of ineffectiveness and poor morale at the agency. Only six days later, on May 11, USA Today reported that the National Security Agency had obtained millions of calling records of ordinary citizens provided by three major U.S. phone companies. Negroponte oversees both the CIA and NSA in his role as the administration's top intelligence official. （後略）

独断的コメント：

嘘つきブッシュは最近は盗聴に熱心ですが、今回は企業の粉飾や虚偽報告に国家機密のお墨付きを与えようとしています。

お友達、エンロンのケン・レイはどうも助けられないようですが、テキサスの石油業界はじめ他にも熱心に献金してくれる産業界のお友達は沢山いるので、SOX法などクソ喰らえ、と啖呵をきりたいのでしょう。

透明性と説明責任に除外例ありという資本市場に投資家の信頼性が残るのでしょうか？

日本市場並みの後進国に逆戻りするのではないでしょうか？

更に興味のある方は、　　　　　　↓

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/may2006/nf20060523_2210.htm

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