You just don't scam $65 billion dollars without a lot of help. Lay
was just the 'Little Mench', the real monsters were Jeffrey Skilling,
and the Fastows. The Fastows brought in a team of six 'Fellow
Countrymen' who helped with the scam.
There is a possibility that Ken Lay was about to reveal some very
disturbing information, and he was eliminated.
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