The first Congressional hearings into the Enron collapse begin today. The star witness today, an Arthur Andersen employee who has since been fired and who has been accused of directing shredding of Enron documents, is expected to take the fifth in front of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Enron's rise and fall, the timeline. [via abuddhas memes]

Smoking Gun in Enrongate: on charges Bush allowed Ken Lay, the ex-CEO of Enron, to interview candidates for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. [via Metafilter]