Enron rolls on

Enron has been in the news over the last few weeks as the trial draws to a (temporary?) close.  A comment on the case in this week's IT Week  quoted the words of New York state attorney general Eliot Spitzer who said: “Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an email.”

Sage advice, perhaps, if you want to avoid litigation but it does run counter to our growing desire for corporations and governments to be transparent and accountable.