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Inside truths and outside lies. This is Part 549 of our ongoing series, "Enron as metaphor for the Bush administration" (Mary Flood, Houston Chronicle):

Final arguments began Tuesday in the Enron Broadband Services trial, with the prosecution telling jurors they got to see behind the scenes and under the rocks at Enron — a view carefully hidden from investors.

"You learned the inside story never matched up to the outside story," prosecutor Ben Campbell told the jury in U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore's court.

On trial for the past 13 weeks are five former Enron Broadband Services executives accused of conspiracy and fraud in two schemes to fool investors and Wall Street about Enron's earning and technological capabilities. All five defendants testified that they did nothing wrong.

"We all know that money can corrupt people," Campbell said. "These five men lied for personal profit and professional advancement."

He said the simple motive was greed.

The inside story never matched up to the outside story. Seeing behind the scenes and under the rocks of a stage-managed narrative. Schemes to fool the people who want to support you.

Who could be capable of such callowness?

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