Photos from this afternoon's event: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/worldcom-apology-june02.html --- http://news.com.com/2100-1033-941374.html?tag=fd_top WorldCom CEO apologizes in Washington By Declan McCullagh July 2, 2002, 5:10 PM PT WASHINGTON--WorldCom Chief Executive John Sidgmore trekked to the nation's capital on Tuesday to reassure regulators, apologize publicly, and pledge that financial shenanigans are in the troubled company's past. In his first public appearance since WorldCom became embroiled in a $3.85 billion accounting scandal, Sidgmore acknowledged there has been an "outpouring of outrage and anger" directed at his firm and promised to do whatever was necessary to regain the public's trust. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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