ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Catherine Austin Fitts is the President of Solari, Inc, an investment advisory firm. Solari was formed to provide venture capital to solaris, neighborhood investment advisors and databanks.

Solari provides risk management services to investors through Sanders Research Associates in London. Catherine and Solari are based in Hickory Valley, Tennessee.

Ms Fitts is a former managing director and member of the board of directors of Dillon Read & Co, Inc, a former Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner in the first Bush Administration, and President of The Hamilton Securities Group, Inc.

To sign up for the Solari Action Network: catherine@solari.com
Website: http://www.solari.com/

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Please also see Ms Fitts' companion article: "ENRON: Some Questions", in our ECONOMICS Section.

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