Corporations Trading with the Enemy
April 15, 2003 When deranged American citizens are accused of working with terrorist groups like al-Qaida, Attorney General John Ashcroft holds a press conference and the FBI puts a new name and face on its Top 10 Most Wanted List, even though the allegations have not been proved in court. The suspects can languish in jail for months without any formal charges. Trading with the enemy Commentary: U.S. companies risk only a wrist slap By Rex Nutting, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 3:14 PM ET April 15, 2003 WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- When individual Americans are accused of helping terrorists, they're thrown in jail and their names are dragged through the mud. But when major U.S. corporations are caught trading with the enemy, they get just a slap on the wrist from the government. In the past two weeks, the government has revealed that 57 comp...