From: "Joe Shea" To: "NY Times" Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 4:27 AM Subject: Error in Sao Tome story
My Response to The Times
Sir Emeka Offor is not under investigation in Nigeria for insider trading, and there is no evidence other than your statement to suggest he is. The SEC was part of the FBI warrant that led to the search of ERHC'soffices in Houston. That occurred over a year ago and no such information has been forthcoming since then.
A newspaper clipping was the sole content of the "William Jefferson" file in ERHC Energy's Houston office. Indeed, while ERHC is a small player, it is that fact and not the unsubstantiated charges you aired that ought to be examined in light of the many big players ERHC competes with.
I write a blog about ERHC Energy called "ERHC on the Move." As far as I am concerned, you missed the forest for the trees. The fellow who did the investigation that led to the Sao Tome Atty. Heneral's report was R. Dobie Langenkamp, who as head of the Tulsa U School of Law is closely associated with corporate counsel for all of ERHC's competitors in the Gulf of Guineau.
It was paid for by George Soros, who took a major position in ERHC's former partner in several Gulf of Guinea blocks, Pioneer Natural Resources. Chevron, ExxonMobil and Anadarko were the big losers in the licensing round, and they have exerted all their collective influence behind the scenes to get the awards revisited. That has been assisted by Dobie Langenkamp's close friends (and former students), Judy Pensabene - chief Republican counsel for the Senate Energy Committee - and Gregory Pensabene, her husband and chief government lobbyist for Anadarko.
The big oil boys have called all the shots on this story, and you are either too slow or too scared to see it. The reason this story is coming out now is because of my piece on the informant in the William Jefferson case, which dramatically undercut the probative value of her testimony.
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