Hesaid he was looking to his energyauditors to findwaysofcutting back energy consumption at operating bases, and also to pare down the equipmentcarried by eachindividual Marine.
Now the committee is planning to ask for more information from Andersen - who were WorldCom's auditors as well as having done disgraced energy firm Enron's books - and from WorldCom.
After the Enron scandal of 2001, in which auditors failed to notice a vast fraud at a publicly traded energy firm, disclosure requirements were tightened drastically.