Subject: Independent Auditors? Date: 10/24/2000 9:04 AM This mornings Washington Post reminded me about this issue. I am a retired Colonel in the Air Force and when in college I majored in accounting. The last 15 years in the AF I worked in budgeting. I believe that S7-13-00 addresses the independence of auditors and totally believe that no firm should provide consultants to firms that they audit. That's having the wolf guarding the chicken house. I wish Chairman Levitt Jr. all the success in establishing this rule. \Don Miller