"The destruction of documents may well be continuing," he said.

"That is not Andersen," he said of the document destruction.

Due to the destruction of documents, it is impossible to state how many forced workers died in the other islands.

The indictment contains no details of the document destruction outside Houston.

For the last several weeks, many of them have been cooperating with government investigators, answering questions about the document destruction.

He revealed details of how the firm had discovered the document destruction that led to its indictment.

The contract with the city, they note, prohibits the destruction or disposal of documents.

Investigators then plan to conduct interviews across the country about document destruction at Andersen.

That pressure will increase the attention focused on matters like document destruction, where the facts are relatively easy to establish.

After discovering the document destruction, the firm's lawyers conducted only a single, short telephone interview with him.