"We've been told to be quiet for months and months and what did it get us? We got stabbed in the back," said Randall Green, an Andersen partner in Dallas. "People are not in the mood to be quiet anymore."
Outside observers say the campaign is unlikely to improve Andersen's fight with the government or stop the exit of clients.
"The future is very dim at this point," said Arthur Bowman, editor of Bowman's Accounting Report, an industry newsletter. "Justice has taken action and Justice is not going to be swayed by this."
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