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The former head of Enron's Energy Services retail unit insisted Wednesday that Jeffrey K. Skilling should have known he was committing a crime by lying about a questionable accounting move. Mr. Delainey acknowledged that he also lied about the real reason for the reorganization of the retail unit to his employees, the Enron board and, later, to federal investigators. Enron managers discovered that the company faced more than $200 million in losses, Mr. Causey came up with a plan to shift the problem contracts into Enron's wholesale energy division. In spite of questioning by a defense lawyer, the former head of Enron's Energy Services retail unit insisted that Jeffrey K. Skilling should have known he committed a crime by lying about a questionable accounting move. The former Enron's Energy Services executive, David W. Delainey, calmly handled repeated questioning by Daniel Petrocelli, who is the lead lawyer for Mr. Skilling, a former Enron chief executive. But Mr. Delainey acknowledged that he also lied about the real reason for the reorganization of the retail unit to his employees, the Enron board and, later, to federal investigators.