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TalkingDog

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Wed Jun 12, 2013, 09:48 PM Jun 2013

Who says there's no such thing as coincidence?

Only One Big Telecom CEO Refused To Cave To The NSA ... And He's Been In Jail For 4 Years

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-story-of-joseph-nacchio-and-the-nsa-2013-6

Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio is currently serving a six-year sentence after being convicted of insider trading in April 2007 for selling $52 million of stock in the spring of 2001 as the telecommunications carrier appeared to be deteriorating.

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Nacchio's legal concerns about the NSA program at the time mirror those of civil liberty groups today.

Cauley, citing sources familiar with events, reported the NSA asserted that Qwest didn't need a court order — or approval under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (which oversees NSA snooping) — to provide the data.

"They told (Qwest) they didn't want to [run the proposal by the FISA court] because FISA might not agree with them," one NSA insider told USA Today.
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Who says there's no such thing as coincidence? (Original Post) TalkingDog Jun 2013 OP
Big Brother Will Not Be Denied. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #1
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