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by tpmx 2295 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest#Refusal_of_NSA_surveilla...

> Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio, alleged in appeal documents that the NSA requested that Qwest participate in its wiretapping program more than six months before September 11, 2001. Nacchio recalls the meeting as occurring on February 27, 2001. Nacchio further claims that the NSA cancelled a lucrative contract with Qwest as a result of Qwest's refusal to participate in the wiretapping program. Nacchio surrendered April 14, 2009 to a federal prison camp in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania to begin serving a six-year sentence for an insider trading conviction. The United States Supreme Court denied bail pending appeal the same day.
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lonelappde 2295 days ago
> NSA cancelled a lucrative contract

He was happy to get paid hundreds of millions of dollars for spying on his customers, but didn't want to spy on his customers? What did he think those contracts were for?

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tatersolid 2292 days ago
> What did he think those contracts were for?

Maybe internet transit or MPLS services, which were the company’s core product?

I won’t argue for a second that he was a good guy, but CEOs rarely get involved in the details of customer contracts. Especially in giant telcos.

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