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by kasey_junk 1449 days ago
Worth noting that Nacchio was jailed for insider trading, not anything national security related. He wanted to present evidence that it was retaliatory for not working with the NSA but was not allowed to. His only other defense was he thought the company was doing better than it was even though Qwest own numbers said otherwise.

The prosecution on the other hand documented pretty extensively that he and several Qwest execs were making false claims to the press to increase the Qwest share price so they could buy US West.