[herge]

> potential short term corporate hardships

You mean prison time, like what happened to Joseph Nacchio? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio

[cinquemb]

Notice I did not say "potential short term individual hardships", regardless of what he was charged and convicted of (which wasn't failure to comply with NSA orders of which he says are in retaliation of)…

[psbp]

So you're completely disregarding the possibility that Qwest was dismantled and Nacchio was just a pawn?