Qwest Punished by NSA for Non-Cooperation

nightcats writes "According to a story from the Rocky Mountain news, Qwest has received retaliatory action from the NSA for refusing to cooperate in the Bush administration's domestic data-mining activity (i.e., spying on Americans). 'The [just-released government] documents indicate that likely would have been at the heart of former CEO Joe Nacchio's so-called "classified information" defense at his insider trading trial, had he been allowed to present it. The secret contracts - worth hundreds of millions of dollars - made Nacchio optimistic about Qwest's future, even as his staff was warning him the company might not make its numbers, Nacchio's defense attorneys have maintained. But Nacchio didn't present that argument at trial. '"

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Re:Way to go!

[KlomDark]

You're STILL sticking up for that fucking Bush guy even after all these years? What are you, some kind of a retard? Are you a Banana Republican?

Re:Way to go!

[spun]

Who still approves of President Bush? Trust me, hating Bush is not a Slashdot-only phenomenon. The man is a buffoon and a criminal, and everyone knows it. I'm friends with a number of Republicans, and NONE of them still support Bush. Political endorsement by the man is the touch of death, no one wants to be associated with him at all. The only people who still support Bush are mouth-breathing microencephalic inbred uneducated backwoods yokels, and fellow criminals who have profited from his redistribution of wealth from the poor to the rich.