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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[Futurepower(R)]

First, are you this Alan Dershowitz?

You said, "The overarching problem is that ... Slashdot consistently creates articles that devolve into flame wars."

I agree. Partly, I think, the reason is that the low quality of Slashdot articles sometimes leads a discussion in the wrong direction, or a confused direction.

I think the biggest reason is that many Slashdot stories attract people who play video games, but have little interest in other issues. Since it is not possible to moderate a story in which someone wants to comment, people who play video games visit stories in which they have little or no interest.

There are other problems, too, of course.