Qwest was targeted

[SHRED]

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A very important issue flying underneath the radar of the mainstream.
In fact the mainstream Telcomm industry is now lobbying Congress hard to be forgiven for it's FISA violations when they cooperated illegally with Bush and opened their records to the government.

Qwest stands up for our 4th Amendment and they are being targeted by Bush's justice Department.
The lawbreakers will buy their way out and Qwest will suffer.

Remember:
This was early 2001 BEFORE 9-11 attacks.
The Bushies wanted spy powers before 9-11 ever happened.
This is alarming.

Real conservatives join with liberals on this privacy issue while the neocon fascist apologists run around brainwashed by the corporate media.



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Documents: Qwest was targeted
'Classified info' was not allowed at ex-CEO's trial

By Sara Burnett And Jeff Smith, Rocky Mountain News
October 11, 2007

The National Security Agency and other government agencies retaliated against Qwest because the Denver telco refused to go along with a phone spying program, documents released Wednesday suggest.

The 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.

The documents suggest U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham refused to allow Nacchio to present the argument about retaliation. Nottingham also said Nacchio would have to take the stand to raise the classified defense.


http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/tech/article/0,2777,DRMN_23910_5719566,00.html


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[QueenOfCalifornia]

1. This needs to be kicked to the top

We need to re-post this if it gets lost in the shuffle.

Very important reading here Shred.

[SHRED]

2. kick