Qwest CEO Ignored NSA Request

[zengrifter]

Three cheers for Qwest! zg

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Ex-Qwest Exec Ignored NSA Request

WASHINGTON (AP) - Telecommunications giant Qwest refused to provide the government with access to telephone records of its 15 million customers after deciding the request violated privacy law, a lawyer for a former company executive said Friday. For a second day, the former National Security Agency director defended the spy agency's activities.

By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writers

May 13, 2006

WASHINGTON (AP) - Telecommunications giant Qwest refused to provide the government with access to telephone records of its 15 million customers after deciding the request violated privacy law, a lawyer for a former company executive said Friday. For a second day, the former National Security Agency director defended the spy agency's activities.

In a written statement, the attorney for former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio said the government approached the company in the fall of 2001 seeking access to the phone records of Qwest customers, with neither a warrant nor approval from a special court established to handle surveillance matters.

"Mr. Nacchio concluded that these requests violated the privacy requirements of the Telecommunications Act,'' attorney Herbert J. Stern said from his Newark, N.J., office.

...continued here - http://www.startribune.com/484/story/430295.html

[Brutus]

Thats probably the only thing they did right.