cbsnews.com — "When he learned that no such authority had been granted and that there was a disinclination on the part of the authorities to use any legal process, including the Special Court which had been established to handle such matters, Mr. Nacchio concluded that these requests violated the privacy requirements of the Telecommications Act..."
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nitro2985May 14, 2006
One, why?
helix400May 14, 2006
"I suppose you think the statement "Its like Watergate everyday with this administration" not politically charged?"Ugh, it's horribly embarrasing that you are on the same side of the political specturm as me. Not only did I mention that I agreed with your parent post, but I also said I modded down all partisan political comments. Yet you did not understand anything I wrote, and instead played yourself as the victim. Let me say this plainly. You are an annoying partisan who stars flamewars. The comment you cited is also partisan. I modded both down. However, your comments are much, much more annoying. Not only do you say that this story should be marked Lame for being political, you go against what you preached by having flooded countless threads with political comments. How hypocritical can you be? Even worse, you did not even understand when someone like myself actually *agreed* with you on a point.Like I said, I'm embarrased to know we share similar opinions on some political views.
ethergnatMay 14, 2006
I liked Clinton and despise Bush, but why must this have anything to do with politics? Governments have been trying to spy on their citizens since the beginning of time. Our founding fathers thought this was a BAD idea, and the Bill of Rights reflects their opinion. I happen to agree with them and think our fourth amendment rights are critical. I was against Carnivore--if you can comprehend somebody who doesn't support their party blindly. I was against Gore when he was pushing for a law that would require all encryption devices to have a built in backdoor. I'm even more against the current administration, because in my opinion we've lost more freedoms in the past five years than anytime in recent history. Our government now spies on us routinely; feels free to use that information against us (ie Plamegate); denies American citizens their right to a trial; sneaks a national ID card into law (required for travel: "show me your papers"); tries to exempt Homeland Security from any judicial checks and balances; moves protesters to remote "free speech zones"; and generally seems to think it can do whatever it wants. If you disagree you're unamerican and against the war on terror. Forgive me if I don't think we can protect America by abandoning the liberties that make us what we are. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin
mekunMay 14, 2006
Ya i can call him a crook. Did you lose out on over 300,000.00 in retirement. Nacchio is a crook he walked away with over 200 mil. and people lost all they worked for. Don't give me your politically correct crap or arm chair lawyer rhetoric.
siouxmouxMay 14, 2006
It time for the other Telco to follow Quest Communication.
annonimalityMay 14, 2006
@ SyDIGGI think it makes sense that the federal government should abide by constitutional law, and not use intimidation and extortion to coerce private companies into breaking those laws.
deepsubMay 14, 2006
Naccio is a hero for standing up to 'Break the law, in secret, or else.'.And if you think any other telecom company is any better than Qwest in the ripping off stakeholders dept., you need to rub your eyes and refocus.
spadinMay 14, 2006
It's hard for people to use public/private key encryption because almost everyone else that you email doesn't know what it is. The only thing you do then is confuse them because you are sending them a 'weird' attachment (your key) and then they think you are sending them a virus. (idiots! i tell you) anyway, you also have to make sure you have an SSL connection to your mail server so people can't get your plaintext email while you are on a wireless network.