Qwest's ex-chief suddenly cast as privacy defender

Iria · May 14, 2006, 08:53 PM

Source: News.com
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Joseph Nacchio's reputation has been through highs and lows in his long career as an executive at AT&T and Qwest Communications. He was an up-and-coming manager at AT&T, a daring challenger at the upstart Qwest and later, cited as an example of all the excesses of the telecommunications bubble of the 1990s.

Yesterday, Nacchio's image took another turn. His lawyer, Herbert Stern, said that Nacchio refused to provide the National Security Agency with access to private telephone records of Qwest customers, apparently the lone holdout among the major phone companies.

With that statement, Nacchio, who is under indictment for insider trading, has been instantly recast as a champion of the Fourth Amendment and a friend of the man on the street.

May 14, 2006, 08:53 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Qwest's ex-chief suddenly cast as privacy defender Source: News.com __________ Joseph Nacchio's reputation has been through highs and lows in his long career as an executive at AT&T and Qwest Communications. He was an up-and-coming manager at AT&T, a daring challenger at the upstart Qwest and later, cited as an example of all the excesses of the telecommunications bubble of the 1990s. Yesterday, Nacchio's image took another turn. His lawyer, Herbert Stern, said that Nacchio refused to provide the National Security Agency with access to private telephone records of Qwest customers, apparently the lone holdout among the major phone companies. With that statement, Nacchio, who is under indictment for insider trading, has been instantly recast as a champion of the Fourth Amendment and a friend of the man on the street.