Friday, May 12, 2006
A corporation obeys the law.
Imagine that! Qwest was the only major telco to refuse the NSA requests to tap American phone calls because their lawyers thought the lack of warrants was a violation of the law. And the best part is Joe Nacchio, the CEO at the time was a Republican contributor.
Is the RNC mission statement "to leave no law unbroken"?
In a statement released this morning, the lawyer said that the former chief executive, Joseph N. Nacchio, made the decision after asking whether "a warrant or other legal process had been secured in support of that request."Another law broken by the Bushoviks.
Mr. Nacchio learned that no warrant had been granted and that there was a "disinclination on the part of the authorities to use any legal process," said the lawyer, Herbert J. Stern. As a result, the statement said, Mr. Nacchio concluded that "the requests violated the privacy requirements of the Telecommunications Act."
Is the RNC mission statement "to leave no law unbroken"?
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