us: Former Qwest Chief Says NSA Sought Surveillance Help Before 9/11
Posted in: Government & Policy at 16/10/2007 01:58
The phone company Qwest Communications refused a proposal from the National Security Agency that the company's lawyers considered illegal in February 2001, nearly seven months before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the former head of the company contends in newly unsealed court filings.
The executive, Joseph P. Nacchio, also asserts in the filings that the agency retaliated by depriving Qwest of lucrative outsourcing contracts.
http://nytimes.com/2007/10/14/business/14qwest.html
