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CEO Refused NSA Wiretaps on Customers, Now Sits in Prison

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Note: Filling in for Sam Seder in this clip is Majority Report producers Matt Binder Michael Brooks.

The NSA leaks has brought an old, yet very relevant story into the spotlight. CEO of Qwest, Joseph P. Nacchio, was asked to by the NSA to wiretap his customers back in 2001. He refused. All Qwest government contracts were cancelled and they brought up insider trading charges on the CEO. He now sits in federal prison...

This clip from the Majority Report, live M-F at 12 noon EST and via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM

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