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Qwest Official Says NSA Wiretaps Preceded 9-11

Tuesday October 16, 2007
Former Qwest CEO Joseph P. Nacchio, who has been convicted of insider trading, "said the NSA approached Qwest more than six months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks ... [suggesting] that the Bush administration was seeking to enlist telecommunications firms in programs without court oversight before the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon." [From WaPost via John Battelle.]

Background: Timeline, NSA Wiretaps, NSA Wiretaps Unconstitutional; White House Appeals, Dualing Polls: Americans on NSA Data Mining.

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