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Yes. It's worth noting that the former CEO of now-defunct telco Qwest claims that he spent 4 years in prison because he refused to comply with illegal NSA deman

• tedunangst 10y ago
  If only he had taken the high road and not dumped millions of dollars in stock shortly before it tanked, we wouldn't have to wonder about why he's in prison.
  • nickpsecurity 10y ago
    Yeah, that's what I said. It seems so many of these leakers or government examples would almost perfectly illustrate the point of activists if they just didn't do something incredibly illegal, naive, or debatable on top of the solid contributions. Then, we have to wonder why whatever happened to them really happened. Would the connection still be there if they just did the one or two good things? Can't prove it to skeptics. I always encourage those in the future resisting police states to make sure whatever they do is beyond doubt A Good Thing. Even Constitutionalists on pro-surveillance side should pause to reconsider their views. They won't if they think person got canned for being a traitor or running financial schemes. (sighs)
    • zzzcpan 10y ago
      > I always encourage those in the future resisting police states to make sure whatever they do is beyond doubt A Good Thing But A Good Thing would easily be destroyed by simply fabricating a case against the enemy, wouldn't it? Like rape, child porn, the usual.
      • nickpsecurity 10y ago
        It's possible. So far, they're just using what's already there.
        • NotSammyHagar 10y ago
          Right, they didn't make up this case. Everyone who has worked in a publicaly traded company knows you can't trade until a few days after the earnings release. It's double so for the CEO! How could he have not known that? I am sympathetic to the possibility that the govt my go after someone that didn't work with them, but he committed a separate illegal act, selling that stock. They didn't go after Martha Stewart for talking about the cia.