Concerning realpolitik, this isn't even the first time it's been used on a telecom executive in the US. Joseph Nacchio, the CEO of Qwest, was jailed for inside

Concerning realpolitik, this isn't even the first time it's been used on a telecom executive in the US. Joseph Nacchio, the CEO of Qwest, was jailed for insider trading in 2001 and wasn't allowed to use his defence in court that it was retaliation for refusing NSA data requests.