Secret information on counter-terrorism shared by foreign governments may have
been compromised by a massive data theft by a senior IT technician for the NDB,
Switzerland's intelligence service, European national security sources
said. Intelligence agencies in the United States and Britain are among
those who were warned by Swiss authorities that their data could have been put
in jeopardy, said one of the sources, who asked for anonymity when discussing
sensitive information. Swiss spy agency warns U.S., Britain about huge data leak
James F. Booth
For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.