Joe Nacchio’s attorneys said today they may call Qwest founder Philip Anschutz as a witness in Nacchio's federal trial on insider trading charges.

Both the prosecution and defense said they may call former chief legal counsel Drake Tempest.

The prosecution’s witness list includes a number of former executives, directors, analysts and investors. The list includes:

• Tempest
  
  
• Robin Szeliga, former Qwest chief financial officer
  
  
• Afshin Mohebbi, former Qwest chief operating officer
  
  
• Lee Wolfe, former Qwest investor relations director
  
  
• Tom Stephens, former Qwest audit committee chair
  
  
• James Smith, former head of the Dex publishing business
  
  
• Betsy Barnard, former Qwest executive vice president of consumer/small business
  
  
• Ian Ziskin, former Qwest human resources director
  
  
• Craig Slater, former Qwest director
  
  
• Grant Graham, former Qwest senior vice president of finance
  
  
• Analysts Drake Johnstone and Simon Flannery
  
  Investors who could be called include representatives of the California Teachers’ State Retirement System.
  
  

The defense's potential witness list includes:

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• Anschutz
  
  
• Robert Woodruff, former Qwest chief financial officer
  
  
• Stephen Jacobsen, former Qwest executive vice president
  
  
• James Payne, former head of Qwest’s government business
  
  
• Michael Tarpey, former Qwest communications director
  
  
• Dean Wandry, Qwest senior vice president of government markets
  
  
• Salvatore Tiano, one of Nacchio's stockbrokers
  
  

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