The firm that Conal O'Rourke worked for is PriceWaterhouseCoopers - not some tiny "consulting firm". His major mistake was contacting the Comcast office of the controller and mentioning the "Public Company Accounting Oversight Board". This is a major threat that probably had a dozen flunkies desperately searching Google to find out exactly who this guy was. That board is not something that a "normal" peon would have any clue about.
So they find out that he works for a company that they pay millions to every year... and the rest is history. Whether or not he gets his job back, I hope he follows through with a complaint about Comcast's accounting practices. And sends a copy to the FCC while he's at it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
