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Boardroom Spying Debacle at HP
theodp writes "As word spread that HP was dumping Board member George Keyworth for press leaks, Newsweek broke the bigger story: HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn was so obsessed with finding the leaker that she authorized a team of independent electronic-security experts to spy on the phone records of calls made from HP Directors' home and private cell phones. Not only that, phone records were obtained via pretexting, the controversial practice of obtaining information under false pretenses. After Dunn laid out the surveillance scheme for the Board last May, HP Director Tom Perkins quit on the spot, characterizing Dunn's actions as illegal and unethical. HP is also coming under fire for playing dumb to the SEC about the reasons behind Perkins' resignation. Perkins, who helped launch HP's computer division in the 60's, has asked the FTC, FCC and the Justice Department to investigate."
Short sell! Short sell!!!
--- Grow a pair, liberals... stop letting the Republicans bully you!
Funny. I'd call it 'lying'.
If you have to think up a euphemism for what you're doing, it's probably wrong.
Unless it's funny, like 'bumping uglies' or 'dropping the kids off at the pool'
What's the frequency, Kenneth?
Corporate malfeasance was unheard of prior to January 20, 1969. It went away on August, 1974, only to return January 20, 2001.
The word is "pretext" not "Pre-Text". That information should help you to get an extra half mark on your next course.
I like how the board "[upheld] the standards of confidentiality" by ... violating the confidentiality of the board members' personal lives. Yay for double standards!
Nah, we'll hit "Random Cavity Searches" at the airport first.
(YOU might not be allowed the use of Gels once you go through the first screening point
having women in power won't necessarily make for a kinder, gentler world.
That's because it's a certain personality type that goes after power, and that type is gender neutral.
Also, if women ran the world, the Earth would be a bombed out nuclear ruin after the first full moon.
Oh, I'm gonna get modded down...
You guys missed it all.
She was looking for a quick bonus. She'll get fired and receive a severance pay of 50+ millions... That's it.
I don't mind the insertion of facts, but using Foxnews as the basis is just low.
"Keyworth was asked to resign but has refused to do so. HP said it will not renominate him to its xxx-member board."
Just where are HP getting their board members?
Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
You will probably hear a knock at your door any minute now...
You sent him a pizza? I want one!
It's amazing to me that people seek to blame everything on George W Bush.
It's only fair because Clinton gets blamed for all of Bush's mistakes and he's not even in office anymore.
Can I bum a sig?
When I get to be a director I'm going to learn to use the street-corner payphones!
Slashdot: Failed Car Analogies. Amateur Lawyering. Anecdote Battles.
Wow. I know that eventally, all Slashdot threads wind up in a Bush-bash. But this is the first case I've seen that goes straight there! (That is, without Bush or the government being the subject of the story.)
Dark Reflection
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
If Patricia Dunn spies on her employees like this, how can I trust her enough to be a customer of HP?
To be honest if HP produced equipment that was halfway decent and sold at a reasonable price, it wouldn't bother me one way or the other. They don't, on both counts, so the point is moot. Regardless, I'd tap that sociopathic ass.
Naughty Patricia.
Naughty.
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.