HP Witch Hunt Also Targeted Reporter's Father

theodp writes "Patriciagate gets even stranger. In a twist that indicates the extent of HP's investigation, the CA Attorney General's office said HP's investigators also targeted the personal phone records of CNET reporter Stephen Shankland's father, Thomas, a semi-retired physicist in New Mexico. The scandal prompts CNNMoney to ask Chairwoman Patricia Dunn: Are you lying or incompetent? An emergency HP Board meeting is scheduled for Sunday."

Comments

Re:Lying or incompetent? It is an OR

[Falcon040]

Well, its an 'OR' question as opposed to a 'XOR' question...

___OR__
0 | 0 = 0
0 | 1 = 1
1 | 1 = 1
1 | 1 = 1

__XOR__
0 | 0 = 0
0 | 1 = 1
1 | 1 = 1
1 | 1 = 0

An open letter to fellow shareholders

[lancejjj]

Fellow shareholders,

Sadly, the board cannot be trusted with the task of cleaning it's own house, given the events that have transpired. Who knows what was said, and when? Clearly some board members are covering their tracks. This board is further damaging the HP brand. We need some serious house cleaning.

So it's time for the shareholders to do something that the board cannot do: clean itself out. Here's an idea: I say we hire a subcontractor to obtain all the phone records of all the board members and their families and friends. When we find dirt, we can wave it in front of the board members so that they will resign on their own. Otherwise we'll have to trust the board. And as you know, that's a lost cause.

Semi-retired physicist?

[EnsilZah]

Is that like a physicist past his half-life, only you haven't checked if he collapsed to his retired state yet?

Re:Lying or incompetent? It is an OR

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you being treated for your Asperger's?

Dear HP,

[sokoban]

I would like to submit an application for the position of CEO of your company. I have no experience or qualifications, but honestly how can I be any worse than Carly Fiorina or Patricia Dunn. I promise that in my time as CEO I will line my own pockets with cash from the company's coffers, "Change the company's direction and focus" several times to make it seem that I am really doing something positive for the company, and maybe even pull some sort of shady shit to make the stock price go up a little bit. I can assure you HP, I am the man for the job. If you are really stuck on the whole female executive thing (Chairwoman is not a word), I know some doctors who could totally make it happen.