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HP CEO Allowed 'Sting' on CNet reporter

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ouch-that-stung dept.

Mark writes "The Washington Post, reporting on Hewlett-Packard's Chairman Patricia Dunn and alleged spying on other HP board members, has obtained e-mails that implicate the CEO, Mark Hurd, who approved an elaborate 'sting' operation on a CNet reporter." From the article: HP's leak investigation involved planting false documents, following HP board members and journalists, watching their homes, and obtaining calling records for hundreds of phone numbers belonging to HP directors, journalists and their spouses, according to a consultant's report and the e-mails."

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  1. WOW by BlackIcejane · · Score: 2, Funny

    I still can't belive this sort of thing happends and they got away with it. it boggles my mind in so many ways.

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    1. Re:WOW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      They probably thought," Well, if our own government can do it and get away with it, then why the hell shouldn't we do the same?"

      Just following the example set by Bush and his cronies.

      Nah, the government *hates* it when other people horn in on their business.

  2. Reversal of watergate by chefmattrock · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now we've got CEO's investigating reporters, and reporters investigating Executives. When will they turn their high powered invest-i-scopes back onto politicians?

    1. Re:Reversal of watergate by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

      If this happens, though, use of "gate" as a suffix is strictly forbidden, because that's just silly.

      I think they've been following that rule for a while now. Notice how there's been no "investigate" for a long time...

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  3. The Sting by sbackholm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew they should have hired Paul Newman.

  4. Re:Don't put the blame on Hurd. by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just further proof that you can't trust anything with the name "Hurd" attached to it... : p

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  5. Irony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The document, one of more than two dozen e-mails obtained by The Washington Post, for the first time links Hurd to an internal investigation of media leaks..."

  6. Hmm by Rethcir · · Score: 5, Funny

    The reporter was sending out an SOS to the world, because not every little thing the CEO did was magic.