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HP CEO Allowed 'Sting' on CNet reporter
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."
The Washington Post quotes someone calling this a scandal. I don't see how it is. People hire private investigators all the time. HP had an idea that someone in their company was leaking information to the media. Why is it scandalous that they would want to find out who it is? I think if they just didn't do anything that shareholders would be pretty upset. I applaud HP for their efforts. I doubt they did anything illegal. If something they did was illegal we should be asking ourselves if it should be illegal. The people have a right to investigate just as much as the authorities do.