Calif. AG Files Felony Charges In HP Probe

PreacherTom writes, "Former Hewlett-Packard Chair Patricia Dunn, along with 'ethics chief' Kevin Hunsaker and others, was indicted yesterday on four felony counts by the California Attorney General. The charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy, carry a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison and $30,000 in fines. The indictments follow on the heels of an HP investigation of internal leaks that conducted "bugged" emails to C-Net reporter Dawn Kawamoto, illicitly obtained hundreds of phone numbers, and spied on HP board members." One of the indictments was for a private investigator retained by HP. The article has links to the complaints and warrants.

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Re:Totally different contexts...

[hey!]

Dunn was a member of a private organization. Bush is a member of the government, your "CEO" red herring not withstanding. The government can legally do many things a private citizen may not. You (and I!) may not like this, but that's the world we live in.

There's a kernel of truth in what you say, but you go way too far.

The President's power doesn't come out of the barrel of a gun in our system, it is granted to him in the Constitution. In the end, through, the Constitution is only as strong as the people's support for it. So perhaps you're right and the President can do anything he wants. But Presidents have been called to account in the past, and hopefully will in the future.