HP Pays $14.5M to Make Civil Charges Disappear

theodp writes "The California Attorney General's Office negotiated a $14.5 million payoff from HP as part of a settlement that calls for the state not to pursue civil charges related to the now infamous spy scandal against the company and its current or former officers or directors (felony criminal charges against five individuals still remain). HP also agreed to maintain the watchdog positions of chief ethics officer and chief privacy officer for five years."

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Re:A more fashionable solution!

[freedom_india]

>>but gives them a warchest to go after the real villains in this case

How naive you are ! That money is already spent. How do you think California will reduce its gaping Budget Deficit?

Its like a proverbial drop in the Ocean.

Lee Iacocca said the same thing to US Gov. when he repaid Chrysler's loan to them. He advised them to establish a Research Center for Autos for fuel efficiency, etc.
Did they listen? Nope. It went to fund the starwars program.

If any private company is run like a Govt. Office, the executives would be in jail.
The Katrina payouts, the overpaid toliet seats, the double dipping by HAlliburton, etc., these are criminal wastages of OUR money.

I mean if we are shareholders of the Govt., we would have long launched a Class Action Suit, which would have resulted in convictions for atleast the CEO, CFO, etc.

Every year the Govt. Accountability Office publishes a scathing report about the wastages of our money against almost every dept.

Yet what happens??? NOTHING.

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