Former HP execs take the Fifth Video

Video description: Three former HP executives, including chief counsel Ann Baskins, took the Fifth Amendment during a hearing on Sept. 28, 2006. The proceedings, therefore, began with a string of non-answers to subcommittee chair Ed Whitefield (R-Ky.).

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