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Five face criminal charges in HP scandal
On Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, the California Attorney General filed criminal charges against former HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and four others. This follows an investigation of HP's use of "pretexting" to obtain personal phone records of reporters, company directors and two HP employees. Here, Lockyer announces the charges in Sacramento, Calif. Video provided by KPIX-TV.
Congresswoman asks about 'sleaze factor'
During a congressional hearing into Hewlett-Packard's leak investigation, former chairman Patricia Dunn was questioned by Rep. Jan Schakowsky. Dunn said most corporations have security departments that do "detective-type work."
California AG: HP 'lost its way'
On Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed criminal charges against former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn and four others. The charges say Dunn knew illegal techniques were used to track private phone records. Here, Lockyer addresses the complaint in Sacramento, Calif.
Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd announced the resignation of Patricia Dunn as chairman in his first public appearance since the controversy over the company's use of pretexting erupted more than two weeks ago. But as he offered an apology, Hurd also raised new questions about HP's investigation into boardroom leaks. Join this week's edition of the CNET News.com Reporters' Roundtable with Charlie Cooper, Jim Kerstetter and Ina Fried.
From Yahoo to pretexting--what's up?
This week there was a major shuffle at the top and in the structure of Yahoo. What does this mean? Where is this company headed? We talk with CNET News.com's Elinor Mills and Jim Kerstetter. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate may move against pretexting. This follows Hewlett-Packard's civil settlement with the California Attorney General's Office involving the use of pretexting that targeted reporters, board members and employees. News.com's Declan McCullagh sorts through this issue.
Former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn says she didn't know what pretexting was until last summer.
Accepting her induction into the Hall of Fame from the Bay Area Council on Wednesday, HP Chairman Patricia Dunn spoke about the recent scandal plaguing her character and how she hopes another public figure will keep distracting the media from her current predicament.
HP's former chairman testifies
In her testimony before a congressional subcommittee, Patricia Dunn clearly regretted the spying she unleashed on journalists, HP directors and employees. Earlier this month, she resigned her board position.
At the congressional hearing on HP's leak investigation, Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) asks former Chairman Patricia Dunn about phony e-mails. HP's investigators were trying to get the reporter to divulge her HP source by attaching an e-mail tracer to her computer.
Hurd says Hewlett-Packard's behavior in the leak investigation was not OK.
