Lawmakers Blast H-P Tactics, Witnesses Refuse to Testify
Bill Brubaker and Ellen Nakashima write in The Washington Post:
The ousted chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard Co. told a House subcommittee today that some of the tactics used by the computer giant in its surveillance scandal are employed by other American companies.More here.
"I believe that these methods may, in fact, be quite common, not just at Hewlett-Packard but at companies around the country," said Patricia Dunn, who was fired by the company on Friday. "Every company has a security department. Every company of consequences has people who do detective-type work in order to ferret out the forces of nefarious activities."
House lawmakers used the day-long hearing on Capitol Hill to strongly denounce -- and further investigate -- tactics that Hewlett-Packard used to secretly probe leaks about the company to the media. Measures used in the HB probe, which began in early 2005, included rooting through the trash of company board members and using false pretenses to gain private phone records.
posted by Fergie @ 9/28/2006 04:02:00 PM
1 Comments:
Whatever happened to Congress holding off on hearings until law enforcement has a chance to complete an investigation? what about the rights of the accused? Congress can't wait to grab the headlines!! This so-called hearing makes it look like they are doing something. is this the most important thing facing this country?
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