Fiorina could attract interest in HP leak probe
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Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief  Executive Carly Fiorina's account of how she tried to plug  boardroom leaks in 2005 is likely to attract the interest of  prosecutors in view of HP's current scandal, but the tactics  she outlined appear legal, lawyers say.
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By Stephen Foley in New York  Hewlett-Packard is facing a federal investigation into whether the company broke the law when the computer manufacturer obtained directors' and journalists' phone records as part of its attempt to hunt down the source of boardroom leaks.
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The digital revolution is focused on letting people tell and share their own stories, according to Carly Fiorina, chief of technology giant Hewlett Packard.
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The memoir of fallen   Hewlett-Packard Co. leader Carly Fiorina, once America's most   powerful woman chief executive, paints an unsparing picture of   the internal power struggles and gender politics that   prefigured America's most public corporate boardroom scandal.
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By Kimberly Pierceall, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Feb. 10--Two years ago, as its chief executive officer and chairwoman,  Carly Fiorina led Hewlett-Packard through the controversial merger that would  fuse her company and Compaq.
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US congress and federal prosecutors have launched an informal inquiry into the way Hewlett-Packard Co conducted an internal probe into who on its board leaked information to the media in 2005, when it ousted Carly Fiorina as CEO.
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By Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 18--Hewlett-Packard faces a deadline today to provide Congress with  documents about its boardroom-leak probe, which is under criminal  investigation by the California attorney general.
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A former Hewlett-Packard Co.   HPQ.N board member has asked U.S. prosecutors, as well as   U.S. trade and communications regulators, to review an HP   investigation in which directors' and journalists' private   phone records were accessed.
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By Purva Patel and Anastasia Ustinova, Houston Chronicle  Sep. 19--It was all about business at Hewlett-Packard's technology forum in Houston on Monday, despite the continuing fallout over a company-ordered investigation of board members to find the source of leaks to reporters.
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By Jim Hopkins  Raising pressure on Hewlett-Packard, a congressional panel investigating HP's boardroom spying scandal is seeking testimony from two more company executives at a high-profile hearing next week.
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By Connie Guglielmo and Karen Gullo  The scandal over Hewlett-Packard Co.'s secret probe to catch directors leaking information to the media deepened Thursday, with the California attorney general threatening to bring criminal charges.
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U.S. lawmakers on Thursday plan to   shine a spotlight on Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HPQ.N snooping   into the telephone records of some board members and   journalists, a practice that Congress may soon ban.
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Department of Justice launches query into methods Hewlett-Packard used to nab the source of media leaks.
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The memoir of fallen  Hewlett-Packard Co. leader Carly Fiorina, once America's most  powerful woman chief executive, paints an unsparing picture of  the internal power struggles and gender politics that  prefigured America's most public corporate boardroom scandal.
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Carly Fiorina, who was ousted  last week as chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N,  will have received $45 million worth in stock options and  severance pay on top of her regular salary and cash bonuses  after five years at the company, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - A U.S. government panel has asked a corporate ethics lawyer from Hewlett-Packard (HP) to testify in its Sept. 28 hearing onÂ the company's use of "pretexting"Â to spy on journalists, board members and other employees. The investigative unit of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce CommitteeÂ said Wednesday that it has asked HP Senior Counsel Kevin Hunsaker and Fred Adler, a company computer security investigator, to join a growing list of witnesses. The subcommittee had also previously requested testimony from outgoing HP Chairman Patricia Dunn, HP General Counsel Ann Baskins, HP Global Security Manager Anthony Gentilucci, outside attorney Larry Sonsini as well as outside investigators. The practice of "pretexting" usually involves pretending to be a person, in order to obtain that person's personal information. An HP spokesman declined to comment. Up until now, Dunn has insisted she merely initiated the probe of boardroom leaks, and was ignorant of specific techniques used by investigators. "Unfortunately, the investigation, which was conducted with third parties, included certain inappropriate techniques. These went beyond what we understood them to be, and I apologize that they were employed," Dunn said in a recent statement. ButÂ e-mail correspondence examined by newspapersÂ including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times indicates that top HP officials solicited Dunn's opinion and questioned investigation techniques throughout the course of the leak probe. As early as Aug. 6, 2005, HP's Gentilucci asked for Dunn's advice about using "internal and external sources" to gather intelligence on "interested parties," according to company e-mail seen by The Wall Street Journal. Gentilucci offered to brief HP management on more details of "Project Kona" in a proposed meeting on Aug. 31. It is still unknown if that meeting took place, but Dunn replied to the e-mail, promising to respond. By Jan. 28, 2006, e-mail from Hunsaker to Adler shows that HP's own lawyers were closely questioning investigation techniques, The Wall Street Journal reports. Asked whether HP could legally spy on board members' cell-phone text messages, Adler replied: "Even if we could legally obtain the records, which we can't unless we pay the bill or get consent, I would highly suspect text-messaging records are not kept due to volume and expense." It is unclear if HP obtained text messages. But in an April 28 e-mail to Gentilucci and an outside investigator, Ron DeLia of Security Outsourcing Solutions Inc., in Boston, Hunsaker said he was writing at General Counsel Baskins' request to confirm the details of how the investigation team obtained phone records, The Wall Street Journal reports. In the e-mail, Hunsaker described how investigators were making "pretext calls." Hunsaker also said in the e-mail that his legal research confirmed that pretexting is legal. However, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has said that using fraudulent means to obtain personal information is not legal in the state. Lockyer has said he has evidence to charge people outside and inside HP. House investigators have also asked for testimony from DeLia and private investigator Joe Depante, owner of Action Research Group, which was reportedly hired by HP to help in the investigation. Dunn agreed on Sept. 12 to resign her own position, and will be replaced in January by current chief executive Mark Hurd. Â
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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's rocky 5&#189;-year run might be humdrum compared with what awaits the company's next permanent CEO. The Silicon Valley icon faces brutal competition from Dell and IBM.