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At HP, Job 1 Was To Ferret Out Board Leaks
Category: News Defused
Reuters is reporting on how not to uncover an habitual long-term leaker.
HP's Dunn says she has no plans to resign
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn on Friday defended her role in an inquiry into a boardroom leak that has led to a California state investigation, and said she has no plans to resign unless asked by the board.Dunn said she did not know private investigators hired by the computer maker had used questionable tactics to access private phone records of board directors and journalists.
Dunn has come under fire for her handling of investigations dating back to 2005, when the board tried to find the source of leaks to the media in the run-up to the ousting of former Chairman and Chief Executive Carly Fiorina in February 2005.
Outside investigators hired by HP had obtained the phone records of board directors and nine journalists by giving phone companies fake identities, Dunn and HP said.
Dunn said one of her top priorities when she became chairman following the ousting of Fiorina was to ferret out the source of board leaks. "Coming to grips with the leaks was one of my top priorities," she said.
HP said on Wednesday director George Keyworth was the source of leaks to the media of specific details about the company's strategy and boardroom deliberations.
"This was a person who had been a habitual long-term leaker," Dunn said of Keyworth.
Frankly, I thought habitual long-term leakers avoided phone conversations entirely and only met with investigative reporters in parking garages.
Obviously, Chairman Dunn did not see All The President's Men.
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