Who's Sorry Now?
This is certainly a sad state of affairs. A very respected company, Hewlett Packard, was apparently resorting to spying on news reporters. What country do we live in again?
Hewlett-Packard conducted feasibility studies on planting spies in news bureaus of two major publications as part of an investigation of leaks from its board, an individual briefed on the company’s review of the operation said yesterday.
This is certainly a sad state of affairs. A very respected company, Hewlett Packard, was apparently resorting to spying on news reporters. What country do we live in again?
Hewlett-Packard conducted feasibility studies on planting spies in news bureaus of two major publications as part of an investigation of leaks from its board, an individual briefed on the company’s review of the operation said yesterday.
The studies, referred to in a Feb. 2 draft report for a briefing of senior management, are said to have included the possibility of placing investigators acting as clerical employees or cleaning crews in the San Francisco offices of CNET and The Wall Street Journal.
It is not clear whether the plan described in the documents, which were read to a reporter, was ever acted upon.
