Tracking the HP Scandal

What began as an attempt to identify reporters' anonymous sources evolved into an elaborate spying operation. Hewlett-Packard's investigators conducted extensive background checks on reporters, directors and their spouses and children; used ruses to obtain their phone records; and devised an unsuccessful e-mail sting to attempt to trick a reporter into revealing her source.

Tracking the HP Scandal

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