HP 'pretexting' hearings will go for two days
Congress' hearings into Hewlett-Packard's boardroom scandal will spill over into a second day, politicians said Monday.
The plan is to haul a long list of current and former HP board members, employees, and contractors before a House of Representatives Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Thursday.
Then, on Friday, the same subcommittee will call six chief executives from wireless phone providers as witnesses.
The fact that a two-day hearing is planned is not new. We were the first to report this on Sept. 14, in fact. But we didn't know until now exactly who would testify on Friday.
It's unclear what will happen during the hearings. HP CEO Mark Hurd's press event last week answered many questions about HP's use of pretexting and hiring of private investigators to track down leaks, but hardly all. Also, some witnesses (they haven't been subpoenaed) may simply not show up, decline to answer questions because of attorney-client privilege, or refuse to answer questions citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
This is Thursday's lineup:
* Mark Hurd, H-P chairman and CEO
* Patricia Dunn, former chairman of H-P
* Ann Baskins, H-P general counsel
* Kevin Hunsaker, H-P senior counsel
* Anthony Gentilucci, H-P global security manager
* Fred Adler, H-P computer security investigator
* Larry Sonsini, outside attorney
* Joe Depante, owner of Action Research Group in
Melbourne, Fla.,
* Ron DeLia, operator of Security Outsourcing Solutions
Inc., in Boston
And Friday's:
* John Rooney, U.S. Cellular president and CEO
* Robert Dotson, T-Mobile USA president and CEO
* Stanley Sigman, Cingular Wireless president and CEO
* Scott Ford, Alltel Wireless president and CEO
* Gary Forsee, Sprint Nextel president and CEO
* Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless president and CEO
* Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin
* Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majora