Someone on the HP board was leaking to the press. Board Chair (soon to be ex-) Patricia Dunn hired dicks to spy on board members and members of the press, using "pretexting" (in which they faked identities to obtain info about press, etc.), among other methods, which are now being investigated by several state and federal agencies. The devious dicks even contemplated placing associates in CNET headquarters, posing as janitors, to rifle reporters' files. Nearly every day reveals more about the botched Orwellian scheme (just heard on the news that the company's CEO may be in on the sordid act). At this point, it's uncertain as to how much was done at Dunn's directive and how much was overzealous dick initiative.