U.S. legislators signal they will hold Hewlett-Packard’s feet to the fire during House testimony on the companys pretexting scandal. Former General Counsel Ann Baskins formally declined to answer any questions by invoking her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination. Some members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce have been actively promoting legislation that would explicitly criminalize tactics such as those used in the HP investigation. The actions taken by HP were “not the act of one rogue employee,” said Representative Jay Inslee of Washington state.”]
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