HP studied infiltrating newsrooms

By Damon Darlin and Kurt Eichenwald
The New York Times

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HP conducted feasibility studies on planting spies in news bureaus for two major publications as part of its investigation of news leaks.
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Planting people at legitimate news services?
by chuck_whealton September 20, 2006 6:11 PM PDT: I'm sorry but that's going overboard.

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