Attorney General of California Bill Lockyer announced on Friday that he cannot tie computer business Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd to any crime.  The computer company has been under investigation for activities in 2005 that suggested the company was using illegal means to determine the source of security leaks to the media.

Lockyer stated that the investigation would look at those at the top of the computer business’ corporate chain.  However, Lockyer reported to sources that he has no evidence yet that the CEO of HP is in any way attached to the crimes.   

Hurd has been closely watched since reports were published earlier in the week suggesting he was involved more in HP’s probe than was initially suspected.  Major news sources announced that Hurd was the one to approve the sting operation to rat out a reporter that released security information about the company.  

If Hurd is involved in the scheme, he may follow the lead of computer business’ HP executive Patricia Dunn who will resign in January because of her involvement.  Hurd was set to discuss the issue late Friday.  The company continues to insist that it used outside investigators.  These outside investigators used false identities in order to get phone records from employees, board directors and journalists involved with HP.

Lockyer says that his office is still in the midst of the investigation of the computer business, but that the conclusion will come hopefully in weeks or even days.  

Blogged By:  Joshua Feinberg