During today's Congressional hearings on Hewlett-Packard's possibly illegal pretexting investigation, a panelist cites an e-mail from investigator Vince Nye to HP. According to the New York Times, Nye's e-mail said that the pretexting his investigation used was "very unethical at the least, and quite likely illegal" and "could damage our reputation or worse."

The panelist asks, "Why was Mr. Nye apparently the only one to consider the negative publicity that might be generated...wasn't your job there to act upon this concern?"

Dunn says she didn't hear about this e-mail until her lawyer read it in the Washington Post today. During the investigation, she says, there was no indication that anyone else had concerns.

Another panelist is livid. "There was some lawyer from some shoebox outfit in Mass. that people ended up relying on."

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