Talk about Jekyll and Hyde! Here's the world's leading PC company, maker of machines that store all of your most important files and communications, a legend in Silicon Valley for making good products and doing good, philanthropic work. But behind closed doors, the top executives will stop at nothing to keep their secrets.

If the chain of command sees nothing wrong with circumventing the law and violating the privacy of employees, journalists and even its own board members, stealing private phone records, sifting through trash, snooping in e-mails, and even planting spies in a newsroom's janitorial staff … well, I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I'll ever trust an HP PC not to have spy software, trap doors or other spooky features.