Posted on 09/19/2015 4:23:11 PM PDT by jimbo123
Over the past dozen years, Hewlett-Packard has sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of printers and other products to Iran through a Middle East distributor, sidestepping a U.S. ban on trade with the country.
Now the person who headed HP for much of that time, Carly Fiorina, is ramping up to run for U.S. Senate. And questions are emerging about what Fiorina knew about HP's growing presence in Iran during her six-year tenure at the Silicon Valley firm from 1999 to 2005.
With Iran drawing condemnation abroad for its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons and crackdown on government dissidents, Fiorina could find herself on the defensive. Did the former CEO know that her company was selling its wares to Iran through a European subsidiary and then a Middle Eastern distributor while she was at the helm? If an HP executive had such direct knowledge, that would violate the trade embargo.
Fiorina, a Republican who is gearing up to challenge three-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer in 2010, declined an interview request. But she issued a statement through her campaign spokeswoman saying that she was unaware of any sales to Iran during her time at the company.
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Well since I didn't address you and you felt obligated to jump in, I just assumed you were taking it personally.
It's OK—The Ayatollahs got HP printers.
;)
It’s time to start identifying examples of “microjihad”.
Lots of those happening in Central Europe now, I’d bet.
Then they got good printers. I wonder if they scan too.
Now the Iranians need that embargoed $100 billion dollars to pay for the toner for their HP printers.
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