Committee Seeks Hewlett-Packard Records In Data Broker Investigation WASHINGTON - The bipartisan leadership of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today asked Hewlett-Packard to turn over records and information related to the company's reported effort to obtain private phone records. The letter is the latest in the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee's seven-month inquiry into data brokers and the questionable practice known as "pretexting" - the use of lies and deception to gain access to information that is not publicly available and without the victim's consent. Click here for a copy of the letter. ####