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It's February 9th 2005 in the Palo Alto headquarters of Hewlett Packard,

over 18 months before Patty Don is called before Congress for her role in the HP spying scandal.

Anxious about the day ahead, Patty joins temporary CEO and HP veteran Bob Wayman in his office.

They're about to hold a series of press conferences about the recent shake-up on HP's board.

Just 48 hours ago, Patty led the board of directors in an extraordinary move to oust Carly Fiorina,

the firm's controversial CEO.

After Carly's removal, Patty was rewarded by her colleagues with the role of chairman of the board.

Now, after receiving over 900 media requests, Patty and Bob prepared to explain their actions.

So, Bob, what's the plan?

Well, public relations has set up two conference calls for us.

First, we have a Q&A with financial analysts and then an hour later a same deal with the media.

Some tough questions, I'm sure. Have you read the press release?

Yes, just now.

Well, good. I think we should just stick to that script.

Carly dictated the company's strategy, the board disagreed on how it was executed and we parted waste.

It was just an amicable divorce.

So, nothing about the board confronting Carly or the leaks to the media.

No, no, no, absolutely not.

Any questions of that, nature, we just need to shut them down.

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