HP Chair to Step Down After Leak Probe

SAN JOSE, Calif. - California's attorney general said Tuesday that Hewlett-Packard insiders are likely to face criminal charges, putting a damper on the news HP was reshuffling its board because of the scandal surrounding its efforts to root out media leaks.

"We currently have sufficient evidence to indict people both within Hewlett-Packard Co. as well as contractors on the outside," Lockyer said in an interview aired late Tuesday on PBS' "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."

The statement from Lockyer, who had already concluded that HP's probe broke some California laws, came on the day the company announced that Chairwoman Patricia Dunn would step down in January and be replaced …