HP deployed 'Truth Squad' in post-Autonomy PR blitz to defend Meg Whitman

And it bombarded the British PM with personal phone calls

Autonomy Trial HP furiously lobbied key British government ministers in late 2012 as part of a desperate effort to "preserve the credibility" of CEO Meg Whitman after its $8.8bn writedown of Autonomy - including direct phone calls to the then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron, London's High Court learned this morning."