Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scene: A tabloid newsroom, in the middle of the Petraeus scandal
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner?
(2)How scintillating is this Jill Kelley addition to the Paula Broadwell story, actually?
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. And each day, Capital New York calls a winner. More
(2)The streets of Tirana and the roots of Albanian-American organized crime
TIRANA—In June 2010, 17 men were arrested and charged by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan with a long list of federal RICO mob charges that included robbery, kidnapping, murder, drug dealing, weapons possession, conspiracy, extortion, arson, and obstruction of justice. They all came from Albania. More
(1)Etan Patz coverage, refracted through a law-enforcement turf squabble
It's difficult not to read these differing accounts as anything but another expression of the turf war between the F.B.I. and the NYPD. And now, we know which angles on that turf war will be exploited by the tabloids. More
What J. Edgar Hoover and the F.B.I. thought they knew about Tom Wicker of the 'Times'
In the early 1970s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation considered it pertinent biographical information that The New York Times’ Tom Wicker suffered from “mental halitosis.” They qualified the diagnosis with “apparently.” More
A turf war, now fully public: NYPD surveillance of Muslims criticized by F.B.I. in New Jersey
In a swipe at New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's assertion that his department's surveillance of Muslims is an effective anti-terrorism tool, the head of the FBI's office in New Jersey said it's actually undermining the bureau's effort to gather information. More
F.B.I.: Boyland took bribes to pay lawyers defending him from charges that he took bribes
To help pay attorneys who were defending Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. from bribery charges, the 42-year-old Brooklyn lawmaker allegedly solicited more bribes.
That's according to the latest set of corruption charges filed against Boyland by the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District.
Boyland was arrested today and charged with soliciting bribes and corruption less than two weeks after he was acquitted of similar, but unrelated, charges filed by the U.S. attorney in the Southern District. More
When N.Y. accuses the F.B.I. of abandonment, the story becomes bigger than Jose Pimentel
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner?
Paul Browne grapples with the press, and anonymous critics of the Jose Pimentel case
Jose Pimentel often seemed lost in thought, once tried to circumcise himself, and might not have been able to put together a rudimentary explosive device without help.
That's the picture of the terrorist suspect that explains the F.B.I.'s decision to pass on investigating the Manhattan man arrested this weekend by the New York Police Department, who they didn't believe to be an "imminent" terrorist threat. More
(1)Preet Bharara, the F.B.I. and Ray Kelly announce the arrests of a bunch of Kelly's cops, tensely
The announcement was made jointly by three key law enforcement figures, in this order: "PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JANICE K. FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ('FBI'), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD”)." It's important to note that the operation was a sting orchestrated by the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau and the F.B.I.
After the usual paragraphs laying out the charges against the defendants, and another one naming each of them in capital letters, the release generally sticks to the format, with long quotes from each of the "announcers." More
(1)Apuzzo and Goldman's long campaign: Behind the Associated Press' big NYPD counterterror investigation
The two reporters pitched the NYPD story, explaining that a variety of sources had been dishing to them on the department's aggressive anti-terror tactics.
"They said, 'Look, we wanna break some news here, not write navel-gazing stories about how America has changed, or, "Did the terrorists win?", or how dramatic this was,'" Bridis recalled. "That was the genesis."
The stories have been just that: Solid reportage from the front-lines of the tradeoff between civil liberties and security, not from a philosophical or legal standpoint but from the standpoint of actual facts on the ground.
For New Yorkers, the reports give body to the most delicate quandaries to have emerged from the rubble of 9/11.
For the AP, it justifies the wire's calculated increase in U.S. intelligence community coverage in recent years. It's a tough beat, and the gatekeepers of American journalism didn't exactly nail it the last time around, when their credulous reporting on W.M.D. in the early 2000s helped usher in a protracted war that American troops are only now preparing to withdraw from.
"It's an enormous area for society to be watching," said Mike Oreskes, the AP's senior managing editor for U.S. news. "For journalism to be watching."
Robert Steel in saddle shoes, and a blown late-inning tribute to Mo Rivera
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Soarin'! Already! Santonio Holmes breaks out the bubbly, but the 'News' has news
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(1)Kruger's gay lover is so secret, even the 'Post' doesn't actually know about him!
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Meet Capri Anderson, or whatever her name is; plus, terror breaks a tie
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
