[honway]

fyi

[John Beresford Tipton]

"FedEx originally said the parcel might have fallen off its delivery van."

Which is of course believable
if you might have just fallen off the turnip truck.

[brityank]

The official added that investigators might want to determine how the document, which the F.B.I. originally sent to Philippine authorities as part of an investigation, wound up in the hands of The Associated Press.

The official added that investigators might want to determine how the documents, which the F.B.I. originally sent to Philippine authorities the GWHBush White House as part of Staff background investigations, wound up in the hands of The Associated Press Hillary Clinton.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"This document was not the property of The Associated Press," the official said. "That's the rub."

Hmm... I think they should charge the AP Reporter who sent it with a federal ofense, such as using the Mail to send Stolen Property across State (or international) lines etc... ;0)

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks for posting this Honway. Not only was this article buried on pg A18 below-the-fold, it conveniently left out Ramzi Yousef's name too.

I wonder what Mueller's FBI is trying to hide?

[Fred Mertz]

But The Associated Press said last month after discovering that the package had been intercepted that the laboratory report was unclassified, did not contain information that it believed would compromise public safety or national security, and had twice been introduced in open court in New York.

Is it possible to find the info based on the statement above?

I notice so many unnamed officials quoted for this article, that it makes me suspicious of what the FBI is trying to hide by any means necessary.

[dark_lord]

Of course, the sender could have just faxed it. Or scanned it, then emailed it. Which is, I bet, going to become much more common for newsies if they think their material is going to be confiscated when sent through customs.

[Indrid Cold]

"The F.B.I. has opened an internal ethics investigation to determine whether its agents abused their authority by secretly seizing from a news organization documents on international terrorism, officials said today."

I'll save them the trouble. Mistakes were made, the involved agents feel "terrible", though they acted with the best possible intentions, and the agents have been placed on paid administrative leave until they're quietly promoted 6 months from now. That's what the FBI always finds from its internal investigations.

[Southack]

The article implies that the document was stolen/confiscated last year, but for some reason I'm under the impression that this event happened back in 1998, though I can't quite put my finger on it.