Watchdog Clears FBI of Wrongdoing for Posing As News Media in Sting Operation
An FBI scheme that involved an agent posing as a reporter for the Associated Press to track down a 15-year-old suspected of making bomb threats at his school was deemed permissible by the Department of Justice Inspector General. The watchdog concluded in a report published Thursday that the bureau’s tactics “did not violate the undercover policies in place at the time,” primarily because there was no explicit ban on impersonating members of the news media. It went on to add, however, that under new policies implemented…