FBI Impersonated AP Reporter In Undercover Mission

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Mark Melin
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In an attempt to catch a crafty 15-year old potential bomb-maker, the Federal Bureau of Investigation impersonated at Associated Press reporter and is now explaining its behavior to the New York Times. FBI’s involvement in creating false article The Associated Press is reporting that FBI Director James Comey confessed the agency’s involvement, which was initially assumed to be limited to creating a false article, and when further. In a Thursday letter to The New York Times, Comey said an agent “portrayed himself as an employee of The Associated Press” in 2007 in a bid to catch a 15-year-old suspect who…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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