DEA Misled on Fatal Honduras Raids, Monitors Say
New York Times
The Drug Enforcement Administration misled Congress about a 2012 operation in which American agents sent to Honduras to disrupt drug smuggling became involved in three deadly shootings, two inspectors general said. The case illustrates how trainers and advisers can drift into directly running dangerous operations with little oversight. In Modern Cyber War, the Spies Also Become Targets
Wall Street Journal
Over the past eight months, a mysterious hacking group released what it says are National Security Agency computer-espionage secrets. Former intelligence officials now fear the hackers are taking a new tack: exposing the identities of the NSA computer-hacking team. Jared Kushner's Other Real Estate Empire in Baltimore
New York Times Magazine/ProPublica
Baltimore-area renters complain about a property owner they say is neglectful and litigious. Few know their landlord is the president's son-in-law. Trump Failing to Track Foreign Cash at His Hotels
NBC News
Just before taking office, President Donald Trump promised to donate all profits earned from foreign governments back to the U.S. Treasury. But the Trump Organization is not tracking all possible payments it receives from foreign governments, according to new admissions by Trump representatives. Putin's Shadow Cabinet and the Bridge to Crimea
New Yorker
It is Vladimir Putin's most ambitious construction project: a 12-mile bridge to Crimea to solidify Russia's claim and access to the controversially annexed peninsula. And the man entrusted with the job is his childhood judo partner, Arkady Rotenberg, a prime example of the reordering of Russia under Putin: the de-fanging of one oligarchic class and the creation of another. Maine Played Role in International Eel-Smuggling Scheme
Bangor Daily News
Before 2014, when there were no catch limits in Maine, licensed baby eel fishermen could sell as many "elvers" as they could get their hands on. So some began passing off eels poached in out-of-state waters as their own. The incentive was high: After a 2011 earthquake off Japan destroyed fish habitats, smuggling eels became very lucrative. 'Farm-to-Table' Economy Short on Slaughterhouses
Bloomberg
Sellers of high-end pork, beef and chicken agree: Despite rising customer demands, there simply aren't enough facilities to humanely and safely kill their animals. | 
