- According to CNN, the FBI is currently investigating what its assistant director referred to as a "rash of sexting cases" within the agency. Said the AD, "When you are given an FBI BlackBerry, it's for official use. It's not to ... send a picture of yourself in a state of undress. That is not why we provide you an FBI BlackBerry."
- In a related story, if the FBI is investigating internal sexting it would appear that the magnitude of the terrorist threat is somewhat less than we have been led to believe.
- In another related story, it apparently has not dawned on hundreds of FBI employees that the FBI might be able to eavesdrop on the messages they send on their FBI BlackBerries.
- In yet another related story, the FBI is still using BlackBerries.
- In a wholly unrelated story, a 53-year-old landlord in Waynesville, Ohio, has been charged with assault for allegedly spanking a tenant whose rent was late, telling him "if you're going to act like a child I'm going to treat you like one." The tenant, who dropped his pants so the landlord could hit him with a belt, told police he submitted because he "was scared and just wanted to get it over with." Yep, that's probably what happened.
- In a story that is related to that one but not the others, the landlord in question was named Waynesville's "Citizen of the Year" in 2006.
- Speaking of model citizens, the Westboro Baptist Church responded (via Twitter) to my post yesterday about its Constitution-free con-law brief by tweeting, "You write your briefs the way you want to, and Westboro will do the same." I responded, "So ... live and let live?" Haven't heard back.
