TV NEWS ENGINEER CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING PAINTINGS

Members of the news media and US soldiers are being investigated for taking art, artifacts, weapons, and cash from Iraq, with criminal charges already brought against Benjamin James Johnson, who worked as an engineer for the Fox News channel. In a criminal complaint filed in US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, Johnson is charged with attempting to smuggle twelve Iraqi paintings into the United States, Curt Anderson reports in the San Francisco Chronicle.