NOW HERE’S A SCANDAL:

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating whether FBI agents involved in espionage and terrorism cases may have moonlighted by forming private companies and using informants and subjects of inquiries to benefit their personal business.

The allegations, according to court documents, include charges that the private companies of agents and intelligence figures were involved in business deals in China and the Middle East about the same time the FBI was investigating Chinese efforts to acquire sensitive technology.

Between the Saudis and the Chinese, both of whom seem to enjoy excessive influence, I’m beginning to wonder whether we’ve got a serious corruption problem.