Tuesday's Super Bowl celebratory romp through Boston's streets, which may be marred by an all-too-New England forecast of frozen slop (actually, a perfect forecast for this franchise, given its propensity for dealing with just about anything), may also be hampered by a downer of a different sort.
Just when it appeared politics could not interfere with a spectacular Hub bash honoring a fifth ring for Tom Brady, Bill Belichick — and a stunning performance by an unheralded running back hailing from the University of Wisconsin named James White….
A New York-based FBI agent who played a leading role in a string of recent insider trading prosecutions is under criminal investigation for what federal prosecutors, in a recent court filing, call "unquestionable misconduct by an agent of the Government … improper and inexcusable."
It's the sort of story that ordinarily might be splashed across the front pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal — except that in this case, the misconduct of which the FBI agent, David Chaves, is suspected was leaking grand jury information to the Times and the Journal.
