A friend called last night, alerting me to a show called "The Black List". Apparently that episode involved an AP-type plot. Unfortunately, I only saw the last third or so of the show.
http://www.nbc.com/the-blacklist/episodes?__source=360i_NBC_TVE_2015&WT.srch=Google&hcoref=Search&nlcid=TheBlacklist
It is probably episide 305, air date 10/29/2015; within a day or so it will be watchable on the website above, I think.
I should probably demand a story royalty.
Jim Bell