Journalists grilled over theft of Iraqi treasures Dominic Timms Friday April 25, 2003 The Guardian US officials have begun a detailed investigation into journalists and soldiers returning from Iraq - dubbed "Operation Iraqi Heritage" - after a Fox News employee was charged with smuggling a cache of Iraqi paintings and bonds out of the country. Benjamin Johnson, a satellite engineer for the Fox News Network, was stopped and searched at Dulles International Airport in Virginia yesterday. US custom officials found 12 Iraqi paintings and an undisclosed number of Iraqi bonds - in effect blank cheques that can be cashed with...