I don't know what to say. I don't know what's going on in my life. To even assess that, it doesn't make sense 'cause I have not made any comment. — Justin Bieber

In the modern age we are all freelance private detectives. In a week that saw David Petraeus step down as director of the CIA over e-mail hacking related to an affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell, an explosive scandal involving a younger demographic was also making its way across IP networks worldwide: the breakup of Justin Bieber and his girlfriend, Selena Gomez. The aftermath of the Bieber-Gomez split played out on Twitter over the weekend. Neither party released an official statement, but both gave covert messages through their public platforms.