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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Robert Mueller

Robert Mueller stories: 14 news summaries

FBI Chief Calls Lockerbie Release 'Mockery' of Law

'Your action rewards a terrorist,' Mueller writes to Scottish official

Aug 22, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - FBI chief Robert Mueller condemned the release of the Lockerbie bomber as “a mockery of the rule of law,” CNN reports. “Your action rewards a terrorist,” Mueller wrote to the Scottish official who released Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds. “Where, I ask, is the... More »

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FBI • Scotland • Libya • Robert Mueller • terrorist • Lockerbie • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

 FBI to Expand 
 Role Battling 
 Terrorism 

Marks effort toward investigation, criminal prosecution of accused terrorists

May 28, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI will take a bigger role in the fight against terrorism, the Los Angeles Times reports, moving into investigation and criminal prosecution of accused terrorists. The shift marks a change from the secretive CIA operations favored by the Bush administration, and ties in with President Obama’s assertion that... More »

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national security • CIA • FBI • Robert Mueller • counterterrorism • investigations • criminal prosecution

Supreme Court Dumps Suit Vs. Mueller, Ashcroft

9/11 detainee faulted FBI head, former AG over confinement rules

May 18, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court says a lawsuit against FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft by a former Sept. 11 detainee cannot go forward. The court today overturned a lower court decision that let Javaid Iqbal's lawsuit against the high-ranking officials proceed. Iqbal is a Pakistani Muslim who... More »

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FBI • John Ashcroft • Robert Mueller • September 11 • lawsuit • detainee • US Supreme Court • attorney general • Javaid Iqbal

Push to Boost Diversity Backfires on FBI

Whoops—bureau's website features fired whistleblower agent

Mar 27, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Luckily for the FBI, photos can't talk. The bureau's website promotes its American Indian/Alaskan Native diversity program with a picture of an agent who says she was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle about racial insensitivity, "In the Loop" columnist Al Kamen reports for the Washington Post.... More »

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Department of Justice • FBI • law enforcement • Robert Mueller • Charles Grassley • diversity • US Senate

Pakistan Not Cooperating
in Search for Militants: US

Officials worry that terrorists can get too-easy access to US

Mar 9, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - US intelligence officials are frustrated by what they see as Islamabad’s roadblocks in efforts to investigate terrorist cells with ties to Pakistan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pakistanis living in European countries, who can enter the US without much scrutiny, remain a worry for the CIA and FBI, whose... More »

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CIA • Pakistan • FBI • Robert Mueller • Islamic militants • al-Qaeda • domestic terrorism • visa waiver program • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

Prez Obama to Work With
Key Bush Holdovers

Bernanke, Mullen, FBI's Mueller will retain power

Nov 10, 08 8:59 AM CST
(Newser) - As he addresses the most serious problems that face the country, Barack Obama will have to work with several key Bush appointees whose tenure will last a year or two into his administration, the Washington Post reports. But experts say dealing with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Joint Chiefs head Michael... More »

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Barack Obama • Ben Bernanke • Adm. Mike Mullen • Robert Mueller • transition • President Obama

 Senate Grills FBI 
 on Anthrax, Ivins 

Lawmakers raise doubts that suspect acted alone

Sep 17, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senators cast strong doubts today on the FBI's conclusion that Bruce Ivins acted alone in the 2001 anthrax scare, reports the Washington Post, with many demanding a more public vetting of the investigation into America’s largest bioterror attack. "There are others out there who should be... More »

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investigation • FBI • Robert Mueller • Patrick Leahy • anthrax • DNA evidence • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism

Justices Will Decide If Immigrant Can Sue Ashcroft

Pakistani man alleges abuse in post-9/11 roundup; top fed brass claims immunity

Jun 16, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear an appeal from John Ashcroft, with the former attorney general insisting top government officials cannot be sued by immigrants who allege they were beaten and abused after 9/11. Lower courts have refused to dismiss a suit from a man who was held for... More »

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Pakistan • John Ashcroft • Robert Mueller • US Supreme Court

FBI Stalled in Addressing Prisoner Abuse

Report says agents didn't participate in torture, but knew of it

May 20, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - FBI agents dragged their feet in reporting torture inflicted on prisoners by Defense contractors and CIA employees, an an internal FBI report shows, but agents themselves generally did not participate in torture. FBI brass, however, was scolded for not providing more guidance or “pressing harder” to curb other agencies’... More »

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CIA • torture • Department of Justice • FBI • Robert Mueller • Department of Defense

EBay Fights Web Fraud Gangs in Romania

Inside the war against online auction fraud

Dec 26, 07 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Internet giant eBay is battling online auction fraud—and the center of the struggle is a Romanian town in the Carpathian mountains. A top eBay investigator, who has US Secret Service protection, forages police files in the region to combat scams. Internet auction fraud is the specialty of Romanian crime... More »

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eBay • Robert Mueller • Romania • Internet fraud • Ramnicu Valcea • Internet Crime Complaint Center • National White Collar Crime Center • Rob Chesnut • Softwin • BitDefender • GeCAD

Justice Switched Focus to Sex, Terror & Immigrants

Feds back off from mob and white collar crime

Oct 17, 07 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the Senate Judiciary Committee today considers the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, data shows a profound shift in focus by the Justice Department over the 7 years of the Bush administration. The prosecution of mobsters, white collar criminals, environmental crimes and civil rights violations have taken a... More »

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immigration • Department of Justice • terrorism • FBI • Senate Judiciary Committee • Robert Mueller • money laundering • Michael Mukasey • environmental offenses • white collar crime • bankruptcy fraud • Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse • Alliance for Justice

FBI Chief Refutes Gonzales

Mueller's notes call hospitalized Ashcroft 'barely articulate'

Aug 17, 07 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly released notes taken by the FBI director in 2004 contradict Alberto Gonzales' Senate testimony about the internal conflict over the warrantless wiretapping program. Robert Mueller's heavily redacted notes refer to hospitalized AG John Ashcroft as "feeble" and "barely articulate," the Washington Post reports—a far cry... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • FBI • John Ashcroft • James Comey • Robert Mueller • NSA • warrantless wiretapping

FBI Chief's Testimony Contradicts Gonzales

Democrats demand perjury probe

Jul 27, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pressure mounted on Alberto Gonzales yesterday as FBI director Robert Mueller directly contradicted the attorney general in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Mueller and Gonzales gave dramatically different accounts about  whether the Justice department's secret eavesdropping program was the subject of the now-legendary nighttime confrontation at the hospital bedside... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • FBI • John Ashcroft • House Judiciary Committee • Robert Mueller • testimony • National Security Agency • Terrorist Surveillance Program • eavesdrop

FBI Jet Veers Off Course

Tricked-out aircraft designated for counterterrorism often ferries director

Jun 12, 07 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI says it needs its $40 million Gulfstream V jet for counterterrorism missions, yet nearly one-quarter of its flight time consists of routine trips by director Robert Mueller, the Washington Post reports. A key Republican senator calls this use of the only agency aircraft capable of international flights "... More »

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War on Terror • Congress • FBI • Robert Mueller • counterterrorism • Gulfstream V

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