Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is joining the private sector. The New York Times reports that Mueller, who served as director for 12 years before stepping down in September, is becoming a partner of the law firm WilmerHale. “Bob brings to the firm his broad range of experience as a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s legendary Ten Most Wanted list is really only the Eight Most Wanted list these days. Two of the the most well-known figures on the list — Osama bin Laden and Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger — are no longer wanted. Bin Laden was killed by the U.S. military in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III began the process on Wednesday of getting a two- year extension when he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Committee is considering a bill that would extend his stay two years beyond the 10-year term, which expires in September. Currently legislation limits the term…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When President Obama announced plans to have FBI Dir. Robert S. Mueller III stay on two years beyond his 10-year term, the FBI Agents Association quickly issued a very positive statement even though some of its members were not very happy. Nonetheless, some of the unhappiness seems to be coming out….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Next to the big guy, J. Edgar Hoover, Robert S. Mueller III is the longest serving FBI director. And with Thursday’s announcement of a proposed two-year extension — which seems all but certain Congress will OK — he’ll add to the record. His 10-year term is set to expire…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI including the director gave inaccurate and misleading statements to Congress and the public about reasons why an agent conducted surveillance at an anti-war rally in 2002 at the Thomas Merton Center in Pittsburgh, according a report by the Justice Department’s Inspector General. The report concluded that the…
By Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — In the federal government, there are inside people and outside people, those who work in the bowels of the bureaucracy and others who seek out the media glare. Timothy P. Murphy is an inside guy. The FBI’s new deputy director speaks in the language of corporate…
It really is a disgrace that the man was released so early. Sick or or not sick, the man doesn’t deserve much compassion. Then again, clearly he was not the only one responsible for the death of 270 people. By CNN WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller harshly criticized the decision to release the Lockerbie…
