FBI Dir. Robert Mueller Continues to Bang the Drum About the Dangers of Terrorists and the Cyber World

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s was nothing particularly shocking — or for that matter new — in FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III’s speech Thursday, but it was another reminder of the havoc and mischief we can expect via cyber attacks against business and government in the future. Terrorism remains the FBI’s top priority,” Mueller…

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FBI Dir. Mueller Gets Prestigious Award at His Old Stomping Grounds — Princeton

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III let his Ivy League colors fly over the weekend. Mueller, a 1966 graduate of Princeton, was awarded the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award on Saturday at Princeton, which recognizes an alum’s commitment to public service, the Daily Princetonian reported. The paper reported that Mueller spoke at…

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FBI Dir. Mueller Has Concerns Over Detainee Provision

By EVAN PEREZ The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday said a Pentagon-funding bill that increases military authority over terrorism detainees injects new uncertainty into sensitive national-security investigations. Mr. Mueller’s comments are the first indicating that the joint House-Senate conference bill failed to resolve concerns that had prompted the Obama administration to…

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FBI Dir. Mueller Fires Off Letter Opposing Mandatory Military Custody for Terrorist Suspects

    By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not everyday that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III jumps into the political fray. But the Associated Press reports that Mueller on Monday fired off a letter to lawmakers raising concerns about a proposed defense bill that would require military custody for someone captured who is suspected of…

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FBI Lends Hand to the Balkans

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com One lucky FBI agent has won a round trip visit to the Balkan nation of Bulgaria. Announced on Tuesday during Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov’s U.S. visit, an FBI special agent will be sent to Bulgaria to assist the nation’s cyber crime fighting, reports the Sofia News Agency. The agent will…

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4 Congressional Members Send Letter to FBI’s Mueller and Hillary Clinton Asking Palestinians to be Put on Terrorist List

  By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. terrorist data base watch could get quite a few new names if it’s up to four Jewish Congress members. The Jewish Telegraph Agency reports that the four Congress members wrote to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asking that they place…

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