Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Outgoing FBI Director Robert S Mueller III never imagined that his bureau would be consumed with the fight on terror. After all, Mueller started his job as director a week before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “I love prosecuting cases, and I love doing investigations, particularly homicide investigations and the like,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise here. The Senate, by a vote of 93 to 1 gave the nod Monday to make James Comey the next FBI director. He’ll replace Robert S. Mueller III, who headed the agency for a dozen years, according to the Washington Post. Comey, 52, was a senior Justice Department official…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Among President Obama’s top choices for replacing FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is a woman, Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post reports. Citing current and former administration officials, the Post wrote that Lisa Monaco, a former senior Justice Department official who became Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, is among the top contenders….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Aaron M. Zebley is movin on up. The website Main Justice reports that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III has promoted Zebley to his chief of staff. Zebley, an agent and a former federal prosecutor, had been the deputy chief of staff. Zebley will replace John P. Carlin, who…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Inch by inch, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is moving closer to staying on the job for two more years. President Obama on Tuesday, in the midst of all the craziness about raising the debt ceiling, signed legislation that enables Mueller to extend his 10-year term two more years. His…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III moved one step closer to extending his 10-year term two additional years. The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would clear the way for Mueller to stay on for two years. The bill must now go before the House, which is expected to give…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The FBI in Detroit has issued a warning: Beware of emails that display the FBI seal and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III’s name. The emails, that have been sent to Michigan residents as well as others nationwide, direct people to contact the Department of Homeland Security and send…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s a good thing that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III hopped a plane to Arizona to deal with the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed a federal judge and seriously wounded a member of Congress. Sure, Mueller could have stayed back in Washington and gotten briefed regularly…
