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18 May 9:53 am
... a Pakistani who pleaded guilty and subsequently was returned to Pakistan, sued then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Chief Robert
Mueller and other officials for discrimination. The Supreme Court rejected his suit today, but stressed it was because his complaint didn't set
forth sufficient facts against Ashcroft and Mueller to establish discrimination. It made no determination as to the other named officials who
allegedly mistreated Iqbal and others while in custody. The ...
10 Nov, 2008 2:30 pm
... likely to remain in an Obama Administration, including FBI Director Robert Mueller, whose term
expires in 2011. Mueller has championed new guidelines, set to take effect ... rejecting the new FBI snooping guidelines approved in September
and October by Bush, Mueller and Attorney General Mukasey among my suggestions for President-Elect Barack ... 9/29) Testimony of FBI general
counsel Valerie Caproni to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (9/23) Mueller Testimony: Senate Judiciary Committee (9/17 ...
9 Jun 8:18 am
... but how do we know that Muslims aren't targeted for undercover investigation simply because of their religion? Robert Mueller's vague defense yesterday of the FBI's reliance on informants to gather information inside mosques when "there ... may be true when the agency has
good reason to believe that terrorists are actually lurking within a specific mosque. Mueller's willingness to send informants into a place of
worship on the basis of "evidence or other information of criminal wrongdoings" gives ...
9 Jun, 2008 8:01 pm
... he was allegedly subject to gross mistreatment. Following deportation to his native Pakistan, Iqbal filed a federal suit against not only prison officials but FBI Director
Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft-whom he claimed designed, or ... Iqbal's
complaint suggests a lack of personal involvement, as it alleges no communication between Ashcroft or Mueller and lower-ranking FBI officials
or awareness of the actions occurring at the detention center. Clement further ...
27 Jul, 2007 7:29 am
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 27, 2007. "FBI Director Robert Mueller has contradicted the
sworn testimony of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, telling Congress that a prominent warrantless surveillance program ... visit by Gonzales to the hospital bed of then-Attorney
General John Ashcroft, who was under sedation recovering from surgery." "Mueller's remarks to the House Judiciary Committee differed from
testimony this by Gonzales, who told a Senate panel that a legal disagreement aired at ...
18 Sep 2:55 pm
Last Wednesday, Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, appeared before the
Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) used the opportunity to question Dir. Mueller about how the
administration's proposed whistleblower bill (S. 372) came to propose the repeal of the protection for FBI employees (5 USC 2303). Dir. Mueller
testified ...
27 Jul, 2007 6:10 am
"FBI Chief Disputes Gonzales On Spying; Mueller Describes Internal Debate": This front page article appears today in The Washington Post. In
addition, columnist Eugene Robinson has an op-ed entitled "Bedtime for Gonzo." The ... on Air Force One Pushes the Rules, and Buttons." The Los Angeles Times reports that "FBI chief
seems to contradict Gonzales; Robert Mueller tells a House panel that he had had reservations about a
wiretapping program, undercutting the attorney general's testimony." And USA ...
14 Apr, 2004 3:44 pm
Prepared testimony by FBI Director Robert Mueller to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States is now available online here. Highlights of Director Mueller's testimony include: a description of asymmetical and
diverse threats to the U.S. that use criminal networks to advance terrorist plans. the need for fused intelligence and law enforcement capabilities to
14 Apr, 2004 8:48 am
CIA head George Tenet and FBI Director Robert Mueller testify today before the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Tenet's testimony is scheduled to begin at 9:30 AM ET, and Mueller's at 2:30. Other federal law
enforcement and counterterrorism officials are also slated to appear. Watch the hearing live here via C-SPAN beginning at 9 AM ET.
26 May, 2004 1:58 pm
US Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller are holding a press conference to
discuss the possibility of a major terrorist attack on US soil this summer. Watch the press conference live here via C-SPAN. UPDATE: The FBI provides Mueller's prepared remarks and pictures of seven wanted individuals that are tied to al Qaeda in a possible plot to attack the US this summer.
26 May, 2004 10:17 am
US Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller will hold a press conference this
afternoon to discuss the possibility of a major terrorist attack on US soil this summer. Ashcroft and Mueller will also discuss their
commitment to disrupting potential plots by al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. CNN has the full story. Watch the press conference live here via C-SPAN
27 Mar, 2007 12:37 pm
FBI Director Robert Mueller's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee amounts to this: Yes,
we abused our Patriot Act authority by spying on Americans who weren't suspected of terrorism, even though we promised that we wouldn't, but now that we've been caught, we really really
promise not to abuse that authority again, so please don't take it away. Senator Leahy's response: "Last year the administration sought new powers in the Patriot Act to appoint U.S.
Attorneys ...
14 May, 2004 3:16 pm
Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller introduced Friday the National
Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan [PDF], a new nationwide strategy to ensure that state and local authorities can access federal law enforcement intelligence on terrorism and crime.
Under the initiative, the Justice Department and FBI will regularly share information with law enforcement groups from
27 Mar, 2007 1:09 pm
[JURIST] FBI Director Robert Mueller [official profile] asserted Tuesday that the agency is able to
properly use the surveillance powers granted it under the Patriot Act [JURIST news archive], telling senators at a US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] hearing [materials
and witness testimony] that a compliance program has been implemented to police the use of National Security Letters
5 Mar, 2008 5:36 am
[JURIST] FBI Director Robert Mueller [official profile] told the US Senate Judiciary Committee in
testimony [prepared statement] Wednesday that the FBI had inappropriately accessed private citizens' communication and financial records in 2006 through national security letters (NSLs)
[FAS backgrounder; example, PDF], according to an as-yet-unreleased report by the DOJ Office of the Inspector
18 May 3:25 pm
In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court said Monday that FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney
General John Ashcroft can't face a lawsuit from a former Sept. 11 detainee who wanted to hold the men responsible for the conditions of his confinement.
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23 Aug 4:07 am
... of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988. Director Mueller goes on in his letter to Justice Secretary Kenny
MacAskill, to heavily criticise him for ... and law enforcement agencies over his plan to release Al Megrahi. Director Mueller then goes onto
claim that Kenny MacAskill's actions "give comfort to ... , reports the Sunday Herald, here : Megrahi: The contracts Letter from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill : Dear Mr. Secretary: Over the years I ...
11 Mar, 2007 7:58 am
... guessing wrong could yield dire eternal consequences. FBI director Robert S. Mueller,III, is a
Pascalian. Has the FBI violated the law, obtaining confidential information about ... been harmed. No lives have been upended. No businesses disrupted. Mueller accepts responsibility for the errors and then shrugs. There has been no ... required to keep track of each and every one of us. "How could this
happen?" Mueller asked rhetorically in a briefing at FBI headquarters. We let it happen, that's how. Why ...
18 May 11:31 am
... among others) former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert S. Mueller III, for
creating, implementing and condoning what he endured. As we stated ... those parameters in mind, two lower courts had ruled that Ashcroft and Mueller should be subject to suit. Today, however, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed, ... David Souter wrote a scathing dissent, observing that, "at a bare
minimum … Ashcroft and Mueller knew of and condoned the discriminatory policy their subordinates carried out," and ...
17 Oct, 2007 7:17 am
... ), and, most dramatically, terrorism and national security cases (876 percent). FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III has signaled a desire to reinvigorate the department's emphasis on traditional crime-fighting. 'We are realizing that national security is as much
about reducing the number of homicides on our streets as it is about reducing the threat of terrorism,' Mueller said Monday in New Orleans at
the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention. 'Today, in pockets around the ...
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