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23 Aug 4:07 am
... over his plan to release Al Megrahi. Director Mueller then goes onto claim that Kenny MacAskill's actions "give comfort to
terrorists around the world". ... 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 ... due process, and sentence appropriate to the crime, the
terrorist will be freed by one man's exercise of "compassion." Your action rewards a terrorist even though he never ...
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 ... been harmed. No lives have been upended. No businesses disrupted. Mueller accepts responsibility for the errors and then shrugs. There has been no ... banks, credit card companies and internet service providers without a
judge's approval or oversight. The use of the letters was liberalized under the Patriot Act passed in the wake ...
18 May 11:31 am
... others) former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert S. Mueller III, for
creating, implementing and condoning what he endured. As we stated then ... should be subject to suit. Today, however, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed, in a close 5-4 decision,
saying the abuse wasn't "linked" to the two officials. ... 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
... corruption (15 percent), 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 ... 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 ...
20 May 8:52 am
We told you the other day about the U.S. Supreme Court case involving Javaid Iqbal who was never charged with any 9/11-related terrorism, but nevertheless, ... to hold former
Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert S. Mueller III accountable for his
injuries. Well, the Monday morning court wonks are ... rules which have prevailed for decades." Alan Morrison, former head of Public Citizen's Litigation Group, said that all
kinds of cases will be affected, including employment discrimination ...
23 Aug, 2007 12:12 pm
... t knows." Members of his own Department of Justice and the Head of the FBI, Robert Mueller, have
contradicted his testimony. Even Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican ... Commission and the State Bar of California have launched an inquiry into Delgadillo's misuse of city
resources for personal benefit but his status is currently listed ... should be held accountable through notoriety, recusal, and even disbarment. Attorney Robert S. "Bob" Bennett has been qualified as an expert on prosecutorial abuse and ...
13 Mar, 2008 7:31 pm
... 's inspector general, Glenn A. Fine, said his office's interviews with F.B.I. Director Robert S. Mueller III and his top aides had shown a ... shown since the abuses were first disclosed a year ago. However, Mr. Fine's report cautioned, "we believe
it is too early to definitively state whether the new systems and ... will fully eliminate the problems" uncovered in 2007. In simple English for the legalese impaired: the
nation's top law enforcement agency is doing a better job of obeying the law now that ...
9 Aug, 2008 6:49 am
When Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, was buzzed by his secretary that Robert S. Mueller III was on the line, I bet he was nervous. A call from the FBI is everybody's ... us," they said. "We're from the government." You have to
admit, the fact that Mueller not only admitted that it happened, but apologized for it, is a step in the right direction. But ... soon as we
have forgotten the last "boo boo," we extend the government's authority even farther. We just can't seem to learn any ...
11 Mar, 2007 5:43 am
... private schools has always been the primary goal. You can read the NSBA's full post on the subject at the link above. Northwestern University Law Review: Colloquy ... David
Feige at Indefensible opined about Absolutely corrupting power in a post concerning FBI director Robert Mueller's admissions about the FBI and Patriot Act. Lawyer Lyle ... action by including losses resulting from in-and-out trades. Read the rest of Mr.
Robert's post on in-and-out traders at the links above. And, finally, offering ...
18 May 9:53 am
... 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 ... housed detainees in the ADMAX SHU due to
their race, religion, or national origin. All it plausibly suggests is that the Nation's top law enforcement officers, in the aftermath of a devastating terrorist attack, sought
to keep suspected terrorists in the most secure ...
18 May 10:45 am
... John Ashcroft and ex-FBI Director Robert Mueller. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, No. 07-1015 (U.S. May
18, 2009). Mr. Iqbal ... also deemed the charge of knowing discrimination implausible. "On the facts respondent alleges the arrests Mueller
oversaw were likely lawful and justified by his nondiscriminatory intent to detain ... opinion. Blawgletter commented last June, when the Court granted review of the Second
Circuit's decision in Iqbal, that "perhaps in the 2008 Term we will get some elaboration on the True ...
10 Nov, 2008 2:30 pm
... that three Bush Administration appointees are 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 Dec. 1, that give
agents ... -liberties advocates, but has indicated support for a new domestic intelligence czar who would provide more oversight of the FBI's intelligence operations. Yesterday,
I included rejecting the new FBI snooping guidelines approved in September and October by ...
9 Jun 8:18 am
... 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 evidence or ...
FBI's reliance on informants who instigate terrorist plots that would never have been devised without the informant's prodding allows the Bureau to take undeserved credit
for protecting the homeland when it makes well publicized arrests. It may also ...
9 Jun, 2008 8:01 pm
... criminal and immigration charges, Iqbal was held for months in solitary confinement in the prison's maximum security wing, where he was allegedly subject to gross
mistreatment. Following deportation ... federal suit against not only prison officials but FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft-whom he claimed ... courts have long held to require only providing "fair notice" of the plaintiff's
claim. The brief, filed by Elizabeth Koob of Koob & Magoolaghan in Yonkers, N ...
9 Nov, 2008 3:29 pm
... m concerned was their expansion of FBI investigative tools where there is no reason to suspect criminal wrongdoing, in what's called an "assessment" instead of a full-blown
investigation. As described by the Center for Investigative Reporting's Muckraker blog: ... the same way his predecessor enacted them. MORE: Jeralyn at TalkLeft reports that FBI
Director Robert Mueller will likely stay on in an Obama administration, linking this news to the
question of whether the guidelines might be overturned: ...
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 ... Bush administration, reports the Washington Post. It apparently is the first
public confirmation from an administration official that the National Security Agency's Terrorist Surveillance Program was at issue in an unusual nighttime visit by Gonzales to
the hospital bed of then-Attorney General John ...
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 ...
National Whistleblower Center (NWC) has now posted a transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing, and of Sen. Grassley's press conference where he says he will
place a hold on all Justice Department nominations until his questions are answered.
28 Mar 10:39 pm
... Times semi-religiously, but had missed the article entirely, probably because it was in the Jobs Section. In related news, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified in front of Congress Wednesday. From USA Today: Lawmakers prodded Mueller to move faster to bring ... of areas," Mueller answered. Any thought being given to the kind of careful
investigation that only roots out the truly culpable? Let's see. Inexperienced investigators, fast track prosecutions and a politician's insatiable desire to jail ...
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.
27 Jul, 2007 6:10 am
... 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 Today contains a front page article headlined "Conflict builds as Gonzales targeted; Senate Dems subpoena Rove."
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