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FBI Watch List Includes 400,000 People

Washington Post | Walter Pincus | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Feingold, Special Agents, Steven Aftergood Secrecy News, Robert S. Mueller, Terrorism, Doj, Surveillance, Secrecy News, Robert Mueller, Unique Names, Citizens, Intelligence, Justice Department, Fbi Recruits, Polygraphs, Watch List, No Fly List, Fbi, US Citizens, Politics News

During a 12-month period ended in March this year, for example, the U.S. intelligence community suggested on a daily basis that 1,600 people qualified...

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Napolitano, Holder In Denver Stressing Vigilance, Cooperation Against Extremists

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security, Islamic Extremism, Janet Napolitano, Robert Mueller, Police Chief, Police, Najibullah Zazi, Justice Department, Terrorism, Eric Holder, Fbi, Al Qaeda, Denver News

DENVER — U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday stressed the importa...

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The Return of Dr. Feelgood

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Insurance Industry, Obama, Health Insurance, Faust, Medical Malpractice, Robert Mueller, Dr. Feelgood, Home News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

While this administration is still in its infancy, one can't help but think that what we are seeing is more of a massage than a substantive, and bold move in a new direction.

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The Truth About Lockerbie May Now Never Come Out Thanks to Gordon Brown's Thirst for Libyan Oil

Vicky Ward | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bombing, Britain, United Kingdom, United Nations, Abdel-Basset-Al-Megrahi, Kenny MacAskill, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Scotland, Gordon Brown, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Pan Am 103, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Robert Mueller, Scotland, Politics News
Vicky Ward

Megrahi's release and hero's welcome in Libya, along with the leak of two letters from Britain's justice minister, have prompted calls for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stop evading the issue.

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Britain's New Royalty -- The Oil Potentates

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Lockerbie, Energy, President Hans-Rudolf Merz, David Miliband, World, Switzerland, Kenneth MacAskill, President Obama, Scotland, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Gordon Brown, Col.Muammar El-Qaddafi, Hannibal-Gaddafi, Great Britain, Robert Mueller, Oil, Libya, Royalty, U.S. Justice Department, British Aerospace System, Financial TImes, New York Times, Business, Terrorism, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Kowtowing to moneyed Middle Eastern and African oil interests may not be new, but as the release of the Lockerbie bomber shows, this has become Britain's new norm.

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FBI Director Mueller Raises Concerns About Gitmo Detainee Release In US

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Detainees, Gitmo Detainees, Guantanamo Bay, Fbi, Robert Mueller, Politics News

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States could pose a num...

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Supreme Court Detainee Decision May Not Block Suits Against Top Officials

Washington Independent | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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In denying the right of a Muslim Pakistani immigrant to sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert Mueller for his prolonged im...

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Supreme Court: Top U.S. Officials Can't Be Sued By Former Detainee For Post-9/11 Abuse

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Javaid Iqbal, Bush Officials, Prisoner Abuse, Robert Mueller, U S Supreme Court, John Ashcroft, Javaid Ashcroft Supreme Court Abuse, 9/11 Abuse, Supreme Court Decision on Post 9-11\, Politics News

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued by a former Sept. 11 detainee who claimed he w...

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Torture Revelations Will Leave the Left Frustrated

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, President Obama, Red Cross, Geneva Convention, Afghanistan War, Abu Zubaydah, Cheney, Status of Forces Agreements, Judge Bybee, Congress, Rumsfeld, Sen. John McCain, Abu Ghraib, Detainees, Bush, Iraq War, Pows, Michael Hayden, George Washington, Ali Soufani, Robert Mueller, Dennis Blair, Fbi, Matthew Alexander, Torture, Politics News
Sandy Goodman

The most likely outcome of this whole business will be that nobody will be punished.

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Robert Mueller, Bush FBI Director In 2008: Torture Didn't Foil Any Plots

The Plum Line | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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Now that Bush administration officials have launched a major campaign to persuade us that torture "worked," perhaps it's worth recalling that George W...

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FBI Director: Financial Fraud Cases Straining Our Ability To Fight Crime

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Fraud, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fbi, Robert Mueller, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Federal agents and prosecutors are accelerating their probes of some financial fraud cases amid growing public demand for a quicker...

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Ashcroft, Mueller Civil Rights Lawsuit Goes To Supreme Court Today

AFP | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Justice Department, Supreme Cort, Terrorism, Scotus, Robert Mueller, Fbi, John Ashcroft, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The US Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday on whether cabinet-level officials could be held accountable for controversial tac...

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Obama And The Unitary Executive

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Intelligence Bush, Usa Patriot Act, Barack Obama, Michael Mukasey, Dick Cheney, Cheney, Robert Mueller, Home News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Obama told Rick Warren he opposed the nomination of Justice Roberts because he also opposes the expansion of executive power, which Roberts support. That's no small thing, given that Bush's power apparatus will be in place long after he has left office.

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