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Robert S. Mueller III, the new FBI director, always knew the bureau had problems he needed to get at quickly. If the place has had its share of triumphs in recent years, especially the quick capture of Timothy McVeigh, it has also had to explain the bungled investigation of Wen Ho Lee and the embarrassment of Robert Hanssen, the agent who sold secrets to Moscow for 21 years. In May, McVeigh's execution was delayed when it emerged that case documents had not been handed over to his attorneys during trial. On the day of his swearing in, Mueller must...
...Mueller has already sought more money for analysts and translators. As for technology, he intends to acquire software that will enable FBI analysts to work rapidly with counterparts at the CIA and the National Security Agency. The new director has won quick praise for being approachable and open to change. As a career prosecutor, Mueller gained some experience in terrorism investigations--he supervised the Pan Am 103 bombing indictments. But he has not said what he will do to improve the FBI's human-intelligence gathering to target Islamic radicalism; the bureau desperately needs informants who can blend into...
...think Tenet will last. Mueller will be okay because he?s new. I don?t think that?s necessarily fair - this was a system-wide failure. But it?s just the way things work...
...men’s side, Xeno Mueller, last year’s runner-up in the Challenge, begins at the front of the pack. Mueller, from Switzerland, was the Olympic single sculls silver medalist in 2000 and the champion in 1996. Lightweight Steve Tucker of Medford, a five-time member of U.S. national teams including the 2000 Olympic team and a local rowing community favorite, starts after Mueller. Norway’s Olaf Tufte is third in starting order, as the 2001 FISA World Rowing Champion and the silver medalist in double sculls in the 2000 Olympic games...
...charged with reviewing the need for everything from an economic stimulus package to the parlous state of the airlines. Bush himself, in addition to his regular national security briefings (there's now an afternoon meeting as well as one in the morning), meets each day with FBI Director Robert Mueller and Attorney General John Ashcroft to hear how the manhunt is going and assess new threats...