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President Bush's nomination of Bob Mueller as director of the FBI should have raised more eyebrows [NATION, July 16]. As a prosecutor in the northern district of California, Mueller instituted a policy, known as a "Brady waiver," that requires defendants who plead guilty to a crime to forgo their constitutional right to present evidence of their innocence at a later date. Given Mueller's past use of a policy that effectively shields the government from accepting responsibility for withholding and concealing evidence, it's questionable whether he is the right person for the position at this critical juncture...
...Elaine Shannon: I expect it to be short and sweet. That?s not to say there won?t be questions. The Senators can ask anything they want, and they?re going to want a lot of reassurance from Mueller: Some people are worried that he?s too much of an insider...
...Mueller?s a career prosecutor, and he has made a lot of personal friends - many of whom will now be working for him. So some people worry that he?ll be too forgiving, too cozy with people he knows...
...Mueller expected to have specific plans at this point for addressing all the Bureau?s problems...
...Mueller?s got a tough job ahead of him. On the one hand he has to convince the White House, Congress and the American people that the FBI is ready to take on the 21st Century. That?s hard, especially considering all the new fronts in crime, like international crime, cyber crime, and the proliferation of criminal networks that can organize and disperse faster than law enforcement agents can possibly get together and work out a plan of attack...