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Robert S. Mueller (view source)
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==Background and career==
==Background and career==
Mueller served as US Attorney for the Districts of Northern California and Massachusetts and as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division. Director Mueller has experience in the private practice of law and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. For three years, he also served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Director Mueller holds a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University, a master's degree in international relations from New York University, and a law degree from the University of Virginia.
Mueller served as US Attorney for the Districts of Northern California and Massachusetts and as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division. Director Mueller has experience in the private practice of law and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. For three years, he also served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Director Mueller holds a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University, a master's degree in international relations from New York University, and a law degree from the University of Virginia.
In 1991, [[Robert Mueller]] declared the government had been investigating [[BCCI]] since 1986 resulting in intense media coverage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/07/28/bcci-scandal-behind-the-bank-of-crooks-and-criminals/563f2216-1180-4094-a13d-fd4955d59435/ |title=BCCI SCANDAL: BEHIND THE 'BANK OF CROOKS AND CRIMINALS' |date=28 July 1991 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |first1=Steven |last1=Mufson |first2=Jim |last2=McGee |quote=Last week Assistant Attorney General Robert Mueller, the head of the department's criminal division, undertook an unusual media blitz to declare that the federal government had been investigating BCCI since 1986 when a federal money-laundering prosecution ensnared BCCI.}}</ref>
Mueller was appointed director by [[President George W. Bush]] because of his role in covering up negative publicity about corruption in the FBI Boston field office, and their relationship with the criminal gang run by [[mafia]] kingpin Whitey Bulger.<ref>[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/16/reviews/000716.16dershot.html]</ref> Mueller was known to target journalists and public officials who exposed the corruption. As luck would have it, days after being sworn in as director, the 9/11 attack occurred, and the focus on FBI corruption took a backseat as the public looked to the FBI to protect them from future terrorist attacks and Congress expanded the FBI's domestic surveillance powers.
Mueller was appointed director by [[President George W. Bush]] because of his role in covering up negative publicity about corruption in the FBI Boston field office, and their relationship with the criminal gang run by [[mafia]] kingpin Whitey Bulger.<ref>[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/16/reviews/000716.16dershot.html]</ref> Mueller was known to target journalists and public officials who exposed the corruption. As luck would have it, days after being sworn in as director, the 9/11 attack occurred, and the focus on FBI corruption took a backseat as the public looked to the FBI to protect them from future terrorist attacks and Congress expanded the FBI's domestic surveillance powers.