Although by law the position of FBI Director is limited to 10 years, in 2011 when Dir. Mueller's term expired there was widespread mistrust of President Obama's ability to appoint a new director to a 10-year term. A myriad of questionable associations and dealings within the [[Obama administration]] went unresolved. The old Independent Counsel law lapsed, which required a panel of 3 judges to appoint an independent counsel. Under existing law [[Eric Holder]] would have to appoint a Special Counsel to prosecute himself after he was held in [[contempt of Congress]] for obstructing the [[Fast and Furious]] investigation. | Although by law the position of FBI Director is limited to 10 years, in 2011 when Dir. Mueller's term expired there was widespread mistrust of President Obama's ability to appoint a new director to a 10-year term. A myriad of questionable associations and dealings within the [[Obama administration]] went unresolved. The old Independent Counsel law lapsed, which required a panel of 3 judges to appoint an independent counsel. Under existing law [[Eric Holder]] would have to appoint a Special Counsel to prosecute himself after he was held in [[contempt of Congress]] for obstructing the [[Fast and Furious]] investigation. |