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Robert S. Mueller

Robert Swan Mueller III (born August 7, 1944) is the 6th and current Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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FBI Director Mueller : Preliminary investigation of JPMorgan under way

FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday the bureau has launched a preliminary investigation of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

following a $2 billion trading loss at the bank.Mueller's comment at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing was the first on-the-record confirmation of the probe.On Tuesday, a law enforcement official said that the FBI's New York office is heading an inquiry into the JPMorgan loss."All I can say is we've opened up a preliminary investigation," Mueller told the Senate panel. Mueller said that opening a preliminary investigation "depends on a number of factors," which he did not enumerate.Under attorney general guidelines for FBI operations, a preliminary investigation may be initiated on the basis of any allegation or information indicative of possible criminal activity. Time limits are set for completion of preliminary investigations — usually six months, although six-month extensions can be granted. Extensions of preliminary investigations beyond a year must be approved...

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  1. GOP rep demands copy of report on Awlaki emails with alleged Fort Hood shooter

    In a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller, Republican Rep. Frank Wolf has demanded a copy of the still-classified report about the alleged Fort Hood shooter's email...

  2. Homicide Bombing Kills at Least 90

    Who was behind the attack?

  3. Lockerbie Bomber Laid to Rest

    Surrounded by friends and family

  4. FBI director defers to Justice over targeted killings

    Surprising response from Robert Mueller

  5. FBI Launches Independent Review Into Ft. Hood Massacre

    The FBI will ask its former director to do an independent review of the bureau's actions in the months leading up to the Fort Hood military base massacre that left 1...

  6. Paper: Bush Considered Sending Troops Into New York

    WASHINGTON - The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, New York, suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have ...

  7. FBI director urges Congress to renew wide-ranging surveillance power in counterterror probes

    FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Congress on Wednesday to renew wide-ranging surveillance authority to thwart terrorism plots like the latest one in which an al-Qai...

  8. FBI , Scottish prosecutor visit Libya for Lockerbie bombing investigation

    The head of the FBI and Scotland's top prosecutor visited Libya to help pave the way for further investigations into the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing, Sky News repor...

  9. Scottish prosecutor, head of FBI visited Libya to discuss Lockerbie

    A senior Scottish prosecutor and the head of the FBI have traveled to Libya to discuss the investigation into the 1988 Pan Am bombing that killed hundreds over Locke...

  10. FBI offers $1 million reward to crack case of former FBI agent missing since 2007

    FBI Director Robert Mueller made a personal plea Tuesday for the safe return of a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran five years ago, announcing a $1 million rewar...

  11. FBI offers $1 million reward for return of American last seen in Iran

    FBI Director Robert Mueller made a personal plea Tuesday for the safe return of a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran five years ago, announcing a $1 million rewar...

  12. FBI chief, Yemeni president pledge anti-terror front; Yemenis take heart of al-Qaida held city

    The United States and Yemen pledged Tuesday to step up high-level cooperation in the fight against al-Qaida as government forces punched their way into the heart of ...

  1. FBI Director Mueller confirms probe into who leaked information on al-Qaida plot

    FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday the bureau has launched an investigation into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot to place an explosive device a...

  2. FBI director Mueller in Yemen for talks on Al Qaeda, official says

    Yemen says FBI director Robert Mueller has held talks with Yemen's new president on the fight against Al Qaeda militants in the impoverished Arab nation.Yahya al-Ara...

  3. Offical says FBI director Robert Mueller has held talks in Yemen on fighting al-Qaida

    Offical says FBI director Robert Mueller has held talks in Yemen on fighting al-Qaida.

  4. FBI Director Mueller Says Charges Likely to be Filed Soon Against Suspect in Deadly Arizona Shooting

    While a second suspect remains to be identified, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner will face charges for the killing of U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, the shooting o...

  5. House Votes to Extend Term of FBI Director Mueller

    The House has voted to authorize FBI Director Robert Mueller to keep his job for up to two more years.The voice vote Monday sent the legislation to the president.One...

  6. US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald stepping down after more than a decade in Chicago post

    In a city and state known for tenacious corruption, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald became known for equal tenacity in going after politicians of every stripe.Durin...

  7. FBI director Mueller says the bureau is assisting the Pentagon in the WikiLeaks probe

    FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau is assisting the Defense Department in its criminal investigation into the release of some 91,000 secret U.S. military do...

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