FBI agent told to keep quiet over attorney firings

Source: Reuters


An FBI agent was warned to keep quiet about the dismissal of a U.S. attorney after he told a newspaper her firing would hurt the agency's ongoing investigations and speculated politics was involved, a U.S. Senate panel heard on Tuesday.

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FBI Director Robert Mueller defended the handling of the incident, saying: "I do not believe it's appropriate for our special agents in charge to comment to the media on personnel decisions that are made by the Department of Justice."

"I profoundly disagree," replied Sen. Dianne Feinstein (news, bio, voting record), a California Democrat, who told the panel of the warning to the agent. "He (the agent) was simply saying that it would affect cases that were ongoing. And I think he's entitled to his opinion."

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Well, which is it? Did the firings affect ongoing investigations, or not? I'd guess
they did.

Duplicate of http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2783701

Heidi,
DU Moderator