Robert Mueller

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 aboard a U.S.-bound airline flight. (May 16)

FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Congress to reauthorize counter-terrorism surveillance policies adopted in 2008, testifying before a House committee on Wednesday that al Qaeda is still the top terrorism threat against the U.S.

FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Congress to renew wide-ranging surveillance authority to thwart terrorism plots like the latest one in which an al-Qaida-engineered explosive device was to have been detonated on a U.S.-bound airline flight. (May 9)

President Obama announces his intention to ask Congress to extend FBI chief Robert Mueller's term to 12 years, longer than the mandated term of 10 years.

President Obama announces his intention to ask Congress to extend FBI chief Robert Mueller's term to 12 years, longer than the mandated term of 10 years.