Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity: The Robert Mueller I Knew
Frank Figliuzzi
I sat in the daily morning briefing in the Director’s conference room at FBI Headquarters in spring 2011. In just a few months, Robert Mueller’s mandatory ten-year term limit as director would expire.
Near the briefing’s end, after each Assistant Director succinctly shared some noteworthy item, Mueller, a man of few words, had something to say. He talked about steps being taken to prepare for his departure and the transition to an interim director and ultimately a new appointee. When Mueller asked the assembled executives whether they had any questions, one less-senior attendee posed a query that made me wince. Those who had been around any length of time knew this wasn’t Mueller’s kind of question.
“What would you like your legacy to be?” the junior guy asked. Mueller quickly and quietly replied something like, “That’s not for me to decide; other people will do that.” He wasn’t someone who sat around thinking about himself.
Now with Mueller’s passing on Friday at age 81, maybe it’s time for us to ponder, briefly — because Bob would want us to get back to work — what Mueller meant and will mean to the country.
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"He wasn’t someone who sat around thinking about himself."
Contrast that with the slobfather.
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