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FBI Agent Told To Keep Quiet After Telling Newspaper Politics Were Involved In Firings

FBI Agent Told To Keep Quiet After Telling Newspaper Politics Were Involved In Firings
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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.

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."

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