A Six-Foot-Eight Prosecutor Who Stared Down Bush to Lead FBI
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The lawyer President Barack Obama plans to nominate as the next FBI director made his name as a prosecutor of terrorists who also resisted demands by President George W. Bush’s White House for broad authority to wiretap without court approval.
Along the way, James B. Comey Jr. developed a loyal following of fellow attorneys and law enforcement agents, according to colleagues, classmates, bosses and friends. That talent for gathering support will be critical if he’s confirmed to lead a Federal Bureau of Investigation that’s challenged to meet new threats of terrorism and international cyber-crime at the same time its budget is being squeezed.