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Prosecutor in san francisco. and later in boston. >> he's very serious. very professional. very dedicated. he had a good sense of humor. >> he was one of the top ranked prosecutors in the office. >> the old guard knew bob as a highly competent courtroom lawyer and somebody who should be feared in trial. he was quietly effective. was a fierce opponent. >> in 1989 he joined the justice department. becoming head of the criminal information. he over saw the investigation of the bombing of pan am flight 103. as well as the prosecution of pan am dictator. and mob boss john gotty. >> it can seem daun...

Before headed to private practice. later he served in the reagan white house in the office of policy development. following another stint in private practice, bill began his distinguished career at the department of justice under president george h.w. bush. bill served as the assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel. then as deputy attorney general, and finally as attorney general of the united states. as attorney general, bill oversaw a number of sensitive criminal investigations, including the investigation into the pan-am flight 103 bombing. he prioritized fighting violent...

>> a few years later, mueller leaves san francisco for a job in the u.s. attorney's office in boston. >> eight years later, i'm in private practice here in delaware and one of my clients gets indicted in springfield, massachusetts. all of a sudden i learn that bob was going to be the prosecutor. i was walking into court early, maybe 8:00 in the morning. there is bob in his shirt sleeves with piles of papers that he had just xeroxed. the guy is the acting united states attorney in boston. he is the head of the office. he could have had anybody doing that. and he did that. >> in 1989, mueller jo...

>> in 1989, mueller joins the justice department, eventually becoming head of the criminal division. there he oversees a number of high profile cases, including the investigation of the bombing of pan am flight 103, and the prosecutions of manuel noriega. >> it can seem daunting. but mueller is very disciplined. i think for him, you don't look at the thing as a whole and say, that's just too big. you start to say, all right, how do we attack this? >> in 1993, to the surprise of many, mueller leaves the public sector and takes a job as a white collar litigator at a law firm. >> i was having din...