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To pick somebody in uh to run the fbi for the next ten years, he picked a republican. james comey is a republican. he was the number two official in the justice department. but in that job, he was not, if not a dissenter, someone who would stand up when something seemed wrong. he's the story of literally racing through washington, racing to the hotel room of john ashkroft to try to stop alberto gonzalez from trying to get john ashkroft to sign off on one of dmes inbush's surveillance programs while ashkroft was in intensive care profoundly ill and in his hospital bed. james comey raced across ...

Washington to john ashkroft's bedside and arrived there just minutes before alberto gonzalez in an effort to protect the attorney general. here's how he later told the story. >> i told my security detail i needed to get to george washington hospital immediately. they turned on emergency equipment and drove very quickly to the hospital. i got out of the car and ran, literally ran up the stairs with my security detail. >> what was your concern? you were in obviously a huge hurry. >> i was concerned that given how ill i knew the attorney general was that there might be an effort to ask him to ove...

For a ten-year term. and james comey's immediate predecessor in the job was robert muller, only the sixth director of the fbi in u.s. history. and he served for empb longer than his ten-year term. his term was up in 2011, but even after that ten years they extended it and had him serve until 2013. when president obama did finally consent to replace bob mueller, to pick somebody in uh to run the fbi for the next ten years, he picked a republican. james comey is a republican. he was the number two official in the justice department. but in that job, he was not, if not a dissenter, someone who wo...

Attack. the other suspect was shot by police and is in the hospital. former bush official.id to james comey became a hero for refusing to authorize surveillance while john ashkroft was hospitalized with pancre pancreastitis. angelina jolie expected to join brad pitt at the premier of "world war z." she's been keeping a low profile since surgery to reduce her risk of breast cancer. now you can see what happens when i have brian's credit card in my bra. i can't read. >> i can't read. put it in a lead pipe, store it in a cave.

Prosecutor. his choices are these, continue as he is doing now or recuse himself, let the deputy attorney general, when and if that person gets confirmed or the acting deputy handle this instead or recuse himself and call for the appointment of -- one of his deputies call for appointment of special counsel. that's what happened when john ashkroft was attorney general. there was an investigation in who leaked the name of the cia operative and the deputy attorney general was james comey, now the fbi director and special council was appointed. >> i have to check on capitol him. there's a growing ...