FBI Director Robert Mueller
Apr 17 2008, AP

The FBI is grappling with growing numbers of public corruption cases and a surge in mortgage fraud investigations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Thursday, wondering aloud whether Americans are “becoming more crooked.”

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