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FBI Director Robert Mueller sits in his office at FBI headquarters in Washington Friday, Dec. 13, 2002 during an interview with the Associated Press. Mueller said nearly100 terrorist attacks, some intended to take place on U.S. soil, have been thwarted since Sept. 11, 2001. The director also rejected proposals to shift counterintelligence duties from the FBI to a new agency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)