FBI v. NSA

Tough Stand Over NSA Programs Led to Comey's FBI Nomination:

James Comey's initial tough stand over a NSA surveillance program led in part to his being picked to replace Robert Muller to head the FBI.

President Barack Obama gave Comey the nod Friday as his nominee to head the FBI, saying his 2004 refusal to rubberstamp a National Security Agency surveillance program showed him as a man of "fierce independence and deep integrity," The New York Times reports...