FBI Chief Heeds Call of (Jury) Duty

It just wouldn't look good for a law-and-order guy like the director of the FBI to try to shirk jury duty. So, Newsweek reports, when Robert Mueller got the call last week, he dutifully went down to a Washington courthouse and took his place in the jury pool. He was assigned to a murder case and wasn't officially released from duty--on the grounds that he'd tried cases in front of the judge handling the case as a U.S. attorney, worked with the prosecutor and a police detective involved with the case, and knew the defense lawyer--until 3:30 in the afternoon.