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JUNE 8, 2001

Three candidates are under final consideration to head the FBI, Bush administration officials said on Thursday.

The candidates are:

• George Terwilliger, a Washington, DC, lawyer who helped out President Bush during the Florida election caess. A former deputy attorney general in the elder Bush administration.
• Robert Mueller, US Attorney in San Francisco, California .
• Sterling Johnson Jr., a federal judge who would be the first African-American to head the agency.

Leonard Peltier foe Louis J. Freeh is leaving his post as FBI director sometime this month.

Get the Story:
White House list down to three for FBI director (AP 6/7)

Relevant Links:
FBI - http://www.fbi.gov
Free Leonard Peltier - http://www.freepeltier.org
The Leonard Peltier File, FBI - http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/minn/peltier.htm
The Peltier Trial Transcripts - http://ishgooda.nativeweb.org/peltier/trial.htm
The No Parole Peltier Association - http://www.noparolepeltier.com

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