Mueller Is Fine After Surgery
Robert Mueller, the new FBI director, is recovering from surgery for prostate cancer, a Justice Department official said Thursday.
Mueller’s prostate was removed Aug. 2. The operation went well and Mueller is expected to return to work next week, the official said.
Mueller, 56, a federal prosecutor who was confirmed as FBI director last week, plans to start work at the bureau Sept. 4. He has been wrapping up his affairs in San Francisco, where he was U.S. attorney, the official said.
Mueller was diagnosed with localized, treatable prostate cancer. His doctor said there is no evidence the cancer has spread and there’s a 90% chance it will not reappear.
Mueller becomes head of the FBI at a time when the agency is under investigation by the Justice Department for a number of blunders, including lost guns and computers, allegations of retaliation against whistle-blowers, problems with Oklahoma City bombing trial documents and the arrest of FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen, who spied for Russia for 15 years.
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