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NPR has learned that former Justice Department official James B. Comey is in line to become President Obama's choice as the next FBI director, according to two sources familiar with the search.
Comey, 52, has an extensive track record at the highest levels of federal law enforcement. He served as the deputy attorney general — the second in command at Justice — in the George W. Bush administration, and as the top federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, where he filed charges against housewares maven Martha Stewart for lying about stock trades, among other notable cases. As a young prosecutor in Virginia, he pioneered an effort to remove guns from Richmond's streets.
In recent years, Comey has worked in the private sector, as general counsel at defense contractor Lockheed Martin and at Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund, before leaving that post early this year to teach at Columbia Law School. Comey is a Republican, but he famously threatened to resign in the Bush years over a program that's been described as a form of warrantless wiretapping of Americans.
"I couldn't stay if the administration was going to engage in conduct that the Department of Justice had said had no legal basis," he told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2007, years after the episode. "I simply couldn't stay."
He also angered some in the Bush administration by expanding the mandate of a special prosecutor investigating a leak of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame — a case that resulted in the prosecution of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a longtime aide to then-Vice President Dick Cheney.
In recent weeks, the White House narrowed the search to just two candidates — Comey and White House homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco. Monaco is a former assistant attorney general for national security at the Justice Department who only arrived at the White House earlier this year. The Daily Beast recently reported a new assignment in her portfolio — helping to resume transfers of detainees and eventually try to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Monaco would have been the first woman nominated to lead the FBI. It is a familiar place for her; she worked closely with the outgoing FBI director, Robert Mueller. Mueller took office only days before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and proved so hard to replace that the Senate passed special, one-time-only legislation to extend his 10-year term.
Mueller is on track to leave this fall, and the White House needs to nominate a replacement soon to finish the confirmation process in time for the Senate's summer break. The choice of FBI director could be one of Obama's most lasting legacies in national security.
Matt Lehrich, a White House spokesman, declined comment on any personnel decisions regarding the FBI, and another source told NPR it could be several days before Obama makes a formal announcement.
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel. NPR has learned that former Justice Department official James Comey is in line to become the next FBI director. Comey would succeed the current director, Robert Mueller. President Obama is expected to nominate Comey, a Republican who gave money to Obama's opponents in 2008 and 2012. Comey has extensive law enforcement ties and a background that could help him gain bipartisan support in the Senate.
NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson joins us now. And, Carrie, this process to pick a new FBI director went on for some time. Who were the leading candidates?
CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: Robert, down to the wire, there were two leading candidates. One was Jim Comey, the former deputy attorney general, number two in the Justice Department during the George W. Bush years. And the second finalist was Lisa Monaco. She had led the national security unit in President Obama's Justice Department. Earlier this year, she moved over to the White House to give him advice about homeland security and other issues. The Daily Beast late last week reported she was taking over the task of trying to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, which will keep her more than busy for some time to come.
SIEGEL: Well, what tipped the scales for Jim Comey, in the end?
JOHNSON: Jim Comey is known for being a really straight shooter, Robert. He has big bipartisan credentials and also some credibility on issues of national security, fighting terrorism, prosecuting people responsible for the Khobar Towers bombings, among others. And remember, Khobar Towers was that bombing in Saudi Arabia. But he's also known for protecting civil liberties and fighting for the rule of law.
SIEGEL: Now, Comey is best known for resisting certain surveillance efforts pushed by Vice President Dick Cheney a decade ago. Remind us what happened then.
JOHNSON: So back in 2004, Robert, Vice President Cheney and others wanted to renew authority to use some kind of warrantless wiretapping program involving American citizens. Attorney General John Ashcroft was in the hospital, very sick. And Jim Comey, who was then Ashcroft's deputy, found out that the White House was sending an envoy to Ashcroft's hospital room to try to get Ashcroft sign off on this program. Jim Comey rushed over to the hospital, ran up the stairs to the hospital room and resisted this. Ashcroft wound up siding with Jim Comey and the upper echelon of the entire Justice Department threatened to resign unless the White House backed down, which it did.
SIEGEL: So, Carrie, what you're reporting is that the White House has settled on Comey for FBI director, but they haven't yet made a formal nomination. Why not?
JOHNSON: Robert, my sources tell me Jim Comey has been offered the job officially, and he has accepted it. There are some background check procedures still under way at this point.
SIEGEL: So what comes next?
JOHNSON: The announcement we expect in the next several days, then a confirmation hearing. Robert, the White House needs to get Jim Comey confirmed before the Senate breaks for the summer.
SIEGEL: OK. That's NPR's Carrie Johnson reporting on the news that the White House has settled on James Comey, former Justice Department official in the administration of President George W. Bush, to be the next director of the FBI. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Florida State, the third winningest program in the ACC in the last eight seasons, will travel to play at Minnesota on December 3, 2013 at Williams Arena in the 15th Annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge presented by Dick's Sporting Goods. It will mark the fifth meeting between the Seminoles and the Gophers in the history of the challenge with the two teams having split the first four games.
The game between Florida State and Minnesota will be played in Minneapolis for only the second time in the series during the challenge. The Seminoles won at Minnesota, 70-69, in the Seminoles' only road game of the challenge against the Gophers on Nov. 30, 2004.
Florida State's meeting against Minnesota and North Carolina's meeting against Michigan State in the 2013 ACC/Big Ten Challenge, will tie the record for the most meetings between two teams in the history of the challenge. Both series are tied at 2-2.
Each of the 12 games in the two day event will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. The game times and channels will be decided at a later date.
2013 ACC/Big Ten Schedule
Tuesday December 3, 2013 December 4, 2013
Florida State at Minnesota North Carolina at Michigan State
Indiana at Syracuse Maryland at Ohio State
Michigan at Duke Miami at Nebraska
Notre Dame at Iowa Wisconsin at Virginia
Penn State at Pittsburgh Boston College at Purdue
Illinois at Georgia Tech Northwestern at NC State
The Seminoles return three starters to their 2013-14 team including senior All-American candidate Okaro White (12.4 ppg and a team-leading 5.9 rpg), point guard Devon Bookert (6.5 ppg and 2.4 apg) and guard Aaron Thomas (6.0 ppg and 2.4 rpg) to their starting line-up. Florida State finished the 2012-13 season with an 18-16 record and played in the NIT marking its school record eighth consecutive postseason tournament appearance. Senior Ian Miller, who averaged 5.3 points per game as a junior, will also return healthy after being hampered by a foot injury during his junior season.
The ACC and Big Ten split last year's Challenge with six wins each. In the event of a tie, the Commissioner's Cup remains with the conference that won the previous year, which was the Big Ten in 2011. The ACC holds a 10-3-1 Challenge record, winning the first 10 events (1999-2008) while the Big Ten won the next three (2009-2011). All 12 Big Ten teams and 12 of the 15 ACC teams will participate in the 2013 Challenge, including the three newest ACC members Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Clemson, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest will not play in the 2013 event.
Florida State, which won the 2012 ACC Championship, is the third winningest program in the ACC behind only Duke and North Carolina (the third and fourth all-time wimngest programs in college basketball history) since the start of the 2005-06 season. With the addition of Syracuse (the fifth all-time winningest program), Notre Dame (the ninth all-time winningest program) and Pittsburgh for the 2013-14 season and defending national champion Louisville (the 12th all-time winningest program) for the 2014-15 season, the Seminoles will now play three of the top five and four of the top 10 winningest programs in college basketball on an annual basis.
The Gophers return three starters in 2013-14 from a team that finished the season with 21 wins, including a victory over UCLA in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The returnees combined to average 34.0 points per game which was half of the team's average a season ago. Junior guard Andre Hollins led Minnesota with a career-high average of 14.6 ppg while Austin Hollins chipped in with 10.7 ppg, second on last year's team. The Golden Gopher program will be guided by new head coach Richard Pitino
The Seminoles will play nine ACC games at home in the Donald L. Tucker Center against North Carolina, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, Virginia and Virginia Tech. The Seminoles will travel to play at Duke, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Clemson, Maryland, Miami, NC State, Virginia and Wake Forest.
Season Tickets are on sale now for this exciting 2013-14 season. The Tucker Center will be the place to be this year as fans will be able to see the new look ACC. Fans can visit Seminoles.com or call the ticket office at 888-FSU-NOLE to order tickets.
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Sounders/Timbers Game Summary
ESPN could not have picked a better MLS game to televise than the Cascadia Cup match between the Portland Timbers (4-6-4, 16 points) and the Seattle Sounders FC (7-5-4, 25 points).
In front of a routine standing room only sold-out crowd of 20,438 at Jeld-Wen Field the Portland Timbers endured a second-half Seattle goal as well as a 90th-minute scuffle to keep coach John Spencer's job for one more week as they knocked off the rival Sounders 2-1.
Love 'Em
1). Timbers Early Offense
In the first 25 minutes of play, the Timbers were able to tally two goals.
First Scottish striker Kris Boyd, who has been criticized by fans for not living up to the hype that matches his brilliant European career helped to prove his mettle in the Cascadian tilt as he scored on a cross in the 16th minute which found the back of the Sounders net.
The goal set the tone early in the game and capitalized on a raucous crowd. The smoke bombs continued when David Horst took a corner off of the foot of Franck Songo'o in the 25th minute and scored his first career goal.
Delirium ensued as the Sounders ultimately fell into a hole that was too deep to climb out.
2). History and a Spark
Sunday's win over the Sounders gave Portland its first ever win over the Sounders in MLS action, a small, but significant footnote in Timbers' history.
The victory was significant in the way that the team won leading from the early first half, and dominating throughout the rest of a high-tempo and maddening game where defensive stands were required to secure three points.
Additionally, for the future of the Timbers' 2012 aspirations this was just their second win in their last seven league games, but is a great momentum builder as they have the opportunity to gain more ground in the conference standings in Denver.
Hate 'Em
1). Inability to Play Smart in Second Half
Portland has given up an MLS-high seven goals in the 76th minute or later of a game, and these goals have cost them matches. The defense gave up the a goal early in the second half to Eddie Johnson, on a beauty from just outside the box that goalkeeper Troy Perkins had no way of reaching.
As a result, Timbers fans were given haunting flashbacks of losses similar to the one against Real Salt Lake when the team let a lead slip away in the second half because of their inability to clear the ball out of their zone late.
In the last ten minutes the Timbers failed to adequately clear, as the Timbers faithful held their collective breath. Seattle failed to capitalize on multiple chances on the Timbers' side of the field.
2). Llovel Palmer Red Card
Palmer was given a red card and shown the subsequent exit when he elbowed Johnson during a melee that sent Timbers killer Fredy Montero from the field with a red card of his own.
What made Palmer's red worse than Montero's, was that Palmer had nothing worth fighting over with a Timbers' lead in the 90th minute. Montero and the Sounders had been caught up in a combination of frustration, a aof Timbers Army verbal assualts, and overall physical play.
Palmer cost himself a game next week and could have cost the Timbers one as both squads played with 10 men in six minutes of stoppage time.
The Timbers is now in eighth in the Western Conference will face sixth-place Colorado next Saturday in MLS action. meanwhile the fourth-place Sounders only have a day to dwell on the match as they roll into the Bay Area for a US Open Cup match Tuesday at the San Jose Earthquakes.
Timbers Video
Courtesy PortlandTimbers.com
PORT – Kris Boyd 16th minute
PORT – David Horst 25th minute
SEA – Eddie Johnson 58th minute
SEA – Brad Evans (Yellow Card) 18th minute
PORT – Diego Chara (Yellow Card) 43rd minute
SEA – Osvaldo Alonso (Yellow Card) 48th minute
PORT – Kalif Alhassan (Yellow Card) 53rd minute
PORT – Steven Smith (Yellow Card) 73rd minute
PORT – Jack Jewsbury (Yellow Card) 90th minute
PORT – Lovel Palmer (Red Card) 90th minute
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Newly Extended Coach Mike Woodson in-depth interview (6/21/08)
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The first-round playoff series between the Hawks and the Celtics was a turning point for both teams.
The Hawks shook off the funk of a nine-year playoff drought by pushing the series to seven games, winning three dramatic home games. They energized their fan base and served notice that their doormat years might be over.
The Celtics pushed on to win the NBA title, No. 17 for a franchise neck-deep in championship banners. They completed a one-year turnaround from the worst team in the Eastern Conference to the best team in basketball.
It's a link that was on Hawks coach Mike Woodson's mind this week when he spoke with AJC Hawks beat writer Sekou Smith about the team's past, present and future:
Q. In a league notorious for copycat tactics, what will the rest of the league take away from what Boston did this past season and particularly the playoffs?
A. Their team is unique in that, and you can really go back to the Detroit team we had [in 2004], the foundation was defense and rebounding. In addition, you just didn't know where it was coming from on a given night. We just had different weapons on that Detroit team. And when they all were clicking we were incredibly hard to beat. Even when they struggled to score points they didn't get blown out and that's a product of a foundation built on defense and rebounding. What was also a given is that they had three guys that could get you in Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. You go in trying to figure out how you were going to stop those three guys. The Lakers caught all three of them playing well. We caught Paul and Garnett playing well and Ray struggled. In the end, I think people will look at the Celtics and realize that you can have three key guys and a nice supporting cast and build your foundation on defense and rebounding and you have a shot at winning it all.
PlayoffsHawks: We have our big three - Josh Smith, Al Horford, and Joe Johnson, in that order. Josh Smith as a SF/PF can score at will around the basket, he should be our leading scorer, shot-blocker, Al Horford at PF/C can bang with any bigs in the league, and he has a sick jumpshot, he's always been a beast defensively and with rebounds, but he should be our 3rd leading scorer. All-Star Joe Johnson has shown he is the great consistent player, now he needs to show that Steve Nash influence in how to make his teammates better, and still average 18-22 ppg, maybe 6 apg.
Q. What then becomes priority No. 1 for the Hawks in pursuit of that goal?
A. The first priority has to be [Hawks general manager Rick Sund] getting Josh Smith and Josh Childress back in Hawks uniforms. I don't even think you can think about anything else until you resolve that matter. From there we have to figure out our ninth, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th guys and who they are. Teams will pattern themselves after Boston in that regard. I think back to last summer this time when [Celtics coach] Doc [Rivers] and I talked about how his team needed to make a big move and not draft another younger player to take that next step. And they did exactly what he was talking about, and probably a whole lot more. I don't think it's to our benefit to add another young guy. We need some veterans to add along with our eight core guys. We're still young enough in certain spots, with guys three and four years into the system, that our core group will continue to get better next year and beyond. What we have to do is build around them, give them an opportunity to shine by putting veteran guys around them that know what it takes to win in our league.
PlayoffsHawks: Woodson is right on, trade Marvin Williams.
Q. More specifically as a coaching staff, what will you tweak and revamp in order to make sure you're growing along with your talent next season?
A. Having Mike Bibby go through veteran camp will be huge for our team. Bibby still doesn't know my system like I want him to know it. When we acquired him at the trade deadline I turned the ball over to him and he ran it the best he could, and he did a [heck] of a job with it. But going to veteran camp and learning what we're about is huge for him. I think as a coaching staff to go back to our offensive system and tweak some things is extremely important. And defensively we have to go back to how we played in those home games during the Boston series. And I know the playoffs is different, but being defensive minded from the first day of camp all the way through is what carried them. We've tried to build that in our players and they've gotten better. I'd like to think after a playoff round they know how they have to intensify their defensive approach to be successful. Although we made shots in the playoffs, it was our defense and rebounding that really held us together to win those playoff games.
PlayoffsHawks: Bibby will be much better for the Hawks next season, 12-15 ppg 5-7 apg, grooming Acie Law to soon takeover the starting position.
Q. Guys who had sporadic roles or production during the regular season seemed to come to life in the playoff for you. Zaza Pachulia and Marvin Williams both played crucial roles in the playoffs, as did rookie point guard Acie Law IV, albeit in limited action. How do you build on what they did in the postseason going forward?
A. All those guys, along with everybody, your game has to go to another level. Everybody across the board has to take their game to the next level. This is a very pivotal summer for Acie Law as far as getting him back going, and that starts really in summer league. Zaza coming back with a better mental frame of mind to accept his role and play is just as crucial. And Marvin building on his last two years and maybe taking that next big leap in terms of getting where Joe [Johnson] and Josh Smith and Bibby are in terms of being a consistent scorer has to take place. Marvin has to step into that role where he can be that third guy or even that second guy some nights that we rely on night in and night out.
PlayoffsHawks: the Hawks really do have a decent coach, if Doc Rivers then why not...
Oh, but we really do gotta trade Marvin Williams though, he is not a 2nd or 3rd man MAN! He is a complementary role player at best, and if he doesn't get a sick jumpshot he'll be useless, because he will never have a slashing game, we already got the best, Josh Smith. I'm glad Woodson reminded the world of ZaZa's role as a back-up big, he is a good role player, just not a good starter like the season the Hawks went 13-69. Acie Law is a starter in this league, but only if he learns to distribute, he scores well though.
Q. The one player everybody seems to be wondering about is Speedy Claxton. Where does he fit with this team right now and beyond?
A. I don't really know where his future is. We're still handling him from a rehab standpoint and we'll get a chance to sit down with him in the next couple of weeks and map out his position in terms of where he's going with our basketball team. I know he still wants to play. Our job is to make sure he's getting proper treatment and make sure he's ready to go. But only time will tell.
PlayoffsHawks: Speedy Claxton is cap space, that's all he is, in the off-season of 2009.
Q. You've lost David Fizdale from your staff to Miami. Is there going to be continuity to allow some of this growth and development you're talking about or will a new set of faces cause some upheaval there?
A. We'll be fine. We'll continue to teach and make sure guys know and understand what needs to be done. We'll interview some guys in Fiz's absence since he's gone to Miami. I have enough veteran coaches around me. We'll add another coach in Fizdale's position. I feel comfortable, though, with the fine coaches we have coming back.
PlayoffsHawks: get a great offensive minded assistant coach, anybody.
Q. With so much pressure on everyone last season to get to the playoffs in the fourth year, is there any sense of relief now with a new two-year contract that you can go about the business of developing some new chemistry, between players and between players and coaches, for the future?
A. Everybody is excited being back. We've gone through the tough times. When you start from the bottom trying to build a team its just not easy. I never experienced anything like what we went through. But in tough times you grow as a team. Last year going into veteran camp guys came back early and we built chemistry and carried that over into preseason and the start of the regular season. We felt that early on and then stumbled in January and February. I think the taste of the playoffs makes guys want to get back to camp sooner. I think the awful times are behind us. Expectations are always high when you're trying to win basketball games. That's just the reality of our sport. But if you don't want the expectations to be high you just shouldn't be a part of our sport. Blame it on whatever you want in the past, it's just a hard road to travel to get to this point from where we started. I've watched NBA teams go from zero to where we are today and I can't help but think we're going to continue to grow. I promise you I'm going to continue to demand and push our guys to play at a high level every night.
The Hawks 07-08 season was a big step forward, the 7-game Boston Celtics series was a giant leap in the ranks of the best teams in the east, and now there's is no team, especially not the NBA Champion Celtics that we are afraid of or intimidated by. We will watch the Bulls, Knicks, and Heat as they try to ascend in the east next season, but the Hawks will not slip. if the Hawks sign a big 7-footer to start at center so we can move Horford to PF (DESANGA DIOP!!), i guarantee the Hawks will win 50 games next season and if by some crazy appointment, we meet the Boston Celtics again in the playoffs, i GUARANTEE we'll beat them boys. Now, thats a tough bet, yes? and it's not just because i'm a die-hard fan, shoot, i thought the Lakers were gonna beat the Celtics in the Finals, we all saw the Celtics step their game up through every round of these playoffs in 2008, but that Celtics swagger can be broken, and an new-old rivalry has already been reborn. The arrogance, entitlement of the Celtics (Hillary) against the young, swift, resilient Atlanta Hawks (Obama), we all know what happened in that battle don't we? LOL and maybe that ain't fair, but i don't care, and maybe it all happens opposite to my prediction, they meet again in #1 vs. #8 and the World Champion Celtics SWEEP the young Hawks like they should have done last year. But, our team is on the ascention, the Celtics have plateaued, yes, they'll be the best team in the east for at least 3-4 years, but the Hawks are flying for that number one spot, and seeing the Celtics celebrate that championship motivated and showed them that they are not that far away.
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