The FBI Director Who Started on September 10: Top Photos

The FBI director who was sworn in one week before September 11 dies at 81 after a quiet battle with Parkinson's.

James Comey's official portrait as the Seventh Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
James Comey, who succeeded Mueller as FBI director in 2013 and had stood beside him during the 2004 hospital-room standoff over warrantless surveillance. "A great American died today," Comey wrote, "one I was lucky enough to learn from and stand beside." © Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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