A former colleague recently characterized Robert Mueller as ramrod straight and utterly incorruptible. Similar language was breathlessly repeated in mainstream media biographies on Mueller in Politico, BBC, and Time magazine. Muellers Vietnam-era service in the United States Marine Corps and 2004 tag-team with then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey to save American democracy from warrantless spying are mainstays of these biographies, which always send a clear message that his integrity is beyond reproach.