Last updated on: 10/3/2012 | Author: ProCon.org

John S. Pistole, JD Biography

Title:
Director of the Transportation Security Administration
Position:
None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Sep. 2006

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Director, Transportation Security Administration, July 2010-present
  • Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 2004-2010
  • Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, FBI, 2003-2004
  • Deputy Assistant Director for Operations and Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, FBI, 2002-2004
  • Inspector, Inspection Division, FBI, 2001-2002
  • Led the “Blue Team” for the Information Security Working Group, FBI, 2001
  • Helped lead the investigative and recovery efforts for the Egypt Air Flight 990 crash off the coast of Rhode Island., 1999
  • Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI Boston, Massachusetts, 1996-1999
  • Field supervisor, White-Collar Crime (WCC) and Civil Rights Squad, FBI, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1994-1996
  • Supervisor, Organized Crime Section, FBI Headquarters, 1990-1994
  • Special Agent with the FBI, 1983-1990
  • Practiced law, 1983-1990
Education:
  • JD, Indiana University Law School
Other:
  • None found
Quoted in:
  1. Do National Security Letters Give Excessive Surveillance Power to the Government?