Manila (Zamboanga Journal / 11 Mar) The deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John Pistole has visited Manila as part of a trip through East Asia, a US embassy statement said Saturday.
Pistole, who arrived Friday stayed until the nexy day and while in Manila met with senior Filipino police officials and the National Bureau of Investigation to discuss ongoing law enforcement cooperation between the United States and the Philippines.
He also discussed joint US-Philippine efforts in countering international terrorism and other transnational challenges, it said.
Washington and Manila share a growing partnership on counterterrorism and law enforcement issues since 1994 after the signing of the US-Philippines Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, which has helped cooperation in investigations in both countries, and the 1997 Extradition Treaty, which has been especially active since 2001 with 11 people extradited from the RP to the US, and 8 from the US to the Philippines.
The US provides more than $12 million in assistance, equipment, and training to Philippine law enforcement and police agencies each year.
FBI director Robert Mueller III named Pistole as his deputy director on September 13, 2004 in in charge of the Counterterrorism Division.
Pistole served as acting assistant director for counterterrorism since June 17, 2003. Prior to that assignment, he served as the deputy assistant director of the counterterrorism division, where he oversaw operations in international and domestic terrorism and terrorist financing.
He was also responsible for directing the National Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, and the Terrorism Reports and Requirements Section.
Pistole began his career with the FBI in 1983 as a Special Agent assigned to the Minneapolis Division, where he investigated organized crime and violent Crimes.
In 1985, Pistole was transferred to the New York Division, where he focused on La Cosa Nostra investigations.
In 1990, he was promoted to supervisor in the Organized Crime Section at FBI Headquarters. In that capacity, he distinguished himself by coordinating FBI efforts to assist the Italian National Police in finding those responsible for the assassinations of two prominent Italian Magistrates.
In 1994, Pistole was promoted to field supervisor of a White Collar Crime and Civil Rights squad in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1995, he was the FBI representative to a State Department delegation sent to Sofia, Bulgaria to assess their laws and police response to Russian/Eurasian Organized Crime and Financial Crime. He also led FBI training on three occasions at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Budapest, Hungary.
In 1999, Pistole was promoted to the position of assistant special agent in charge of the Boston Field Office. In November of the same year, he led one aspect of the investigation into the Egypt Air 990 crash off the coast of Rhode Island.
In July 2001, Pistole was promoted to the position of Inspector in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters, where he led teams conducting evaluations and audits of FBI field offices and Headquarters Divisions.
That same year, he led a team that addressed security issues in the wake of the arrest of Robert Hanssen.
Pistole practiced law for two years prior to joining the FBI, according to the sourcewatch.org.
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