John S. Pistole

John S. Pistole is a senior member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.cite web
url=http://www.fbi.gov/libref/executives/pistole.htm
title=John S. Pistole - Deputy Director of the FBI
publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation
accessdate=April 24
accessyear=2007] In October 2004 Pistole was appointed the FBI's Deputy Director, its second in command.

On August 23 2004 Pistole testified before Congress about changes the FBI made in response to the 9/11 Commission.cite web
url=http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress04/pistole082304.htm
title=Statement Of John S. Pistole Executive Assistant Director Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Federal Bureau Of Investigation Before The House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
date=August 23, 2004
publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation
accessdate=April 24
accessyear=2007]

Pistole and Valerie E. Caproni were the two FBI officials who approved a memolaying out the FBI's policy on the limits to the interrogation of captivestaken during the United States' war on terror.cite web
url=http://www.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/101504.html
title=Initial Set of Documents Received from DIA/DOS/FBI
date=October 15 2004
publisher=American Civil Liberties Union
accessdate=April 24
accessyear=2007] The memo was fromthe FBI's General Counsel, to all offices, explaining that FBI official were not allowed to engage in coercive interrogations; FBI officials were not allowed to sit in on coercive interrogations conducted by third parties;FBI officials were required to immediately report any instances of suspected coercive interrogation up the FBI chain of command.

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