- John Loftus
:"For the Hall of Fame jockey, see
Johnny Loftus ."John Joseph Loftus (b.
February 12 1950 ,Boston, Massachusetts ) is an American author, former US government prosecutor and former Army intelligence officer. He is a president ofThe Intelligence Summit and, although he is not Jewish, a president of theFlorida Holocaust Museum . Loftus also serves on the Board of Advisers toPublic Information Research . He currently resides inSt. Petersburg, Florida .Early career
Son of a Boston firefighter, Loftus is a graduate of
Boston College (BA, 1971) andSuffolk University (JD, 1977). [ [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/11/28/james_loftus_84_boston_firefighter_saved_several_lives_in_daring_rescues/Loftus' father's firefighting career] ] He served in theUS Army from 1971 to 1974, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant. He began working for theUS Department of Justice in 1977 and in 1979 joined their Office of Special Investigations, which was charged with prosecuting and deporting Nazi war criminals in the US.Author
John J. Loftus is the author and co-author of several controversial books on Nazis, espionage, and similar topics including "The Belarus Secret" (1982), "Unholy Trinity: How the Vatican's Nazi Networks Betrayed Western Intelligence to the Soviets" (1992), "The Secret War Against the Jews: How Western Espionage Betrayed the Jewish People" (1994), "Unholy Trinity: The Vatican, the Nazis, and the Swiss Banks" (1998).
Radio talk show host
Loftus has a radio show on the
Talkline Communications Network that broadcasts live every Monday and Tuesday from 11 pm to midnight EST [ [http://www.talklinecommunications.com Talkline Communications] ] inNew York City ; northernNew Jersey ; southernConnecticut ;Miami, Florida ; andPompano Beach, Florida .Loftus' friend,
John Batchelor , is a co-host on the radio show. Batchelor's first appearance on the Loftus Report was met with great enthusiasm.ocial critic
Loftus serves as a media commentator, appearing regularly on ABC National Radio and
Fox News . OnAugust 7 2005 , he provided the United States address of a suspected terrorist named Iyad K. Hilal on Fox News. Only afterwards was it revealed that Hilal had left the address three years previously and the home was now owned by a family that was subjected to threats and vandalism and required police protection as a result of Loftus' words. [ [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lahabra25aug25,1,5510970,full.story?coll=la-headlines-california Los Angeles Times report on Loftus' release of Hilal address] ] [ [http://www.newshounds.us/2005/08/25/sensationalist_journalism_at_fox_misidentifies_ca_family_as_terrorists_lives_disrupted.php#more FOX misidentifies CA family as terrorists; lives disrupted] ] Fox fired Loftus after the event. [ [http://www.newshounds.us/2005/08/27/fox_contributor_fired_after_endangering_innocent_family.php Fox Contributor (Loftus) Fired After Endangering Innocent Family] ] Loftus said "I thought it might help police in that area now that we have positively identified a terrorist," but he did not say why he did not contact police in a more direct manner. Loftus apologized for the mistake and expressed frustration about FBI inaction on an earlier tip. [ [http://www.john-loftus.com/apology.htm John Loftus apology Hilal incident] ]Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
On
November 5 2007 Loftus was awarded theDistinguished Eagle Scout Award by theBoy Scouts of America .References
External links
* [http://www.john-loftus.com John-Loftus.com]
* [http://www.intelligencesummit.org Intelligence Summit]
* [http://207.234.249.73/mwd/talk_radio.htm Unofficial Audio Archive of The John Batchelor Show and The Loftus Report commenced Feb. 18, 2008]
* [http://menewsie.3.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=655 "Muslim Brotherhood,(Bana) Nazis And Al Qaeda"]
* [http://www.rense.com/general26/dutch.htm "How the Bush Family made its Fortune from the Nazis"]
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