Background
Son of a Boston firefighter, Loftus was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston College (Bachelor, 1971) and Suffolk University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Son of a Boston firefighter, Loftus was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston College (Bachelor, 1971) and Suffolk University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
He is a president of The Intelligence Summit and president of the Florida Holocaust Museum. Loftus also serves on the Board of Advisers to Public Information Research. He currently resides in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida.
He began working for the United States 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 United States. Loftus" now-expired Web site claimed, "As a young United States. Army officer, John Loftus helped train Israelis on a covert operation that turned the tide of battle in the 1973 Yom Kippur War." His co-host was John Batchelor.
Loftus serves as a media commentator, appearing regularly on American Broadcasting Company National Radio and Fox News. He also writes regularly for Ami, an Orthodox Jewish weekly newsmagazine.
On August 7, 2005, he provided the United States address of an alleged 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, which was then subjected to threats and vandalism and required police protection as a result of Loftus" words.
Fox terminated Loftus"s contract to commentate after the event.
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 "one federal " inaction on an earlier tip he had given them years ago due to the same address.
Quotations: "I thought it might help police in that area now that we have positively identified a terrorist,".