James Kallstrom

James K. Kallstrom (born May 6, 1943)[1] is a former FBI Assistant Director from Worcester, Massachusetts. He led the investigation into the 1996 explosion of TWA Flight 800.[2] He was a supervising agent in the New York investigation of the Cosa Nostra criminal network that resulted in the Mafia Commission Trial of 1985–1986.[3] Kallstrom worked for 27 years at the FBI[4] and has been described as an expert in wiretapping.[5] During his career at the FBI he was a leading advocate of expanding wiretapping power through the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). He is a former Marine captain and Vietnam veteran.[5] He left the public sector for private sector employment in the financial industry beginning in 1998.[4] After the 9/11 attacks, Kallstrom returned to the public sector to lead New York state's public safety office.[6][7]

In the 2016 presidential election, Kallstrom supported Donald Trump and has referred to Hillary Clinton and the Clinton family as being criminal-like.[2][8] He called the Clinton Foundation a "cesspool".[9] Kallstrom has established relationships with Rush Limbaugh and Fox News to further his work to promote the Marine Corps – Law Enforcement Foundation (MC-LEF), a charitable organization of which he is the Chairman of the Board.[1][lower-alpha 1] On Fox News, Kallstrom accused United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch of bias by behaving as if she were part of the Democratic National Committee.[11]

In March 2018, Kallstrom declared on Fox News that both President Obama and former CIA Director John Brennan had committed felonies in trying to keep Hillary Clinton from being indicted. "It goes right to the top, and it involves that whole strategy. They were going to win [the 2016 election], nobody would ever know this stuff, and they just unleashed the intelligence community," Kallstrom continued. Kallstrom was not asked if this was to help Clinton, why the information on the Russian investigation was not leaked to the press prior to the election.[12]

In April 2018, Kallstrom criticized Brennan and CNN's James Clapper on Fox News saying "no doubt there is a cabal – to diminish his (Trump’s) ability to manage the country."[13]

He was also a host on the show The FBI Files.

Notes

  1. ↑ MC-LEF has received over one million dollars from Donald Trump in donations.[10] Kallstrom is not paid for his role on the board. The organization provides $30,000 scholarships for children whose parents have died while serving as a marine or federal law enforcement officer.

References

  1. 1 2 "Our People" Marine Corps – Law Enforcement Foundation. Accessed 11 November 2016. Archive URL
  2. 1 2 Neidig, Harper (30 October 2016). "Ex-FBI official: Clintons are a 'crime family'".
  3. ↑ "Insiders of the American Mob: Jim Kallstrom, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI".
  4. 1 2 Weiser, Benjamin (10 December 1997). "F.B.I.'s Kallstrom, Head of Flight 800 Inquest, to Retire" – via NYTimes.com.
  5. 1 2 Jr, James C. Mckinley (17 February 1995). "Wiretap Expert Named to Head New York City Office of F.B.I." – via NYTimes.com.
  6. ↑ "Three who shined after 9/11".
  7. ↑ Ciment, James (2015-03-10). World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era. Routledge. p. 585. ISBN 9781317451525.
  8. ↑ "Comey Faces Sharp Criticism; Ex-FBI Official Calls Clinton A 'Criminal'". NPR.org.
  9. ↑ "Clinton Foundation Spent Barely 6 Percent On Charitable Grants In 2014". The Federalist. 16 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "MC-LEF: Marine Corps – Law Enforcement Foundation". MC-LEF.
  11. ↑ "Former FBI Assistant Director: Loretta Lynch And Her "Minions" Are Working For DNC". www.realclearpolitics.com.
  12. ↑ https://www.dailywire.com/news/28538/bombshell-former-fbi-asst-director-says-obama-ryan-saavedra. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "THIS IS CNN: Hiring of Suspected Leaker Clapper Raises Ethical Questions | Sara A. Carter". Sara A. Carter. 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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