Lou Palumbo is the director of Global Elite, also referred to as Elite Protection and Intelligence, a leading international investigative and private security organization. Elite clients include past and present heads of state, cabinet politicians, foreign dignitaries, royals, executives and their respective families, including a celebrity ex-governor. Over the past 40 years, Palumbo has also provided security for high profile events and entities including the United Nations, ABC/Disney, Golden Globes, NASCAR, World Cup Games, Republican National Convention, Academy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lou was a senior security analyst for CNN and is host of the Operation Truth Podcast. 

President of Fuentes International, based in
Washington, D.C. He is a member of the U.S. State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council. He has also hosted television docs for the National Geographic, History Channel & Netflix. He served as Senior Law Enforcement Analyst for CNN from 2009-2019. Mr. Fuentes served as an Asst. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). His 29-year career in the FBI included 11 years as a member of the U.S. Government’s Senior Executive Service. He directed the Office of International Operations, which oversaw offices at FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ); and 76 Legal Attaché offices. He also served as a member of INTERPOL’s Executive Committee.
Mr. Fuentes was the first FBI executive on-scene commander in Iraq; Special Agent in
Charge, Indianapolis Division; Chief of the Organized Crime Section, FBIHQ; Assistant
Special Agent in Charge,.He also served as a police officer for six years before entering on duty with the FBI.