Kevin Mallory is a 60-year-old, self-employed consultant working out of his home in Leesburg, Virginina. He is fluent in Mandrin Chinese, a graduate of Bringham Young University, and was active duty military from 1981-86. Mallory worked within the U.S. Department of State, within the Diplomatic Security Service. His security clearance was terminated in 2012 when he left government service. He was trained in the use of a clandestine piece of covert communications equipment.”]