‘Slowing things down’ is ‘key’ to safe return of Tennessee pastor kidnapped in South Africa: Retired FBI agent

There should be "no rush" in negotiations after a Tennessee pastor was kidnapped while preaching at a church in South Africa, a retired FBI agent and hostage negotiator from Knoxville told Fox News Digital. 

"There’s no rush into this," Jason Pack told Fox News Digital on Friday evening. "Calming things down, slowing things down and just having that dialogue and listening to see what [the hostage takers] want is really the key here."

He said he’s sure the U.S. authorities are in close contact with the South African authorities...