Jim Kouri's Past Articles

830 articles

"Shutdown" could affect cops, spies and deployed troops: U.S. Officials

published: April 08, 2011

The FBI, CIA, DEA and other U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies are planning possible employee furloughs in the event of a federal government shutdown, government officials said today. ...

Thousands of Mexicans missing since beginning of drug war

published: April 06, 2011

The Mexican Human Rights Commission released a report this week claiming that thousands of people have disappeared in Mexico since 2006, the year President Felipe Calderon declared war on his count...

Arab kingdoms seek appeasement of protesters

published: April 06, 2011

The Kingdom of Bahrain joined Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in attempting to quell that nation's civil unrest by promising the citizens economic incentives and government reforms, according to a statemen...

Holder upset over decision on Gitmo military trials for terrorists

published: April 05, 2011

The 9/11 co-conspirators will be tried by a military tribunal, and prosecutors from the Department of Justice were ordered by a visibly upset Attorney General Eric Holder to assist the chief prosec...

Holder backs down on trials for terrorists at Gitmo

published: April 04, 2011

On the same day that President Barack Obama officially announced his intention to seek re-election in 2012, his Attorney General, Eric Holder, on Monday held a brief press conference at which he an...

Libyan rebels have questionable history, says intelligence source

published: April 01, 2011

A former U.S. intelligence officer now serving as a director of corporate security for a multi-national corporation tells the Law Enforcement Examiner that he's aware of the identity of some of the...

DOJ's Perez testifies before Senate panel on civil rights of Muslims

published: March 30, 2011

This morning Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez testified before Chairman Dick Durbin (D-MI) and members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights...

Sex slavery continues in Europe in spite of progressive attitudes

published: March 30, 2011

International human trafficking, especially sex-slavery, appears to continue unabated despite law enforcement operations, government studies and even politically-correctness. There are several scho...

Covering the eternal conflict: Fox News' Jennifer Griffin on the frontline

published: March 28, 2011

When most of the denizens of U.S. newsrooms all but ignored the drug war that exploded on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border, I watched Fox News Channel's national security correspondent Jennife...

U.S.-Israeli relationship never stronger, says Defense Secretary

published: March 25, 2011

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during his visit in Tel Aviv on Thursday that the United States and Israel's relationship has never been stronger and that both nations should stand together ...

Saudi and Kuwaiti royalty attempt to buy loyalty

published: March 24, 2011

On Friday, during a speech televised throughout the Middle East and North Africa, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz announced a number of royal decrees, believed to be an effort to placat...

Israeli security force intercepts Iranian weapons earmarked for Hamas

published: March 24, 2011

Most of the 50 tons of weapons uncovered onboard the S.S. Victoria cargo vessel last weekend were produced in Iran, according to a report released by Israel's Intelligence and Terrorism Information...

Hamas rocket attacks on Israel go practically unnoticed

published: March 21, 2011

With all eyes on the events unfolding in Japan, with Japanese triple-disaster, and the battle against the regime of Libya's dictator Moamar Khadhafi, a massive rocket attack on Israel practically w...

Congressmen seek law to help investigate Internet kiddie porn

published: March 21, 2011

This week, several members of the U.S. House of Representatives continued the government's infatuation with controlling the Internet by using the frequently used rationale "we're doing it for ...

Saudi royalty hopes to purchase peace with new benefits

published: March 20, 2011

On Friday, during a speech televised throughout the Middle East and North Africa, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz announced a number of royal decrees, believed to be an effort to placat...

Breaking: Operation Odyssey Dawn launched against Khadhafi's regime

published: March 20, 2011

French-led coalition forces on Saturday launched "Operation Odyssey Dawn" to enforce U.N. Security Council's Resolution 1973 to protect the Libyan people from that troubled nation's dict...

White House still unsure where to try 9-11 suspects

published: March 18, 2011

The Obama White House, the Departments of Justice and Defense, as well as the State Department seem to be unsure of where to hold the trials of five alleged terrorists accused of being co-conspirat...

Review of nuclear plant safety in U.S. follows Japanese tragedy

published: March 15, 2011

"If the disasterous 8.9 Richter-scale earthquake that struck Japan hit the California coast, it could have ripped apart at least four coastal reactors and sent a lethal cloud of radiation acro...

Somali prime minister claims U.N. promises help fighting Al-Shabaab, pirates

published: March 14, 2011

Somalia's Prime Minister, Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed announced yesterday that he has been promised United Nations support in his government's ongoing battle with terrorist group Al Shabaab and the...

U.S. prepared to help in aftermath of Japanese earthquake, tsunami

published: March 13, 2011

The United States is prepared to help Japan deal with the aftermath of the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Friday "in any way we possibly can," Defense Secretary ...

Japan earthquake,tsunami results in analysis of U.S. disaster response

published: March 12, 2011

The United States is prepared to help Japan deal with the aftermath of the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Friday "in any way we possibly can," Defense Secretary ...

NPR exec bashes Americans with Muslim donors

published: March 09, 2011

"NPR executives and staff aren't bashful about biting the hands that feed them -- the hands of the American taxpayer." - Mike Baker, political consultant After practically bringing down ...

Murdered border agent brought beanbag to a gunfight

published: March 07, 2011

In a story that is creating a firestorm in the United States, a policy requiring U.S. Border Patrol agents to use non-lethal bean bags as an initial weapon may have led to the murder of a decorated...

Obama's promises to Mexico ring hollow to some

published: March 06, 2011

President Barack Obama's promises to Mexico's President Felipe Calderon on Thursday are getting mixed reviews from Americans and Mexicans who have opposing views on how to deal with the Mexican dru...

Wikileaks' leaker faces 22 additional charges and life imprisonment

published: March 04, 2011

After what it described as an intense investigation that's in its seventh month, the United States Army's Criminal Investigation Command (CIC) announced Wednesday evening that the primary suspect i...