Jim Kouri's Past Articles

871 articles

'Dracula' Bandit Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison

published: April 13, 2009

Nathaniel Little, Jr., 43, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced on Friday by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., to serve more than 20 years in prison on charges of armed bank r...

British Cops Bust Obama's Half-Brother for Child Sex Assault

published: April 12, 2009

President Barack Obama's half-brother was denied a visa to enter Britain following an accusation that he attempted to sexually assault on a young British girl. The British newspaper The Sun report...

Criminal Alien Wanted in Mexico for Organized Crime Deported

published: April 11, 2009

An upper-echelon member of the notorious Gulf Cartel crime organization, who was wanted in Mexico for organized crime and drug-related activity, was deported Mexico City on Friday by US officials. ...

Obama CIA Director Panetta Revamping Strategy

published: April 10, 2009

Former Clinton Administration minion now the Obama Administration's Director of Central Intelligence Leon Panetta on Thursday told his personnel that private contractors will no longer be permitted...

Homeland Security, Justice Departments Assist Local Cops to ID Criminal Aliens

published: April 09, 2009

In November 2008, the Wake County Sheriff's Office became the first of four law enforcement agencies in North Carolina to receive new database links that will automatically check the crimin...

Somali Pirates Tied to Jihad

published: April 09, 2009

The latest crisis off the coast of Africa where Somali pirates hijacked a US flag ship is not something that suddenly materialized out of thin air. I wrote about it in 2005, in a column for Newswit...

Obama, Congress Again Push Amnesty for Illegal Aliens

published: April 08, 2009

In the midst of a recent diatribe, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a crowd of illegal aliens and their advocates that federal or local law enforcement of existing immig...

Obama Imitates Clinton with Major Defense Budget Cuts

published: April 07, 2009

Mirroring President Bill Clinton's reduction in defense spending that some critics claim led to the terrorist attacks against the US and its interests, President Barack Obama is planning his own se...

US Sailor Conducted Espionage on Behalf of Al-Qaeda

published: April 06, 2009

Hassan Abu-Jihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by three ...

Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI Domestic Operations

published: April 05, 2009

The new consolidated guidelines to govern the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s domestic operations will address in a comprehensive way the FBI’s investigation of crimes and threats to ...

Fighting Global Crime and Terrorism

published: April 03, 2009

While meeting with world leaders during G-20 in London this week, it's a safe bet that President Barack Obama did not discuss international organized crime and global terrorism. However, President ...

Mexican Thug Pleads Guilty to Asaulting US Law Enforcement Officers

published: April 02, 2009

Juan Carlos De La Cruz Reyna, 36, of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening to assault and murder federal agents, according to a report obtained by the Natio...

International Child Rapist and Porno Producer Raped Own Daughter

published: April 01, 2009

A federal judge has sentenced a former fugitive on a U.S. "most wanted" list -- captured following an intense global manhunt -- to 50 years in prison on child pornography charges. On Mo...

Mexico's Version of La Cosa Nostra Spreads Like Wildfire

published: March 30, 2009

The Castorena Family Organization is a large-scale criminal organization with more than 100 key members who oversee cells of 10 to 20 individuals in cities across the United States, according to pu...

Terrorism for the Next Generation

published: March 30, 2009

The Federal Bureau of Investigation predicts that sub-national and non-governmental entities will play an increasing role in world affairs for years to come, presenting new “asymmetric”...

Violence Against Border Patrol Continues

published: March 27, 2009

A Border Patrol agent patrolling the US-Mexican border in San Ysidro was brutally attacked by a group of four male assailants illegally entering the U.S. As the agent responded to the suspected ill...

Mexican Violence: Secretary Clinton Plays Blame Game

published: March 26, 2009

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton displayed her complete lack of understanding of the border crisis when she pledged the United States would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Mexi...

US Prepares to Target and Combat Mexican Drug Cartels

published: March 25, 2009

Yesterday the US Department of Justice outlined the increased efforts and reallocation of federal law enforcement personnel to combat Mexican drug cartels in the United States and to help Mexican l...

Terrorism Task Force Nabs Jordanian National for Threat Against Jewish School

published: March 23, 2009

Mohammed Alkaramla, age 24, of Chicago was arrested on Friday at his residence, without incident, by members of the Chicago FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) for suspicion of sending a ...

Forcibly trafficked women to staff sex-for-hire businesses across the nation

published: March 22, 2009

A Miami man was arraigned in federal court in Detroit on Friday for his role in operating a multi-state prostitution ring uncovered by a U.S.. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led investigation....

Speaker Pelosi Calls Immigration Laws and Enforcement 'Un-American'

 

published: March 19, 2009

 

In the midst of a recent diatribe, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a crowd of illegal aliens and their advocates that federal or local law enforcement of existing immigration ...

Iranian Influence and Terrorist Links in South America Threaten Security

published: March 18, 2009

Terrorist-sponsoring nation Iran is increasing its presence in Latin America, and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization it sponsors, is making inroads in drug trafficking in Colombia, according to Am...

Cops Battle 21st Century Crime Gangs

published: March 17, 2009

Law enforcement officers from communities unaffected by gangs until the 1980s or early 1990s often find themselves scrambling to obtain training relevant to what are called hybrid youth gangs in th...

Is the National Guard Prepared for Border Security?

published: March 16, 2009

Once again, political leaders in Washington -- most of whom have no military or law enforcement experience -- are making overtures to deploying US National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border. How...

Russian mobsters consort with terrorists, slave traders

published: March 15, 2009

From Himalayan villages to Eastern European cities, people — especially women and girls — are attracted by the prospect of a well-paid job as a domestic servant, waitress or factory ...