Jim Kouri's Past Articles

871 articles

Obama Picks Porn Industry Lawyer for No. 2 Spot at Justice Department

published: February 05, 2009

President Obama has made a major mistake and put America's families at risk by selecting David Ogden to become Deputy Attorney General, says Fidelis, a pro-family organization. "David Ogden i...

New Program Enhances Identifying and Deporting Criminal Aliens

published: February 05, 2009

Six southwest Texas counties have been added to a growing list of law enforcement agencies throughout the state that are receiving access to a program developed by the Departments of Justice and Ho...

Feds Release National Gang Threat Assessment

published: February 03, 2009

According to the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) and the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), approximately one million gang membe...

DHS Secretary Napolitano's Immigration, Border Security Plan

published: February 02, 2009

On Friday, January 30, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano sent a copy of her immigration and border security directive to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police. Wh...

Feds Capture International Fugitive Wanted for Two Murders in Colombia

published: February 01, 2009

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a 41-year-old Colombian national wanted by the Colombian government for a 1994 double homicide. His initial court appearance was yesterday in th...

AIG Executive Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

published: January 28, 2009

The former vice president of reinsurance of American International Group Inc. (AIG), was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme to manipulate AIG's financia...

CIA Director: Mexican Nationals' Violence a Threat to US

published: January 27, 2009

During Monday's edition of Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck Show, the decidely conservative host asked his viewers to answer a question: outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden had stated that Iran was t...

Hamas Continues Dialogue with Egyptian Officials Regarding Ceasefire with Israel

published: January 26, 2009

Hamas representatives and Egyptian officials continued their dialogue sessions on Sunday in Cairo to discuss their ceasefire with Israel, according to a Palestinian news website run by the so-calle...

Foreign National Imprisoned for Smuggling East Africans into the US

published: January 26, 2009

A Ghanian man was sentenced Friday in the District of Columbia for his role in smuggling East Africans into the United States, according to reports and court papers obtained by the National Associa...

Mexican Government Corruption Hampers Anti-Drug Operations

published: January 26, 2009

Mexico continues to be the source or entry point for the vast majority of the narcotics that are consumed in the US. Mexico is the leading transit country for cocaine and heroin consumed in the US....

Obama Presidency: Homeland Security Department's New Disaster Housing Strategy

published: January 23, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the release of the National Disaster Housing Strategy for natural (hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.) or man-...

The Transformation of Organized Crime

published: January 21, 2009

While most of the focus of federal law enforcement today is on counterterrorism, federal police agencies must still contend with more traditional anti-crime operations including emerging organized ...

Covert Operations Used to Identify US Security Vulnerabilities Leaked to TSA

published: January 20, 2009

Recently, concerns have arisen as to whether top management at the US Transportation Security Administration were negatively impacting the results of "red team" (covert) operations by lea...

Obama Presidency: Terrorism, Organized Crime and International Affairs

published: January 19, 2009

America's new president -- Barack Obama -- will face more and more international problems and crises, according to law enforcement officials. The Federal Bureau of Investigation forecasts that sub...

TARP Money Funneled to Jesse Jackson Fundraiser

published: January 16, 2009

On Thursday, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) asked Neil M. Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), for a formal review of the sponsorship b...

Border War: The Shadow Wolves

published: January 14, 2009

The Shadow Wolves comprise an immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactical patrol unit based on the Native American Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona. Shadow Wolf officers are k...

Task Force Intelligence Analyst Arrested for Harassing Former Girlfriend

published: January 13, 2009

A former drug task force intelligence analyst was arrested for using his law enforcement position to harass his former girlfriend and falsely implicate her in a drug investigation. Earl S. Hoffman...

National Guard Teams Prepare for Terrorist WMD Attacks

published: January 12, 2009

Not long ago, Denys Ray Hughes, 59, of Phoenix, AZ, was found guilty of Attempted Production of a Biological Toxin for Use as a Weapon, Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device and Possess...

The Obama Presidency: China Continues Huge Military Build Up

published: January 11, 2009

While the news media and politicians in the United States continue their focus on domestic issues such as bailouts for failing corporations, there are enormous changes occurring in communist China....

Justice Department Alleges Voter Intimidation by New Black Panther Party

published: January 09, 2009

During an interview on March 20 with Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz, Fox News Channel viewers learned that Shabazz' group endorsed and supported Senator Barack Obama for President of the U...

Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency

published: January 08, 2009

As the nation prepares for the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States, the Center for Strategic & International Studies released an important and disturbing report on cy...

Does Obama Wish to Cripple the CIA with Panetta?

published: January 07, 2009

On Tuesday, former Clinton Administration adviser Dick Morris told Fox News Channel that President-Elect Barack Obama's motive for the nomination of Leon Panetta to the important post of Director o...

Conservatives Fear Vilsack Appointment as Agriculture Secretary

published: January 06, 2009

Many conservatives and watchdog groups are expressing concern -- even outrage -- over the nomination of former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack's nomination by President-Elect Barack Obama to the cabinet ...

Obama Nominates Leon Panetta for CIA Chief

published: January 06, 2009

In a nation already suspicious of its intelligence agencies, is it wise to appoint a former Clinton crony as Director of Central Intelligence? Well, two Democratic officials leaked the story that ...

Media Complicit in Creating Economic Crisis

published: January 04, 2009

Seventy-seven percent of Americans believe that the US media is making the economic situation worse by projecting fear into people's minds. The majority of those surveyed feel that the financial p...