Jim Kouri's Past Articles

863 articles

U.S., Mexico enter meth enforcement pact despite strained relations

published: September 09, 2012

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration the Government of Mexico on Thursday agreed to join forces in combating the continuing problem of methamphetamine production and trafficking across the U.S....

Holder drops CIA criminal investigation

published: September 09, 2012

After more than three years, agents from the Central Intelligence Agency are discovering that they can breathe easier after Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Justice Department dropped its...

Gen. Dempsey takes sides in SEALs v. Obama battle over leaks

published: September 02, 2012

President Barack Obama's selection for the U.S. military's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff surprised former military officers and pro-military conservatives when he decided to take sides in t...

Nun's story: Octogenarian penetrates high-tech security at top nuclear complex

published: September 02, 2012

An 82-year-old nun successfully breached a high-tech security complex’s protective fences using garden-variety, low-tech bolt cutters. And even more disturbing to the facility's security dire...

U.S. to continue pouring taxpayers' money into Palestinian coffers

published: August 26, 2012

The Obama administration is seeking another $200 million to aid the Palestinians in the 2012 fiscal year, State Department officials said on Friday. But many Americans are uneasy about giving mone...

Brazil fighting its own border war, says security expert

published: August 20, 2012

Last week, Brazil began reinforcing its southern borders with about 9,000 more military troops as the fifth part of its war on criminal gangs, according to a U.S. security official who monitors Sou...

U.S. imposes sanctions on Hezbollah terrorist network

published: August 20, 2012

The Secretary Timothy Geithner and his Treasury Department ordered the imposition of financial sanctions on the Lebanon-based, Iran-supported terrorist group Hezbollah on Friday, according the a go...

GOP Senators block Obama's cybersecurity act

published: August 12, 2012

The Republican members of the U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked the passage of President Barack Obama's priority cyber legislation, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. A law enforcement source in Washingt...

Rep. King accuses White House of leaking 'secret order' to aid Syrian rebels

published: August 12, 2012

Information regarding President Barack Obama signing a supposedly secret order to provide American support to Syrian rebels was leaked to “enhance” Obama’s reputation, according t...

Drones over America: Lawmakers to investigate domestic UAVs

published: August 05, 2012

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management, chaired by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), held a hearing titled, “Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Within the ...

American aid worker faces death sentence in Sudan

published: August 05, 2012

The trial of an American NGO (non-governmental organization) aid worker, humanitarian and pro-democracy activist, Rudwan Dawod, who worked closely with former NBA legend Manute Bol prior to his un...

Flight school trained illegal aliens to fly aircraft in Boston

published: July 29, 2012

In a shocking discovery, the U.S. government allowed up to 25 illegal aliens to attend a flight school in Boston, according to a Government Accountability Office report and a Fox News Channel story...

London Olympics: Anti-gang operations intensify

published: July 15, 2012

Besides anti-terrorism operation by Scotland Yard and MI5 to make London safer for the anticipated throngs of 2012 Olympic Games athletes staff and spectators, the Yard is also attempting to preven...

Colombia's new Justice Minister faces uphill battle with narco-terrorists

published: July 15, 2012

On Friday, Colombia's President Juan M. Santos appointed popular attorney and law professor Ruth Stella Correa as the nation's Justice Minister, according to a source at the U.S. Drug Enforcement A...

IRS geared up for the Obamacare individual mandate tax

published: July 04, 2012

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Obamacare's individual mandate on Thursday -- and in fact dubbed it a tax in spite of the Obama administration's denials -- no one was more jubilant th...

Immigration decision: Sheriff Arpaio gives Obama 'virtual raspberry'

published: July 01, 2012

Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on immigration enforcement and the Obama Administration response -- that includes a special hotline for complaints against Arizona law enforcement officers...

Congress fighting to salvage U.S. intelligence assets from Obama cuts

published: June 24, 2012

The intelligence community and the Congressional Intelligence Oversight Committees have been working together during the past year, in recognition of the current challenging fiscal environment, to ...

NYPD faces politicians, Muslim advocates seeking control of cops

published: June 24, 2012

Democrats serving on New York's City Council are proposing legislation that would create a new position in response to complaints from Muslim groups and left-wing organizations opposed to the curre...

Lawmakers suspect intelligence leaks emanate from White House

published: June 17, 2012

Since 2011, when the GOP took control of the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama has all but begged the Democrats and Republicans to work together in both houses of Congress. Unfortuna...

Lawmakers express concern with Holder leadership during hearing

published: June 17, 2012

Following the testimony of Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, Congressman Lamar Smith expressed concern with Holder’s leadership of the Justice Department and the Obama administration&...

Islamic group demands Holder take action against judge's ruling

published: June 03, 2012

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday demanded that Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. Department of Justice protect the religious liberties of Muslims after a Tenne...

Turkish court indicts Israeli military leaders in absentia

published: June 03, 2012

A Turkish criminal court this week indicted four Israeli military leaders in absentia for their alleged killing of nine Turkish citizens during the Free Gaza Flotilla in 2010, a police source in Is...

ACLU v. CIA: Intelligence agency wins court battle on waterboarding issue

published: May 30, 2012

A United States Circuit Court of Appeals panel of judges handed a decisive defeat to the ACLU this week that stated the Central Intelligence Agency doesn't have to release documents regarding its u...

Former terrorist receives DOJ grant money, claims Beltway watchdog

published: May 24, 2012

The Obama Justice Department awarded a group headed by a domestic terrorist, -- and one-time FBI fugitive with close ties to President Barack Obama -- hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars &qu...;

Posse Comitatus Act kicked to the roadside by feds, say critics

published: May 22, 2012

The new defense authorization act all but erases decades of U.S. government compliance with the letter and the spirit of the Posse Comitatus Act 1878, a law that prohibits the use of the U.S. mili...