Jim Kouri column
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country.
Jim writes for many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com, Booksamillion.com, and can be ordered at local bookstores.
Jim holds a bachelor of science in criminal justice and master of arts in public administration and he's a board certified protection professional.
Jim writes for many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com, Booksamillion.com, and can be ordered at local bookstores.
Jim holds a bachelor of science in criminal justice and master of arts in public administration and he's a board certified protection professional.
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September 8, 2010
Since he lost the 2000 presidential election, it seemed as if no day was complete without some Al Gore rant about global warming or national security or civil . . .
Jim Kouri
September 5, 2010
The top cop for a major California county may prove to be the polar opposite of Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio. San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey is . . .
Jim Kouri
September 3, 2010
"I won't back down. I won't surrender to politicians, thugs or drug dealers!" — Sheriff Joe Arpaio
President Barack Obama's Justice Department initiated a . . .
Jim Kouri
September 2, 2010
A man who was allegedly angry with the Discovery Channel's environmental lineup, and entered the company's national headquarters outside Washington, DC and took . . .
Jim Kouri
September 1, 2010
On Fox News Channel's top-rated Fox & Friends, host Gretchen Carlson would not allow the White House press secretary to do what his ilk to do best: revise . . .
Jim Kouri
August 31, 2010
Employing one of the oldest political tricks in the book — releasing bad or unpopular news to the public on Friday when many Americans are starting their . . .
Jim Kouri
August 30, 2010
"The astonishing fact that Iran has been allowed to progress unimpeded to this point demonstrates that President Obama has been an abject failure in even his . . .
Jim Kouri
August 27, 2010
Calvin Coolidge, Thirtieth President of the United States said, "If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... . . .
Jim Kouri
August 25, 2010
U.S. Justice Department attorneys are met today with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, as they look into allegations of civil rights violations in . . .
Jim Kouri
August 24, 2010
Arizona Senator John McCain is enjoying a comfortable lead over his primary opponent J.D. Hayworth, who garnered the support of the Tea Party movement and most . . .
Jim Kouri
August 23, 2010
Each year, millions of visitors, foreign students, and immigrants come to the United States. Foreign visitors may enter on a legal temporary basis — that is, . . .
Jim Kouri
August 19, 2010
On the heels of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents' 258-0 "vote of no confidence" against their superiors, U.S. Border Patrol agents are slamming . . .
Jim Kouri
August 17, 2010
What is being viewed by many as an effort to stem the tide of citizen complaints about President Barack Obama's attacks on Arizona and its immigration . . .
Jim Kouri
August 14, 2010
Mexican officials faced with growing crime and a quasi-insurgency by drug cartel thugs are seeking to replicate a program embraced by President Bill Clinton and . . .
Jim Kouri
August 13, 2010
As the phenomenon of so-called "anchor babies" — infants born to illegal aliens within the United States and its territories that automatically become citizens . . .
Jim Kouri
August 12, 2010
National Guard troops in several states are training hard as they prepare to join guardsmen already supporting Border Patrol agents on the nation's Southwest . . .
Jim Kouri
August 11, 2010
The rhetoric emanating from the Obama White House has shifted from the use of sanctions against Iran to deter that renegade nation's nuclear weapons program, to . . .
Jim Kouri
August 7, 2010
This week's indictments of 14 terrorism suspects have opened the eyes of many government officials to the danger brewing in Somalia: that this beleaguered . . .
Jim Kouri
August 5, 2010
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents overwhelmingly say that their department's leadership has become politicized to the point of affecting the . . .
Jim Kouri
August 4, 2010
Republican state lawmaker Russell Pearce, who sponsored the Arizona immigration reform bill, pledged to take his battle against illegal and criminal aliens to . . .
Jim Kouri
August 3, 2010
"The revelations of Manning's openly pro-homosexual conduct suggest that a more liberal Department of Defense policy, in deference to the wishes of the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 31, 2010
"We live in a topsy-turvey nation and this story should anger all Americans. Suddenly our nation is prosecuting patriots while protecting lawbreakers," said a . . .
Jim Kouri
July 28, 2010
A President Bill Clinton appointed federal district court judge in Arizona today blocked what are considered the most important provisions of Arizona's . . .
Jim Kouri
July 26, 2010
What is commonly viewed as one of the worst intelligence leaks in warfighting history, the blogger at Wikileaks.org, Julian Assange, received more than 90,000 . . .
Jim Kouri
July 24, 2010
After dragging its feet for almost two years, a House investigative committee yesterday charged New York Congressman Charles B. Rangel with multiple ethics . . .
Jim Kouri
July 23, 2010
Last week, the US Senate approved the most far-reaching expansion of Wall Street regulations and the financial industry since the Great Depression. Part of that . . .
Jim Kouri
July 21, 2010
In a controversial article, the Washington Post reported that U.S. intelligence gathering has become so massive since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks . . .
Jim Kouri
July 19, 2010
In a disappointing poll on Fox News Channel, Arizona Senator John McCain is enjoying a comfortable lead over his primary opponent J.D. Hayworth, who garnered . . .
Jim Kouri
July 17, 2010
A much heralded resolution by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — labeled by some as the Democrat Party plantation overseers — . . .
Jim Kouri
July 16, 2010
"Besides the news media's overall silence on illegal immigrants being terrorized, robbed and killed by Mexican authorities, the Obama Administration and US . . .
Jim Kouri
July 14, 2010
"If you ask me, the Obama administration is attacking the wrong people. But I'm not surprised... liberal-left politicians always side with criminals, terrorists . . .
Jim Kouri
July 10, 2010
The Department of Justice whistleblower who resigned over the "corrupt nature of the dismissal" of the New Black Panther case testified before the U.S. . . .
Jim Kouri
July 8, 2010
Whistleblower J. Christian Adams, who is testifying before a Commission of Civil Rights committee regarding voter intimidation by the New Black Panthers, . . .
Jim Kouri
July 6, 2010
A gun battle between Mexican suspects and Mexican police left seven bullet holes in El Paso City Hall. This latest incursion of Mexico's deadly crime war has . . .
Jim Kouri
July 2, 2010
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is being accused of attempting to rape a masseuse at the Hotel Lucia in Portland, Oregon. The Nobel Peace Prize winner . . .
Jim Kouri
June 30, 2010
Federal agents mounted a multi-state dragnet to smash an alleged Russian spy ring accused of infiltrating US policymaking and reporting back to Moscow. Ten . . .
Jim Kouri
June 27, 2010
The Bush Administration's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine General Peter Pace, warned members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that members . . .
Jim Kouri
June 25, 2010
"In 2006, about 6,000 National Guard members participated in Operation Jump Start in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. In accordance with federal law, . . .
Jim Kouri
June 23, 2010
A few weeks ago, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, during his visit to the United States, criticized Arizona's tough new illegal immigration law from the well . . .
Jim Kouri
June 22, 2010
Is Attorney General Eric Holder more interested in bullying Arizonians over immigration enforcement than in protecting Americans from nuclear, biological or . . .
Jim Kouri
June 19, 2010
The media is buzzing about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's comments regarding an anticipated Justice Department lawsuit against the people of Arizona over . . .
Jim Kouri
June 17, 2010
President Barack Obama's nominee for the number two spot at the U.S. Justice Department served as a lawyer for the Saudi royals who helped finance the 9-11 . . .
Jim Kouri
June 16, 2010
President Barack Obama says he wants lawmakers in both houses of Congress to make progress this year on reforming the immigration system. However, he's not . . .
Jim Kouri
June 12, 2010
An enraged supporter of President Barack Obama attacked former congressional candidate Nathan Tabor during a Tea Party demonstration in North Carolina.
On . . .
Jim Kouri
June 8, 2010
In what they characterized as "a baffling development," a public-interest law group revealed that a major U.S. county is allowing the Mexican government to . . .
Jim Kouri
June 7, 2010
Two men living in New Jersey were captured at New York City's JFK International Airport as they were boarding flights on their way to joining an al-Qaeda-linked . . .
Jim Kouri
June 3, 2010
President Barack Obama recently told reporters in Washington that there is an agreement to send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the . . .
Jim Kouri
June 1, 2010
In 1995, President Bill Clinton composed and signed an executive order prohibiting CIA officers from utilizing "unsavory characters" as informants? In other . . .
Jim Kouri
May 28, 2010
"In 1999, Eric Holder helped arrange Bill Clinton pardons for 16 unrepentant members of FALN who had been convicted of "a variety of charges that included . . .
Jim Kouri
May 23, 2010
In a move to shield criminally convicted immigrants from deportation, the governor of New York has created a special pardon panel to forgive individuals of . . .
Jim Kouri
May 21, 2010
Mexico's verbose President, Felipe Calderon , is the largest contributor of illegal aliens living and working in the United States today. While no one knows . . .
Jim Kouri
May 20, 2010
President Barack Obama and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon yesterday blasted Arizona's new immigration enforcement law, with Calderon telling reporters that . . .
Jim Kouri
May 19, 2010
While the politicians and activists in Washington, DC and throughout the nation condemn the Arizona immigration enforcement law (SB1070), the news media has . . .
Jim Kouri
May 18, 2010
An immigration court judge granted asylum to President Barack Obama's aunt, allowing her to remain in the United States in spite of breaking the U.S. . . .
Jim Kouri
May 17, 2010
Pirates have trolled the coast of Somalia for several years now, leading to warships from 16 nations patrolling the area in an attempt to deter hijacks. . . .
Jim Kouri
May 13, 2010
How many times have Americans heard lawmakers, mayors, governors, and immigration advocates when asked about Arizona enforcing immigration law, claim that their . . .
Jim Kouri
May 11, 2010
In 1936, the Social Security Administration established the Social Security number to track worker's earnings for Social Security benefit purposes. Despite its . . .
Jim Kouri
May 9, 2010
"If Secretary Napolitano were a conservative Republican, the news media would have lambasted her daily and editorial writers would have demanded her resignation . . .
Jim Kouri
May 6, 2010
"Critics believe Obama is mimicking William Jefferson Clinton's well-known dislike for the military that led to his intentional neglect of his primary . . .
Jim Kouri
April 30, 2010
While politicians such as President Barack Obama denigrate the government of Arizona and "activists" attempt to punish that state's citizens, these so-called . . .
Jim Kouri
April 28, 2010
The counterintelligence function involves protecting the country, as well as intelligence agencies, from the activities of foreign intelligence services.
The . . .
Jim Kouri
April 25, 2010
In a move that should shock and anger clear-thinking Americans, the United States Navy named one of its new ships in honor of one of the most corrupt political . . .
Jim Kouri
April 23, 2010
On Friday, President Barack Obama revealed his disdain for a new law in Arizona that would require police in the state that borders Mexico to determine if . . .
Jim Kouri
April 19, 2010
A ranking US congressman said that he is concerned that President Barack Obama and his administration is being less than forthcoming with details of the Fort . . .
Jim Kouri
April 16, 2010
Arizona is the first state in the U.S. to make illegal immigration a crime — and illegal aliens and their advocates aren't happy about it.
While the pleas . . .
Jim Kouri
April 12, 2010
President Barack Obama — who campaigned on a promise to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons — is welcoming the leaders of at least 40 nations to . . .
Jim Kouri
April 9, 2010
After over a year of prodding by terrorism apologists and radicals, President Barack Obama and his national security team are bending to their wishes.
For . . .
Jim Kouri
April 2, 2010
On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that federal agents failed to obtain a search warrant and therefore illegally wiretapped the phone conversations of an . . .
Jim Kouri
March 26, 2010
One of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization on Tuesday announced that it complained to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service . . .
Jim Kouri
March 23, 2010
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than . . .
Jim Kouri
March 21, 2010
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than . . .
Jim Kouri
March 19, 2010
President Barack Obama is already planning his next sweeping change for American society after he gets his Obamacare passed in both houses of Congress: . . .
Jim Kouri
March 18, 2010
Although President Obama says creating jobs is his top priority, his failure to enforce immigration laws at worksites has led to job losses for American workers . . .
Jim Kouri
March 14, 2010
In 1999, Eric Holder helped arrange Bill Clinton pardons for 16 unrepentant members of FALN who had been convicted of "a variety of charges that included . . .
Jim Kouri
March 12, 2010
Despite continued controversy over the use of stun guns by police officers, one of the nation's largest law enforcement departments is increasing the number of . . .
Jim Kouri
March 10, 2010
During the Vietnam War, we had "Hanoi Jane" a/k/a Jane Fonda, an American actress who espoused Marist ideology and actually provided enemy troops with a . . .
Jim Kouri
February 28, 2010
Republican lawmakers, including the top GOP congressman on the House Intelligence Committee, openly opposed what they characterized as "the the flawed, . . .
Jim Kouri
February 26, 2010
U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal has ordered U.S. troops to limit night operations and raids in Afghanistan. According to a report, the Pentagon is worried . . .
Jim Kouri
February 22, 2010
Five Muslims were arrested last December for suspicion of attempting to poison the food supply at the Fort Jackson U.S. Army base in South Carolina.
In a . . .
Jim Kouri
February 20, 2010
A special women's unit within the banned radical group Muslim Brotherhood is operating in Egypt and possibly other Arab nations, according to a counterterrorism . . .
Jim Kouri
February 19, 2010
As a result of Shariah law being imposed in Malaysia, Muslim women were caned on Tuesday for engaging in illicit sex, a serious crime under strict Muslim law.
. . .
Jim Kouri
February 18, 2010
America's banking industry is aiding and abetting lawbreakers and there appears to be no one in Washington, D.C. interested in conducting an investigation into . . .
Jim Kouri
February 17, 2010
The nation's highest court will hear a case that may redefine the difference between humanitarian aid and aiding and abetting terrorist groups such as Hamas, . . .
Jim Kouri
February 16, 2010
An alleged intrusion into Google's immense cyber system has provoked the Obama White House to accelerate in its plans for government monitoring of the Internet, . . .
Jim Kouri
February 13, 2010
While President Barack Obama watches his so-called national security team become politicized and partisan, some Democrats are attempting to put out the flames . . .
Jim Kouri
February 11, 2010
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice's Inspector General told conservative lawmakers that he was not empowered to investigate complaints of voter . . .
Jim Kouri
February 10, 2010
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) on Monday applauded the resolution from the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners . . .
Jim Kouri
February 9, 2010
News of the death of 77-year old Congressman John Murtha, of Pennsylvania, on Monday garnered the usual coverage afforded a high-profile political leader by the . . .
Jim Kouri
February 4, 2010
An Islamic group and one of its top contacts within the U.S. Congress are in the midst of a plot to neutralize FBI counterterrorism efforts. And they've found a . . .
Jim Kouri
February 2, 2010
While telling the American people that national security is a priority in his administration, President Barack Obama submitted a 2011 budget proposal that . . .
Jim Kouri
January 30, 2010
It seems that the king of terrorists, Osama bin Laden, and President Barack Obama and his supporters share more than just a hatred for U.S. military power: They . . .
Jim Kouri
January 28, 2010
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, accused the Obama Administration of an "Alice in . . .
Jim Kouri
January 25, 2010
In the midst of a busy news cycle, President Barack Obama and his minions "pulled a fast one" on the American people. The U.S. Department of Justice has . . .
Jim Kouri
January 23, 2010
U.S. Senators during their Homeland Security Committee hearings heard testimony by the country's upper-echelon law enforcement and anti-terrorism officials — . . .
Jim Kouri
January 21, 2010
Hearings before the U.S. Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today revealed that the nation's top intelligence officer, the Homeland . . .
Jim Kouri
January 17, 2010
As the search and rescue operation continues — as well as the rush to get food, water and medicine to Haitians in dire need — there appears to be an increase in . . .
Jim Kouri
January 15, 2010
In a message to President Barack Obama and the United States, a group of Imams from mosques in Yemen threatened to declare Jihad (holy war) if any foreign . . .
Jim Kouri
January 13, 2010
A federal grand jury in Arizona began hearing a federal prosecutors' allegations that the popular Maricopa County sheriff, Joe Arpaio abused his authority. . . .
Jim Kouri
January 12, 2010
As President Barack Obama struggles with the national security and political failures of his administration — especially the failures of a security team that . . .
Jim Kouri
January 8, 2010
The attack last week on a Central Intelligence Agency outpost in Afghanistan's Khost Province near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border called attention to the . . .
Jim Kouri
January 5, 2010
The Council on American Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, began 2010 by complaining about new security measures . . .
Jim Kouri
December 29, 2009
A Nigerian man claiming to be part of the al-Qaeda terrorist group was charged in a federal criminal complaint on Saturday with attempting to destroy a . . .
Jim Kouri
December 27, 2009
After weeks of violence against Iraqi Christians, many churches closed their doors on Christmas and hosted only a few guests for late-afternoon Christmas Eve . . .
Jim Kouri
December 23, 2009
After several months of making his initial announcement that he intended to appoint a Cyber Security Czar, President Barack Obama has selected a national cyber . . .
Jim Kouri
December 20, 2009
(The following is an analysis by the National Association of Chiefs of Police Organized Crime Control Committee.)
In the two decades since the collapse of . . .
Jim Kouri
December 17, 2009
While President Barack Obama is quick to point out America's every blemish, every fault, every injustice and mistake, he has remained silent about the killings, . . .
Jim Kouri
December 14, 2009
The Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security is currently responsible for the protection of people, facilities, information, and property at over 40 . . .
Jim Kouri
December 12, 2009
Five would-be terrorists, ages 19 to 25, who lived in the northern Virginia area, were captured last week in Pakistan on their way to a terrorist training camp. . . .
Jim Kouri
December 7, 2009
Calling it a "criminal attack," the United Nations Security Council on Friday afternoon condemned "in the strongest terms" the December 3 terrorist attack in . . .
Jim Kouri
December 4, 2009
While pundits, news analysts, and reporters attempt to predict former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's political future — including talk of a run for the US . . .
Jim Kouri
December 2, 2009
After months of what's become termed "dithering," President Barack Obama is prepared to unveil his long-awaited Afghan plan tonight on prime time television. . . .
Jim Kouri
November 28, 2009
With the Obama Administration and Democrat leaders in both houses of the US Congress desperately pushing a major overhaul — many say government takeover — of US . . .
Jim Kouri
November 23, 2009
When the best-selling author of political-thriller novels, Vince Flynn (Act of Treason, Consent to Kill), appeared on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck Show last . . .
Jim Kouri
November 19, 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute murderous, fanatical terrorists — including the 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — speaks volumes . . .
Jim Kouri
November 12, 2009
A ranking US congressman said that he is concerned that President Barack Obama and his administration is being less than forthcoming with details of the Fort . . .
Jim Kouri
November 7, 2009
Since September 11, 2001, the United States has established tools to address the threat to the US financial system of money laundering and terrorist financing.
. . .
Jim Kouri
November 4, 2009
A weapon in Iraq and Afghanistan that continues to kill and maim American and coalition soldiers is the Improvised Explosive Device, or IED.
Most IEDs are . . .
Jim Kouri
October 29, 2009
The Internal Revenue Service will be more aggressive in collecting back taxes and prosecuting Americans accused of tax evasion, according to the new Treasury . . .
Jim Kouri
October 23, 2009
Federal law enforcement agents arrested close to 1,200 suspects on narcotics-related charges and they seized more than 11.7 tons of narcotics as part of a 44 . . .
Jim Kouri
October 20, 2009
Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaio — hailed by many as America's Sheriff — is under attack for cracking down on illegal aliens. The liberal-left . . .
Jim Kouri
October 11, 2009
One cannot help but wonder how the war on terrorism gave way to our Overseas Contingency Operations. Or is this merely another example of what George Orwell . . .
Jim Kouri
October 4, 2009
The cyber threat confronting the United States is rapidly increasing as the number of actors with the tools and abilities to use computers against the United . . .
Jim Kouri
October 2, 2009
Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of terrorism financing and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The plea was entered in Manhattan . . .
Jim Kouri
September 26, 2009
The federal agents and local police officers thwarted a teenaged terrorist's attempt to bomb a Dallas hi-rise office building on Thursday, according to a report . . .
Jim Kouri
September 22, 2009
Two terrorist suspects in Colorado and one suspect in New York were arrested on charges of making false statements to federal agents in an ongoing terrorism . . .
Jim Kouri
September 18, 2009
While the American people, the news media and most politicians are absorbed with proposed health care legislation, two pieces of legislation that were . . .
Jim Kouri
September 12, 2009
Three members of the violent gang known as the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation were sentenced on Monday for their participation in narcotics and weapons . . .
Jim Kouri
September 8, 2009
While the mainstream news media are hard at work covering the upcoming speech by President Barack Obama or helping the Democrats to achieve their dream of . . .
Jim Kouri
September 2, 2009
According to a report submitted to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police, law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County will benefit from . . .
Jim Kouri
August 28, 2009
During an interview on Wednesday evening's edition of Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" ABC News' correspondent Brian Ross discussed the adverse effects . . .
Jim Kouri
August 25, 2009
The Obama White House announced Monday that the CIA will no longer interrogate suspected terrorists. Any and all interrogations will be conducted by the Federal . . .
Jim Kouri
August 19, 2009
Special thanks to Sergeant 1st Class Michael J. Carden, United States Army, for the information submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police's . . .
Jim Kouri
August 8, 2009
While most of the denizens of American newsrooms are enthralled with President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton's "rescue" of two journalists who . . .
Jim Kouri
July 31, 2009
Although the Taliban recently issued a "code of conduct" booklet aimed at projecting a more positive image to the Afghan people, their actions directly . . .
Jim Kouri
July 23, 2009
The mayors of Hoboken, Secaucus and Ridgefield, the Jersey City deputy mayor and council president, two state assemblymen, numerous other public officials and . . .
Jim Kouri
July 14, 2009
In an obvious effort to protect the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi — whom many believe has been deceptive in her statements regarding the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 6, 2009
Duke University's Frank M. Lombard has been charged with an attempt to persuade a person he did not realize was an task force officer from the Metropolitan . . .
Jim Kouri
June 30, 2009
The following is based on a recent GAO report submitted to the US Congress.
Since September 11, 2001, the United States has established tools to address the . . .
Jim Kouri
June 26, 2009
While the news media feverishly cover the untimely death of music icon Michael Jackson and the sex scandal involving a Republican governor in South Carolina, . . .
Jim Kouri
June 22, 2009
The newest intelligence bill before members of the US House of Representatives may be more concerned with helping the Speaker of the House save face than with . . .
Jim Kouri
June 15, 2009
Whenever faced with a rogue nation, the United States more often than not bends to the will of the United Nations or other entity that favors economic sanctions . . .
Jim Kouri
June 9, 2009
Terrorist-sponsoring nation Iran is increasing its presence in Latin America, and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization it sponsors, is making inroads in drug . . .
Jim Kouri
June 5, 2009
As the number of Americans who remember the horror of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington almost eight years ago dwindles, the US borders are . . .
Jim Kouri
June 2, 2009
A suspected "Jihadist" killed one US Army recruiter and wounded another during a morning attack in Little Rock, Arkansas yesterday.
According to the New York . . .
Jim Kouri
May 27, 2009
President Barack Obama's choice of Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to take a seat on the US Supreme Court is possibly his boldest move since his . . .
Jim Kouri
May 22, 2009
aEach year, the Palestinian Authority is given more than a billion dollars in aid. The United States alone last year gave them $575 million of US taxpayers' . . .
Jim Kouri
May 20, 2009
The following report is based on documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Terrorism Committee from the US Department of Justice's . . .
Jim Kouri
May 14, 2009
She's tough. She's streetwise. She's clever. She's persistent. And she is a head-turning, good looking woman. Meet Detective Stacy Dittrich, author of the newly . . .
Jim Kouri
May 9, 2009
House Republicans on Thursday introduced a bill that would block the transfer or release into the United States of any Gitmo detainees. Earlier that morning, . . .
Jim Kouri
May 4, 2009
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed deep concern today that "events continue to move in the wrong direction" in Pakistan and that the situation . . .
Jim Kouri
April 28, 2009
While the World Health Organization raised its global alert level regarding swine flu, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano held a press conference . . .
Jim Kouri
April 24, 2009
The Defense Department provided full cooperation during a U.S. Senate committee investigation that examined detainee-interrogation operations, a senior official . . .
Jim Kouri
April 20, 2009
Six U.S. defendants convicted for their activity in a global child pornography trafficking enterprise were sentenced today in the Northern District of Florida, . . .
Jim Kouri
April 16, 2009
(The following is based on a redacted report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Yan Zhu, also known as "Westerly Zhu," age 31, a . . .
Jim Kouri
April 14, 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 . . .
Jim Kouri
April 10, 2009
A US Navy ship is transporting negotiators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation one day after a U.S.-flagged cargo ship was attacked by marauders off the . . .
Jim Kouri
April 7, 2009
(The following is based on court documents and a law enforcement report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Hassan Abu-Jihaad, . . .
Jim Kouri
April 3, 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 . . .
Jim Kouri
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
March 26, 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 . . .
Jim Kouri
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
March 20, 2009
Mob associate Joseph Young was sentenced on Tuesday to a mandatory term of life imprisonment for his conviction for the murder of Robert McKelvey four years ago . . .
Jim Kouri
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
March 13, 2009
The governor of Arizona is requesting a deployment of up to 250 National Guard troops to that state's border with Mexico, while the Texas governor is . . .
Jim Kouri
March 10, 2009
The following information is based on material obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
In April 2005, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office . . .
Jim Kouri
March 6, 2009
Some may accuse me of gross hyperbole when I say that the government of Mexico uses the US as their penal system, but truth be told, tens of thousands of . . .
Jim Kouri
March 3, 2009
The following information was issued to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
John A. Torres, special agent in charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, . . .
Jim Kouri
February 25, 2009
(Information for the following news report was obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Drug . . .
Jim Kouri
February 21, 2009
By deploying armed air marshals onboard selected flights, the Federal Air Marshal Service, a component of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), . . .
Jim Kouri
February 18, 2009
The Bush defense team confronted a game-changing "strategic shock" in its first 8 months in office. The Obama team would be well-advised to expect the same, . . .
Jim Kouri
February 13, 2009
(Information for the following was provided to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the Department of Homeland Security.)
A defrocked Catholic . . .
Jim Kouri
February 12, 2009
A federal complaint filed in Providence, RI charges Anthony St. Laurent, Sr. with solicitation to commit murder-for-hire, according to an FBI report obtained by . . .
Jim Kouri
February 8, 2009
A man who was wanted for allegedly committing an execution-style killing of a Mexican police officer and his wife in June was deported last Wednesday. This case . . .
Jim Kouri
February 4, 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 . . .
Jim Kouri
January 30, 2009
(This report is based on documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a 41-year . . .
Jim Kouri
January 26, 2009
(This column is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Homeland Security.)
During Monday's . . .
Jim Kouri
January 22, 2009
With the recession looming, some have speculated that the bad economy may be reflected in higher crime rates, according to Zoe Mentel, a policy analyst with . . .
Jim Kouri
January 19, 2009
Recently, concerns have arisen as to whether top management at the US Transportation Security Administration were negatively impacting the results of "red team" . . .
Jim Kouri
January 16, 2009
TARP Inspector General Asked to Investigate Citigroup and Bank of America Donations to Rainbow/PUSH; Bailout Recipients Headline Jesse Jackson Fundraiser
On . . .
Jim Kouri
January 14, 2009
(The following is based on information obtained from the Department of Homeland Security by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Shadow Wolves . . .
Jim Kouri
January 9, 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 . . .
Jim Kouri
January 5, 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 . . .
Jim Kouri
December 31, 2008
Lev L. Dassin, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Saleh Elahwal, 55, of Matawan, New Jersey, pleaded guilty . . .
Jim Kouri
December 27, 2008
(The following commentary is based on material obtained by the National Security Committee of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Department . . .
Jim Kouri
December 23, 2008
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
December 21, 2008
Potential terrorist attacks and the possibility of naturally occurring disease outbreaks have raised concerns about the "surge capacity" of the nation's health . . .
Jim Kouri
December 19, 2008
I wrote and released this article on November 6. The story got very little coverage by the elite (liberal) news media until today — Friday. So here's the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 16, 2008
Acting Special Agent in Charge Douglas R. Dawson, Seattle Field Division, of the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced . . .
Jim Kouri
December 11, 2008
The shysters at the American Civil Liberties Union yesterday released a statement from 25 9/11 victims' family members challenging the legitimacy of the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 10, 2008
The Department of Energy oversees contractors that operate more than 200 "high-hazard" nuclear facilities, where an accident could have serious consequences for . . .
Jim Kouri
December 8, 2008
The United States Army considers the current transformation its most extensive restructuring since World War II. The Army has estimated that restructuring units . . .
Jim Kouri
December 4, 2008
Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a congressional blue-ribbon panel reported. The panel, . . .
Jim Kouri
December 2, 2008
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is alerting people this holiday season that cyber criminals continue to aggressively seek ways to steal money and personal . . .
Jim Kouri
November 30, 2008
The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, has criticized recent anti-Israel statements by Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, the . . .
Jim Kouri
November 26, 2008
Gangs of heavily armed gunmen stormed several Indian hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's . . .
Jim Kouri
November 22, 2008
(The following report was obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police Firearms Committee.)
A ruling on a case from South Dakota — where off-duty . . .
Jim Kouri
November 18, 2008
As Congress reconvened on Monday for a lame-duck session, lawmakers no doubt are being inundated with requests for more federal giveaways on the taxpayer's dime . . .
Jim Kouri
November 14, 2008
Wake County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday became the first of four law enforcement agencies in North Carolina to receive new database link that will . . .
Jim Kouri
November 10, 2008
"Now that the elections are behind us, we begin a time of transition. During this time, it is important that all of us continue giving our best efforts to the . . .
Jim Kouri
November 6, 2008
After endorsing President-elect Obama last February, MoveOn.org Political Action's 4.5 million members contributed more than $88 million towards Barack Obama's . . .
Jim Kouri
November 5, 2008
A Miami federal jury convicted Venezuelan national Franklin Duran, on charges of acting and conspiring to act as an agent of the Bolivarian Republic of . . .
Jim Kouri
November 3, 2008
While many liberal pundits attempt to connect Senator Barack Obama with the legacy of President John F. Kennedy, there is a huge difference between the late . . .
Jim Kouri
November 2, 2008
(The following article is based on several reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
A multi-agency initiative to combat illegal . . .
Jim Kouri
November 1, 2008
While presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain were campaigning in Pennsylvania, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that its . . .
Jim Kouri
October 31, 2008
Barack Obama's campaign has ejected reporters working for three newspapers from its traveling plane in the final days of the election, drawing fire from . . .
Jim Kouri
October 30, 2008
In a bold move in front of members of the news media, Freedom Watch Chairman and Chief Legal Counsel Larry Klayman literally jumped out from behind a line of TV . . .
Jim Kouri
October 29, 2008
ACORN, the publicly-funded national organization linked to voter fraud in several states is now actively interfering with the exercise of firearm civil rights . . .
Jim Kouri
October 26, 2008
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa will be visiting Teamster worksites around the Philadelphia area on October 27-28 to help get out the vote for Sen. Barack . . .
Jim Kouri
October 23, 2008
Between ACORN and the Democrat National Committee we are truly witnessing a culture of corruption. Remember the Marxist adage: Accuse others of what you do. . . .
Jim Kouri
October 22, 2008
Four years after their 12-year-old daughter was impregnated by a 24-year-old man who took her for a secret abortion to cover up his crime, a San Bernardino . . .
Jim Kouri
October 20, 2008
TO: General Colin Powell:
FROM: Jim Kouri
Subject: Barack Obama's Cop-Killer Supporters
General Powell, I am shocked and angry that you would endorse a . . .
Jim Kouri
October 19, 2008
Luis Hernando Gomez-Bustamante, a/k/a "Rasguno," one of the leaders of the Norte Valle Colombian Drug Cartel, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of leading a . . .
Jim Kouri
October 18, 2008
From Ohio and Florida to Wisconsin and Nevada, there are reports of fraudulent voter registration forms being submitted by the Association of Community . . .
Jim Kouri
October 17, 2008
House Republican Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri applauded reports this afternoon that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a criminal investigation into . . .
Jim Kouri
October 15, 2008
General Tommy Franks has joined the board of directors of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). Franks, the former Chief of the US Central Command, is . . .
Jim Kouri
October 14, 2008
During the last two presidential elections — 2000 and 2004 — the Democrats have used the Marxist strategy of "blame others of what you do." While the liberal . . .
Jim Kouri
October 13, 2008
With the current financial crisis revealing malfeasance and corruption within the financial and political arenas, many businesses are seeking to to initiate . . .
Jim Kouri
October 11, 2008
(The following is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt last week . . .
Jim Kouri
October 10, 2008
During the week of September 22 to 26, the Ramey Sector Border Patrol Intelligence Unit sponsored a training session titled "Threat Mitigation" among different . . .
Jim Kouri
October 9, 2008
Sheriff Mike Scott of Lee County, Florida never expected to creat a firestorm when he used the full name of the Democrat Party's presidential candidate "Barack . . .
Jim Kouri
October 8, 2008
I'm happy to announce that the mainstream news media are beginning to cover the story of rampant voter fraud perpetrated by liberal organizations such as ACORN. . . .
Jim Kouri
October 7, 2008
Alberto Ruiz-Arroyave, aka El Primo, 46, a Colombian national extradited to the United States for his role in a $25 million arms for cocaine deal, has pleaded . . .
Jim Kouri
October 6, 2008
The new consolidated guidelines to govern the Federal Bureau of Investigation's domestic operations will address in a comprehensive way the FBI's investigation . . .
Jim Kouri
October 5, 2008
While Barack Obama's friends and supporters in the news media downplay his friendship and business relationship with former terrorist and Marxist university . . .
Jim Kouri
October 3, 2008
Cardinal Health Inc., one of the nation's largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal reporting . . .
Jim Kouri
October 2, 2008
(The following is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Justice.)
Attorney General Michael B. . . .
Jim Kouri
October 1, 2008
I'm not surprised that the GOP is allowing a partisan, left-wing pseudojournalist to be the moderator for a vice presidential debate, but some conservatives . . .
Jim Kouri
September 30, 2008
A recent study released by the conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation provides proof that illegal aliens and immigrants with green cards are committing . . .
Jim Kouri
September 29, 2008
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is one of three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) laboratories that designs and develops nuclear weapons for . . .
Jim Kouri
September 27, 2008
Despite running into a censorship blockade in several media outlets, Brad O'Leary's blockbuster new book, The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama's War on American . . .
Jim Kouri
September 24, 2008
Four men were sentenced on Friday to varying terms in federal prison for their roles in illegally exporting hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition from . . .
Jim Kouri
September 22, 2008
A leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced on Friday to 45 years in prison for his participation in a racketeering enterprise, Acting Assistant . . .
Jim Kouri
September 20, 2008
The poppy trade that fuels terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan is a problem that must be addressed but doesn't have a military solution, the chairman of . . .
Jim Kouri
September 18, 2008
"Accuse others of what you do."
- Attributed to Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx
The Democrat political playbook calls for a "pre-emptive strike" and . . .
Jim Kouri
September 17, 2008
Eight members of the 662 Boss Piru gang, which purports to be a sect of the notorious, nationwide Bloods gang, have been charged by a federal grand jury in a 19 . . .
Jim Kouri
September 16, 2008
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, leaders of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and the Hispanic law enforcement community gathered . . .
Jim Kouri
September 14, 2008
A citizen of Italy was returned to his homeland and turned over to Italian authorities on Wednesday by officers from the Philadelphia office of detention and . . .
Jim Kouri
September 12, 2008
The Drug Enforcement Administration, San Diego Field Division Mobil Enforcement Team (MET), in cooperation with the San Diego County District Attorney and San . . .
Jim Kouri
September 11, 2008
Long before the 9/11 attacks, the Federation for American Immigration Reform warned that our unsecured borders and lax enforcement of our immigration laws posed . . .
Jim Kouri
September 10, 2008
Democrat Congressman Charles Rangel, chairman of the powerful committee that writes the nation's tax code, failed to pay an unspecified amount in federal taxes . . .
Jim Kouri
September 8, 2008
In fiscal year 2007, the US Mission in Mexico (Mission Mexico) processed 1.5 million of the 8 million nonimmigrant visas (NIV) that the Department of State . . .
Jim Kouri
September 7, 2008
The cleaning crews hadn't even started their work in St. Paul following the end of the Republican Convention, when the knee-jerk leftists at Amnesty . . .
Jim Kouri
September 6, 2008
Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, today announced the organization's endorsement of Senator John S. McCain III for the . . .
Jim Kouri
September 4, 2008
More than 900 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation today . . .
Jim Kouri
September 3, 2008
(The following article is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Criminals and terrorists are becoming increasingly . . .
Jim Kouri
September 2, 2008
Universal Protection Service, the largest provider of security services to the commercial real estate market in California and one of the nation's largest . . .
Jim Kouri
August 31, 2008
While the likes of the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and other news organizations have their reporters digging for dirt on Alaskan Gov. . . .
Jim Kouri
August 30, 2008
Bernard "Bernie" Ward, 57, a San Francisco resident who worked as a radio talk show host and was a frequent Fox News Channel and CNN guest representing the . . .
Jim Kouri
August 28, 2008
The US Navy, US Coast Guard and SRI International — a private security firm — are deploying a suite of advanced port security technologies, trained personnel, . . .
Jim Kouri
August 26, 2008
Richard Barrett, the highest ranking UN official responsible for monitoring the activities of Al- Qaeda, said the group continues to degrade seven years after . . .
Jim Kouri
August 25, 2008
A Brazilian man was charged by a federal grand jury in New Orleans for his role in a conspiracy to sell a network of computers infected with malicious software, . . .
Jim Kouri
August 23, 2008
Coalition forces picked up two suspected associates of the Kataib Hezbollah criminal network during operations this morning in Baghdad's New Baghdad district, . . .
Jim Kouri
August 21, 2008
Influencing, countering and ultimately defeating regional threat networks in the greater Middle East will require a "whole-of-many-nations'-governments approach . . .
Jim Kouri
August 19, 2008
The Republican National Committee (RNC) published an update at its BarackBook.com website yesterday that accuses Barack Obama presidential campaign bundler . . .
Jim Kouri
August 18, 2008
A Virginia man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison following his conviction on multiple weapons charges, including possession of explosives and the . . .
Jim Kouri
August 17, 2008
(This comes to us from Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid. AIM is an organization that has published a number of my articles and they are considered the news . . .
Jim Kouri
August 15, 2008
Last week over 700 law enforcement personnel, intelligence professionals, and private sector officials attended the Terrorism and Transportation Conference . . .
Jim Kouri
August 14, 2008
Fifty-seven illegal aliens working at Mills Manufacturing Corporation (MMC) in Ashville, North Carolina were arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement . . .
Jim Kouri
August 12, 2008
Many federal operations are supported by automated systems that may contain sensitive information such as national security information that, if lost or stolen, . . .
Jim Kouri
August 11, 2008
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents together with federal, state and local law enforcement partners across Massachusetts, have arrested 52 gang . . .
Jim Kouri
August 10, 2008
A recent study released by the conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation provides proof that illegal aliens and immigrants with green cards are committing . . .
Jim Kouri
August 8, 2008
Adopting the rhetoric of the radical left, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) explicitly compared the actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency . . .
Jim Kouri
August 7, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cradle-to-Grave. That's Campus Crest's unique approach to maintaining its student housing assets. Campus Crest Communities, headquartered in . . .
Jim Kouri
August 6, 2008
I received the following story from Maria Sliwa, a New York City publicist and former NYPD officer, whom I've worked with in the past. (Yes, Maria is the sister . . .
Jim Kouri
August 5, 2008
"We are all here on earth to make this a better place and improve the human condition. When you have had the opportunity in your life to be successful, that . . .
Jim Kouri
August 4, 2008
The Department of Justice, in cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services, has guided the enforcement efforts of the national Health Care Fraud . . .
Jim Kouri
August 3, 2008
When two American missionaries were kidnapped last July in Haiti, negotiators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation were called in to secure their release. . . .
Jim Kouri
August 2, 2008
In 2007, the US Department of State reported that some foreign diplomats are suspected of abusing the household workers they brought to the United States on A-3 . . .
Jim Kouri
August 1, 2008
Immediately following President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy speech, Beltway insiders knew exactly where to go for analysis of the proposed "surge" of troops . . .
Jim Kouri
July 31, 2008
In a legal action guaranteed to shock most Americans, a gay man is suing a major publisher of Bibles claiming certain verses caused him "emotional distress." He . . .
Jim Kouri
July 30, 2008
The end of the Cold War meant a significant change in the nature of the foreign threats to US security. The principal worry of most Americans is no longer a . . .
Jim Kouri
July 29, 2008
After his visit to Iraq, Democrat Party presidential candidate Barack Obama all but admitted the success of what's come to be called "the surge." Obama claims . . .
Jim Kouri
July 28, 2008
In 2006, 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 . . .
Jim Kouri
July 25, 2008
Former Monicagate investigator David Bossi and award-winning documentary filmmaker Alan Peterson have created the most controversial expose' of a presidential . . .
Jim Kouri
July 24, 2008
Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, the two Border Patrol agents shamelessly prosecuted by the U.S. government for shooting and wounding a Mexican . . .
Jim Kouri
July 23, 2008
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
July 22, 2008
Nevermind about Senator Barack Obama's photo-op excursion to Afghanistan and Iraq, the people to whom Americans should listen are the military officers actually . . .
Jim Kouri
July 21, 2008
Nevermind what presidential hopeful Barack Obama is saying during his current campaign photo-op in Afghanistan. The people to whom Americans and congress — both . . .
Jim Kouri
July 19, 2008
(This article is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police. The writer is the organization's public information officer.)
. . .
Jim Kouri
July 18, 2008
While most of the focus of federal law enforcement today is on counterterrorism, federal police agencies must still contend with more traditional anti-crime . . .
Jim Kouri
July 17, 2008
Recently, Mexican military officials claimed they seized five-and-a-half tons of powdered cocaine from a commercial aircraft that landed in Mexico following a a . . .
Jim Kouri
July 16, 2008
Gregg William Bergersen, age 51, of Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced in the Eastern District of Virginia to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised . . .
Jim Kouri
July 15, 2008
The counterintelligence function involves protecting the country, as well as intelligence agencies, from the activities of foreign intelligence services. The . . .
Jim Kouri
July 14, 2008
Conservative talk show host superstar and attorney Mark Levin's Landmark Legal Foundation, the organization that uncovered massive abuse of federal tax, . . .
Jim Kouri
July 12, 2008
There is a tremendous amount of concern in much of Europe about the news of Iran's testing of ballistic missiles, according to Riki Ellison, president of the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 11, 2008
Book Hill Partners and the Homeland Defense Journal released the results of a survey of 122 homeland security experts on priorities for the next administration . . .
Jim Kouri
July 10, 2008
With the recent testing of missiles by the Iranian military, the world has been put on notice that the Islamofascist nation will continue to be the fly in the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 9, 2008
Many, many Americans who consider themselves to be politically conservative are voicing their utter dismay at the choices they face in the election of a new . . .
Jim Kouri
July 7, 2008
Thanks to feckless political leaders in California, the terms "mom and dad" are now completely banned in the public school system and teachers are being ordered . . .
Jim Kouri
July 5, 2008
Under the Visa Waiver Program, citizens from 27 countries can travel to the United States visa free. Terrorism concerns involving VWP country citizens have led . . .
Jim Kouri
July 3, 2008
The Coast Guard's Deepwater Program, under the Department of Homeland Security, has experienced serious performance and management problems.
Deepwater is . . .
Jim Kouri
July 2, 2008
Defendants Hassan Saied Keshari and Traian Bujduveanu were arrested on June 20 and 21 on charges of conspiring to export military aircraft parts to Iran, . . .
Jim Kouri
June 30, 2008
Last week, 96 street gang members and associates were arrested as a result of a state-wide public safety initiative in New Jersey, according to a report . . .
Jim Kouri
June 29, 2008
Seventy members and associates of the Drew Street clique of the Avenues gang have been named in a federal racketeering indictment unsealed on June 25 that . . .
Jim Kouri
June 27, 2008
Diplomatic leaders and legal and human rights experts presented unique perspectives on Latin America's political landscape and democracy during a recent . . .
Jim Kouri
June 25, 2008
[The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.]
The foreign intelligence threat within . . .
Jim Kouri
June 22, 2008
A poll of 1,015 conservative activists and donors shows that 77 percent are either seriously disappointed with Republican Congressional leaders or want them . . .
Jim Kouri
May 28, 2008
More than 900 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation on Tuesday . . .
Jim Kouri
May 25, 2008
Since 2001, the U Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military . . .
Jim Kouri
May 23, 2008
A US Army contract translator was sentenced today to 121 months of imprisonment for illegally possessing national defense documents, and using a false identity . . .
Jim Kouri
May 22, 2008
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Tennessee returned an 18-count indictment yesterday charging J. Reece Roth, a Professor Emeritus at The . . .
Jim Kouri
May 21, 2008
The Department of State's (State) Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) program's objectives are to provide partner nations with counterterrorism training and . . .
Jim Kouri
May 20, 2008
Thirty-eight individuals with ties to international organized crime have been charged in two separate indictments involving computer and credit card fraud . . .
Jim Kouri
May 11, 2008
A major international arms dealer — Viktor Bout, a/k/a Boris, a/k/a Victor Anatoliyevich Bout, a/k/a Victor But, a/k/a Viktor Budd, a/k/a Viktor Butt, a/k/a . . .
Jim Kouri
May 10, 2008
Carlos Mario Jimenez-Naranjo, a/k/a Macaco, has been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, Assistant Attorney General . . .
Jim Kouri
May 8, 2008
Gary Sinise and Robert Duvall will lead a star-studded festival to be held May 14-18, 2008 at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC.
Overall . . .
Jim Kouri
May 5, 2008
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton finally agreed to appear on the highly-rated Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor. Her interview, which was taped . . .
Jim Kouri
May 3, 2008
The early 1970s, a famous rock band, The Doobie Brothers, sang "Jesus Is Just Alright with Me," but apparently He's not alright with the American Civil . . .
Jim Kouri
May 1, 2008
Federal law enforcement officials revealed on Tuesday that they the arrested of Ben-Ami Kadish on charges that he participated in a crimonal conspiracy to . . .
Jim Kouri
April 30, 2008
A pocket stuffed with a wad of bills, free poker games in Vegas, a wallet suddenly flush with cash. There were bogus cover stories for trips to the "motherland" . . .
Jim Kouri
April 28, 2008
As if taking a page out of former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's playbook, the Chinese military has decreased troop levels by more than 200,000 men and . . .
Jim Kouri
April 25, 2008
On Wednesday, US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new federal strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this . . .
Jim Kouri
April 23, 2008
Since 2002, destroying the terrorist threat and closing the terrorist safe haven have been key national security goals.
For example, the United States has . . .
Jim Kouri
April 22, 2008
Richard A. Viguerie, publisher of ConservativeHQ.com, appears to have had the same reaction as many conservatives to Barack Obama's performance and his . . .
Jim Kouri
April 20, 2008
Prosecutors in the case against the self-described mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and five of his co-conspirators have amended the . . .
Jim Kouri
April 18, 2008
When Forbes Magazine released their list of the 10 most miserable cities in America, Charlotte's Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory couldn't come up . . .
Jim Kouri
April 17, 2008
During a segment of Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, former CBS TV newsman now media critic, Bernard Goldberg, stated clearly and consisely, "The news . . .
Jim Kouri
April 16, 2008
Since 2001, Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military . . .
Jim Kouri
April 15, 2008
Unauthorized individuals, companies, terrorist organizations, and other countries continue their attempts to obtain sensitive items related to the defense of . . .
Jim Kouri
April 13, 2008
Chief Deputy Republican Whip Eric Cantor for the US House of Representatives fiercely condemned former President Jimmy Carter's plans to meet with Khaled Mashal . . .
Jim Kouri
April 11, 2008
A couple of months ago, when the US Defense Department proclaimed their desire to finally bring war crimes charges against six detainees for the September 11, 2 . . .
Jim Kouri
April 10, 2008
Conservative icon Tom Delay and TCV Media CEO Nathan Tabor announced the launching of DeLay's new web site TomDeLay.com. The unveiling of the new web site . . .
Jim Kouri
April 8, 2008
There are many police and law enforcement officials who are concerned with the growing trend of using military-trained mercenaries to train and work with local . . .
Jim Kouri
April 6, 2008
The Sunday morning news shows — on cable and broadcast television — covered the bitter-sweet farewell between arguably the two most powerful leaders in the . . .
Jim Kouri
April 3, 2008
Former professional wrestler Harrison Norris Jr., 42, a/k/a "Hardbody Harrison," was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for committing multiple violations . . .
Jim Kouri
April 1, 2008
Gregg William Bergersen, residing in Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty on Monday to a one-count of conspiracy to disclose national defense information to . . .
Jim Kouri
March 31, 2008
The end of the Cold War meant a significant change in the nature of the foreign threats to US security. The principal worry of most Americans is no longer a . . .
Jim Kouri
March 30, 2008
US military forces, and ground forces in particular, have operated at a high pace since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the support of ongoing . . .
Jim Kouri
March 28, 2008
Since the start of the Global War on Terrorism, the Pentagon has taken steps to expand the role of the United States Special Operations Command and its forces. . . .
Jim Kouri
March 26, 2008
The Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the National Nuclear Security Administration, is responsible for, among other things, designing nuclear . . .
Jim Kouri
March 23, 2008
There is a far-reaching scandal brewing for presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, thanks to a radio talk show host based in Oregon. Syndicated talk host . . .
Jim Kouri
March 22, 2008
On Friday, the mainstream news media breathlessly announced that Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico endorsed Barack Obama in his run for the Democrat . . .
Jim Kouri
March 21, 2008
Many Americans are wondering when will the US Justice Department get around to prosecuting US Congressman William J. Jefferson for the alleged corruption he's . . .
Jim Kouri
March 20, 2008
The owner of an international electronics business has pled guilty to one-count arising from a conspiracy to illegally export controlled microprocessors and . . .
Jim Kouri
March 17, 2008
Since 2001, Congress has appropriated nearly $700 billion for the global war on terrorism. The majority of these funds have supported U.S. efforts in Iraq. . . .
Jim Kouri
March 15, 2008
Since September 11, 2001, the need to secure US borders has increased in importance and attracted greater public and Congressional attention.
The Department . . .
Jim Kouri
March 14, 2008
The National Gang Targeting, Enforcement & Coordination Center, or GangTECC, began operations in the summer of 2006 as the national anti-gang task force created . . .
Jim Kouri
March 13, 2008
Cecil "Cece" Suwal, the 23-year-old madam of an international prostitution ring run by her boyfriend, a 62-year-old Israeli widower named Mark "Michael" Brener, . . .
Jim Kouri
March 11, 2008
As a task force of US battleships steamed towards the Middle East in the spring of 2001 on a mission to patrol the Persian Gulf, a sailor aboard one of those . . .
Jim Kouri
March 10, 2008
In November 2005, the Department of Homeland Security established the Secure Border Initiative (SBI), a multiyear, multibillion-dollar program to secure US . . .
Jim Kouri
March 8, 2008
The son of a prominent former conservative governor is slamming the current occupant of South Carolina's State House for his abandoning of conservative . . .
Jim Kouri
March 1, 2008
In spite of all the talk in both houses of congress about revamping or restructuring the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), there's a new . . .
Jim Kouri
February 29, 2008
US military forces, and ground forces in particular, have operated at a high pace since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the support of ongoing . . .
Jim Kouri
February 26, 2008
There are 37 research reactors in the United States, mostly located on college campuses. Of these, 33 reactors are licensed and regulated by the Nuclear . . .
Jim Kouri
February 25, 2008
A chemist employed by a corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, involved in researching, developing and supplying fire-proof coating and intumescent . . .
Jim Kouri
February 23, 2008
Congressman Richard G. Renzi, from Arizona's first congressional district, and his associates James W. Sandlin, 56, of Sherman , Texas and Andrew Beardall, 36, . . .
Jim Kouri
February 21, 2008
On Tuesday, a jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts against defense contractor Brent Roger Wilkes, who was accused of bribing former GOP Congressman . . .
Jim Kouri
February 20, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security began operations in March 2003 with missions that include preventing terrorist attacks from occurring within the United . . .
Jim Kouri
February 18, 2008
"Therefore victory in war is not repetitious, but adapts its form endlessly."
- Sun Tzu
The Art of War
There were secret meetings in restaurants, encrypted . . .
Jim Kouri
February 17, 2008
A federal grand jury on Friday indicted State Senator Joseph Coniglio of New Jersey on nine counts of mail fraud and extortion in connection with an influence . . .
Jim Kouri
February 15, 2008
The Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the National Nuclear Security Administration, is responsible for, among other things, designing nuclear . . .
Jim Kouri
February 13, 2008
Jose Rodriguez Nieves, a/k/a "Menor," a/k/a "Cuba," was found guilty late Friday of charges related to his leadership of a highly lucrative drug organization . . .
Jim Kouri
February 11, 2008
A member of the violent street gang Sureno 13 was arrested here Saturday by Greeley, Colorado, Gang Task Force officers, with assistance from US Immigration . . .
Jim Kouri
February 10, 2008
In 2003, the Federal Protective Service was transferred from the General Services Administration to the Department of Homeland Security and is currently tasked . . .
Jim Kouri
February 8, 2008
In a dramatic blow to traditional organized crime families operating in the New York City metropolitan area, an 80 indictment charging 62 defendants associated . . .
Jim Kouri
February 7, 2008
Representative Duncan Hunter, R-Calif, author of the fencing provisions of the Secure Fence Act of 2006, has introduced new legislation in the House of . . .
Jim Kouri
February 5, 2008
Fourteen members of a South Florida-based Bloods gang with direct ties to the national Bloods criminal organization have been charged federally in connection . . .
Jim Kouri
February 3, 2008
United States Attorney Johnny Sutton and FBI Special Agent in Charge Ralph Diaz announced the indictment of 23 San Antonio residents, all of whom are in . . .
Jim Kouri
February 1, 2008
Political columnist and media strategist Rachel Marsden is scheduled to be emceeing at February's CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) conference . . .
Jim Kouri
January 30, 2008
Two men who threatened members of the Miami-Dade Police Department's Special Investigation Gang Unit were arrested here last Tuesday following a joint . . .
Jim Kouri
January 29, 2008
Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda, a/k/a Simon Trinidad, a senior member of the US State Department-designated foreign terrorist group Fuerzas Armadas . . .
Jim Kouri
January 27, 2008
Judicial Watch, the public interest group created to investigate and prosecute suspects in government corruption cases, recently released a secret a Department . . .
Jim Kouri
January 25, 2008
The sister-in-law and nephew of a former Orange County, California engineer convicted of orchestrating a scheme to smuggle sensitive defense information to . . .
Jim Kouri
January 24, 2008
To address concerns about unemployed or underemployed Soviet-era weapons scientists in Russia and other former Soviet Bloc nations, the US Department of Energy . . .
Jim Kouri
January 23, 2008
On Tuesday, January 22, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released their newly formulated National Response Framework (NRF), the successor to the . . .
Jim Kouri
January 21, 2008
A Texas businessman, who employed an illegal alien charged with capital murder in connection with the 2006 shooting death of Houston Police Department Officer . . .
Jim Kouri
January 20, 2008
In the midst of this presidential race, many GOP faithful appear to have forgotten that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and his friend Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) . . .
Jim Kouri
January 18, 2008
KANSAS CITY, MO — A federal grand jury in the Western District of Missouri has returned a superseding indictment that charges the Islamic American Relief Agency . . .
Jim Kouri
January 17, 2008
The 2006 United States National Security Strategy stated that this nation faces challenges from Iran, including Iran's proliferation efforts and involvement in . . .
Jim Kouri
January 16, 2008
They've severed the fingers of their rivals with machetes...brutally murdered suspected informants, including a 17-year-old pregnant federal witness...attacked . . .
Jim Kouri
January 15, 2008
Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty recently endorsed fellow Law & Order star Fred Thompson for President of the United States.
During a . . .
Jim Kouri
January 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton's claim that she wanted to be an Olympic athlete and NASA astronaut was part of an effort to humanize the New York Senator, says the editor of a . . .
Jim Kouri
January 12, 2008
When Attorney General Janet Reno deployed federal law enforcement agencies to Waco, Texas to arrest the Branch Davidian leader David Koresh, one of the the . . .
Jim Kouri
January 11, 2008
The maverick attorneys at Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, recently released their list of . . .
Jim Kouri
January 9, 2008
Republicans in Name Only, or RINOs, are a great asset to the Democrat Party and the news media. The liberals know they have little if any credibility, therefore . . .
Jim Kouri
January 8, 2008
(Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton made headlines on Monday with a display of being close to tears while she campaigned in New Hampshire. Her friends in . . .
Jim Kouri
January 6, 2008
Following eight weeks of trial, a federal jury in Central Islip, New York, returned a verdict last week convicting Colombo organized crime family acting boss . . .
Jim Kouri
January 5, 2008
Samar Khalil Spinelli, 39, a Captain in the US Marine Corps, pleaded guilty this past December in a Detroit federal court to conspiring with former FBI Agent . . .
Jim Kouri
January 3, 2008
Officials with the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that deportation officers assigned to the Baltimore Office made . . .
Jim Kouri
January 2, 2008
While most of the politicians vying for their party's nomination for President of the United States pay lip service to the nation's law enforcement officers, . . .
Jim Kouri
December 30, 2007
A citizen of Ecuador was captured by the New York City Police Department and charged with rape, criminal sex act & endangering the welfare of a child. He was . . .
Jim Kouri
December 28, 2007
More than 20 Southern California gang members awaiting release from area jails and state prisons are facing new criminal charges today as a part of "Operation . . .
Jim Kouri
December 27, 2007
Four Venezuelans and an Uruguayan national were charged on December 20 by a federal grand jury on charges of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 26, 2007
Santa Claus may have checked his list to see who was naughty or nice before delivering Christmas presents, but for North Carolina's politicos it's not up to . . .
Jim Kouri
December 22, 2007
(This article is based on a US government report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The US Customs and Border Protection is . . .
Jim Kouri
December 21, 2007
A Crespatown, Maryland man was sentenced on Friday to 50 years in prison for two counts of sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography.
William . . .
Jim Kouri
December 19, 2007
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and malfeasance, announced that it filed a lawsuit on behalf of . . .
Jim Kouri
December 18, 2007
The March Forth With Hope Foundation provides financial assistance to families battling cancer or other life-threatening diseases. The Foundation was . . .
Jim Kouri
December 17, 2007
(This article is based on a government study obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The abuse of anabolic steroids by teenagers — that is . . .
Jim Kouri
December 13, 2007
WASHINGTON — As a result of a 22-month investigation, three Colombian nationals have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to provide material support to the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 12, 2007
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, federal agencies have faced the challenge of protecting sensitive information from terrorists and others without . . .
Jim Kouri
December 10, 2007
The United States Department of Energy maintains emergency response capabilities and assets to quickly respond to potential nuclear and radiological threats in . . .
Jim Kouri
December 8, 2007
he United States Army considers the current transformation its most extensive restructuring since World War II. The Army has estimated that restructuring units . . .
Jim Kouri
December 7, 2007
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the New York City Department of Probation announced the arrests of 22 child predators and criminal alien sex . . .
Jim Kouri
December 4, 2007
Lawmakers in Washington need to be alarmed and alert as they consider the nominee to be the next attorney general. From an objective external perspective the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 3, 2007
The Government Accountability Office's Forensic Audits and Special Investigations team, which was created in 2005 as an interdisciplinary team consisting of . . .
Jim Kouri
November 30, 2007
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress has provided about $542.9 billion, as of May 2007, to the US Department of Defense for the Global War . . .
Jim Kouri
November 29, 2007
An Ohio man has been sentenced to serve ten years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, according to an announcement on Tuesday by . . .
Jim Kouri
November 28, 2007
"I shudder to think how millions of California children will be led astray, how marriage will be destroyed, and how immorality will step on the neck of morality . . .
Jim Kouri
November 25, 2007
In the United States, Tuberculosis infection and disease occur most often among people born in areas of the world where TB is common, such as Asia, Africa, and . . .
Jim Kouri
November 24, 2007
In 1990, National Association of Chiefs of Police treasurer, Debbi Chitwood, suggested that a program be put into place where age-appropriate new gifts be . . .
Jim Kouri
November 23, 2007
In several speeches he gave across the country, former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton revealed that President George W. Bush and his . . .
Jim Kouri
November 20, 2007
The latest news not being covered by the mainstream news media is President George W. Bush's reassignment of some 1,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE . . .
Jim Kouri
November 19, 2007
The United States Senate is preparing to vote for a bill that will authorize the feds to turn over hundreds of millions of dollars to radical feminists. It's . . .
Jim Kouri
November 18, 2007
In a biting letter, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) blasted President George W. Bush and his administration for treating terrorists better than they treat . . .
Jim Kouri
November 15, 2007
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced that it filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New York . . .
Jim Kouri
November 13, 2007
The man who allegedly oversaw drug-dealing and other activities of the largest "clique" of the 18th Street Gang was among 12 people arrested on charges that . . .
Jim Kouri
November 12, 2007
In November 2005, the Department of Homeland Security established the Secure Border Initiative (SBI), a multiyear, multibillion dollar program to secure U.S. . . .
Jim Kouri
November 9, 2007
James Guillen, also known as Toro, age 21, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty last week — after a jury was selected — to conspiracy to conduct and . . .
Jim Kouri
November 7, 2007
Since 2003, the Congress has obligated nearly $400 billion for US efforts in Iraq, of which about $40 billion has supported reconstruction and stabilization . . .
Jim Kouri
November 5, 2007
A man alleged to be the second-highest ranking member of the Mexican Mafia's criminal enterprise in the Coachella Valley was arrested by law enforcement . . .
Jim Kouri
November 3, 2007
Agron Abdullahu pleaded guilty on Halloween to conspiring to provide firearms and ammunition to illegal aliens who allegedly plotted to kill U.S. soldiers at . . .
Jim Kouri
November 1, 2007
After a trial lasting about two weeks, a jury in federal district court returned guilty verdicts against Freddie Sandoval, 23, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Angel . . .
Jim Kouri
October 30, 2007
(The following article is based on a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Within the Department of Homeland Security, the . . .
Jim Kouri
October 28, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) maintains a consolidated watch list of known or appropriately suspected terrorists and . . .
Jim Kouri
October 26, 2007
A Chinese national who lives in Connecticut has been indicted by a San Diego federal grand jury for conspiring to purchase and export military-grade . . .
Jim Kouri
October 23, 2007
This article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Two South American men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to . . .
Jim Kouri
October 22, 2007
(The following is based on a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Officers with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) . . .
Jim Kouri
October 20, 2007
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives today presented a proposed statewide partnership plan to the sheriffs in attendance at the North . . .
Jim Kouri
October 18, 2007
Baz Mohammad, 51, an Afghan heroin kingpin who is the first defendant ever extradited to the US from Afghanistan, was sentenced this week to 16 years . . .
Jim Kouri
October 16, 2007
In January 2007, President George W. Bush stated that the high levels of violence in Iraq had overwhelmed the political gains that the Iraqis had made and . . .
Jim Kouri
October 15, 2007
The possibility that terrorists and criminals might exploit border vulnerabilities and enter the United States poses a serious security risk, especially if they . . .
Jim Kouri
October 12, 2007
BOSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partnered with Boston-area law enforcement officers to arrest fifty nine foreign nationals who now face . . .
Jim Kouri
October 10, 2007
When Pastor Eric Bahme and his wife left his church and home in Seattle, where he served as pastor for close to 15 years, and settled in the Portland, Oregon, . . .
Jim Kouri
October 9, 2007
More than 1,300 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation following . . .
Jim Kouri
October 6, 2007
Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational ministry committed to helping take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations. The organization cooperates . . .
Jim Kouri
October 3, 2007
The Crips street gang in Wichita is the target of the first federal racketeering case ever filed in Kansas, US Attorney Eric Melgren and Wichita Police Chief . . .
Jim Kouri
October 2, 2007
(The following article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police Public Information Office.)
In general, a fusion center . . .
Jim Kouri
September 28, 2007
Diversity visas provide an immigration opportunity to aliens from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Diversity visa applicants must . . .
Jim Kouri
September 26, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) is responsible for addressing the threat of nuclear smuggling. Radiation . . .
Jim Kouri
September 25, 2007
(The National Association of Chiefs of Police released this report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday, September 24, 2007. It is based on the . . .
Jim Kouri
September 24, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security's recent 4-year anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress DHS has made.
The creation of DHS was one . . .
Jim Kouri
September 22, 2007
The overall goal of the U.S. National Drug Control Strategy, which is prepared by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), is to reduce . . .
Jim Kouri
September 20, 2007
(This article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
While the battle over providing illegal aliens with driver's . . .
Jim Kouri
September 18, 2007
A growing number of Americans believe that the US government school system has declared war on white, male students. In fact, many believe that young boys are . . .
Jim Kouri
September 16, 2007
United States immigration and State Department officials fear that their newly developed, high-tech visas are being sold on the Mexican black market. The US . . .
Jim Kouri
September 13, 2007
The National Association of Former Border Patrol Agents recently released their position paper on all aspects of the illegal immigration issue. Over 250 former . . .
Jim Kouri
September 11, 2007
"The crime of identity theft undermines the basic trust on which our economy depends. When a person takes out an insurance policy, or makes an online purchase, . . .
Jim Kouri
September 9, 2007
The government of Iraq has failed to meet 15 of 18 benchmarks contained in the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability . . .
Jim Kouri
September 6, 2007
Six members of a Guatemalan family and three associates have been indicted for their roles in a sex trafficking ring that recruited young women in Guatemala . . .
Jim Kouri
September 4, 2007
Jose Ramon Hinojosa Santos, the head of an international drug ring that shipped heroin and cocaine to the United States, Western Europe, and Canada, was . . .
Jim Kouri
September 1, 2007
Two University of South Florida (USF) students have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, for transporting explosives materials without . . .
Jim Kouri
August 28, 2007
Three US national strategies, developed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, directed US law enforcement agencies to focus on the prevention of terrorist attacks. . . .
Jim Kouri
August 25, 2007
Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty recently endorsed fellow Law & Order star Fred Thompson for President of the United States.
During a . . .
Jim Kouri
August 23, 2007
Efforts to combat terrorism have become an increasingly important part of government activities. These efforts have also become important in the United States' . . .
Jim Kouri
August 19, 2007
During his brief time on this earth, President Ronald Reagan uttered dozens of memorable quotes. Arguably one of the most important Reagan quotations is, "Thou . . .
Jim Kouri
August 18, 2007
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Fort Worth, Texas Safe City Commission Crime Stoppers jointly announced the arrest of a 41-year-old . . .
Jim Kouri
August 15, 2007
On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed into law H.R. 3162, the USA PATRIOT Act. The US Secret Service was mandated by this Act to establish a nationwide . . .
Jim Kouri
August 12, 2007
WASHINGTON — A fugitive US-designated terrorist, who is the subject of a $5 million US reward and is believed to be at large in the Philippines, has been . . .
Jim Kouri
August 10, 2007
The United States Army considers the current transformation its most extensive restructuring since World War II. The Army has estimated that restructuring units . . .
Jim Kouri
August 7, 2007
In October 2003, an envelope marked "Caution: Ricin Poison" was discovered at an airmail facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Ricin is a poison that, in . . .
Jim Kouri
August 5, 2007
Human trafficking is a transnational crime whose victims include men, women, and children and may involve violations of labor, immigration, antislavery, and . . .
Jim Kouri
August 2, 2007
Travel documents are often used fraudulently in attempts to enter the United States. The integrity of US passports and visas depends on the combination of well . . .
Jim Kouri
July 31, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC — A third individual was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering arising from a scheme involving bribery, conspiracy and . . .
Jim Kouri
July 28, 2007
Alvin Woody, a Mooresville, North Carolina pharmacist, and four additional defendants from Vermont, Wisconsin, New York, and California have been indicted on . . .
Jim Kouri
July 26, 2007
Since 2001, Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military . . .
Jim Kouri
July 24, 2007
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Friday that the governments of Mexico and the United States are resuming the Interior Repatriation . . .
Jim Kouri
July 19, 2007
Since its inception in 2003, the US Department of Homeland Security has faced significant challenges related to recruiting, retaining, and managing its . . .
Jim Kouri
July 16, 2007
(This article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Assistant Attorney . . .
Jim Kouri
July 13, 2007
The total number of aliens detained each year by the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased from about 95,000 in fiscal . . .
Jim Kouri
July 11, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Las Vegas police officers recently arrested You Zhi Li, Yang Shen, and Jun Hu, on charges of Involuntary Servitude.
. . .
Jim Kouri
July 8, 2007
Oil rivals cocaine as one of Colombia's principal exports. The Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline transports almost 20 percent of Colombia's oil production. The . . .
Jim Kouri
July 5, 2007
A new conservative voice has emerged from the Keystone State. Republican Ronald Francis recently threw his hat in the ring for a seat in the US Congress . . .
Jim Kouri
July 3, 2007
Twenty-two known Nuestra Familia/Nuestra Raza/Northern Structure/Norteno gang members and associates have been nabbed as a result of a nearly two year . . .
Jim Kouri
June 30, 2007
Bonnell Hughes, 57, of Crossville, Alabama, entered a guilty plea to eight counts of a federal indictment. Hughes was one of six men indicted in May 2007 in . . .
Jim Kouri
June 26, 2007
Since 2005, the United Nations has been attempting to reform its management processes, in part to help ensure that resources are used effectively and . . .
Jim Kouri
June 23, 2007
More than 5.5 billion pounds of explosives are used each year in the United States by private sector companies and government entities. The Bureau of Alcohol, . . .
Jim Kouri
June 21, 2007
The mean-mouthed, lesbian bully who made the ABC daytime gabfest The View her own talking-points memo is now pressuring CBS Television to give her a shot at . . .
Jim Kouri
June 20, 2007
While posing as a diehard conservative, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) was fingered by well-known watchdog group Judicial Watch for a $550,000 allocation hidden in a . . .
Jim Kouri
June 17, 2007
With each passing day, more and more conservatives are leaving the Republican Party and seeking new political alliances. They are no longer being snookered by . . .
Jim Kouri
June 16, 2007
The owner of the Los Angeles-based Numero Uno supermarket chain, his brother and two associates alleged to be part of a racketeering conspiracy have been taken . . .
Jim Kouri
June 14, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office was established with the appointment of the first Chief Privacy Officer in April 2003, as required by the . . .
Jim Kouri
June 12, 2007
For many years, the Government Accounting Office has reported that weaknesses in information security are a widespread problem with potentially devastating . . .
Jim Kouri
June 10, 2007
The evacuation of nearly 15,000 American citizens from Lebanon during July and August 2006 was one of the largest overseas evacuations of American citizens in . . .
Jim Kouri
June 7, 2007
A federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, has charged leaders of the violent street gang known as MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, with federal racketeering . . .
Jim Kouri
June 5, 2007
United States Congressman William J. Jefferson, Democrat from Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges including bribery and racketeering for . . .
Jim Kouri
June 2, 2007
Syed Hashmi, a/k/a "Fahad," arrived in New York late Monday evening after being extradited from the United Kingdom on federal charges of providing material . . .
Jim Kouri
May 31, 2007
Two defendants — one soldier and one capo of New York's Genovese Organized Crime Family — pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court, before United States . . .
Jim Kouri
May 27, 2007
Since 2001, the United States has appropriated over $15 billion to help secure, stabilize, and reconstruct Afghanistan. In February 2007, the administration . . .
Jim Kouri
May 25, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigation relies on a critical network to electronically communicate, capture, exchange, and access law enforcement and investigative . . .
Jim Kouri
May 23, 2007
Since 2001, the US Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military . . .
Jim Kouri
May 20, 2007
Fernando Gutierrez-Cancino, a key participant in the Cali Cartel's efforts to launder its vast cocaine proceeds, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 40 months . . .
Jim Kouri
May 18, 2007
It's old news that Presidente Vicente Fox exported Mexico's poorest citizens into the United States for a number of reasons: It relieved him of the . . .
Jim Kouri
May 16, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for coordinating the federal government's homeland security communications with all levels of . . .
Jim Kouri
May 14, 2007
The Transportation Security Administration's most visible layer of commercial aviation security is the screening of airline passengers at airport checkpoints, . . .
Jim Kouri
May 11, 2007
An Iranian-born United States citizen was sentenced here yesterday in US District Court to two years in prison and six months of home confinement for illegally . . .
Jim Kouri
May 9, 2007
A 17-month FBI undercover investigation has led to charges against six men who allegedly tried to amass a small arsenal for a planned attack on soldiers at the . . .
Jim Kouri
May 8, 2007
Five radical Islamists — three of them brothers — have been arrested and charged with plotting to kill as many soldiers as possible in an armed assault at the . . .
Jim Kouri
May 7, 2007
Five years after 9/11, the international community's conflict with transnational terrorists continues. Cooperative international efforts have produced genuine . . .
Jim Kouri
May 5, 2007
A federal jury convicted Jose Hipolito Cruz Diaz, a.k.a "Pirana," 28, of Lanham, Md.; Omar Vasquez, a.k.a "Duke," 28; and Henry Zelaya, 20, of conspiracy to . . .
Jim Kouri
May 2, 2007
Since combat operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. forces have been subjected to frequent and deadly attacks from insurgents using various weapons such . . .
Jim Kouri
May 1, 2007
While hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens take to the streets of major US cities to protest their treatment by the US government, Immigration and Customs . . .
Jim Kouri
April 29, 2007
Federal agencies are facing emerging cybersecurity threats that are the result of increasingly sophisticated methods of attack and the blending of once distinct . . .
Jim Kouri
April 27, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement from 10 other countries conducted over 90 searches worldwide as part of "Operation Site Down," designed . . .
Jim Kouri
April 25, 2007
(The following is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Homeland Security.)
As the agency with . . .
Jim Kouri
April 23, 2007
A United States citizen, who trained to fight jihad along with elements of Al Qaeda to establish an Islamic state in Somalia, has been convicted of receiving . . .
Jim Kouri
April 21, 2007
When two American missionaries were kidnapped last July in Haiti, FBI negotiators were called in to secure their release. The missionaries, both North Carolina . . .
Jim Kouri
April 19, 2007
Abdelrahman Farhane, a/k/a "Abderr Farhan," was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 13 years in prison on Monday. On November 9, 2006, Farhane pleaded . . .
Jim Kouri
April 16, 2007
There are numerous news stories regarding criminal acts by illegal aliens. In just the last few weeks, for example, Mexican illegals attacked US National Guard . . .
Jim Kouri
April 13, 2007
An Ohio man has been indicted and arrested for conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, conspiring to use a weapon of mass . . .
Jim Kouri
April 11, 2007
Internal security is vital to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's efforts to protect the United States. As the agency responsible for counterintelligence, . . .
Jim Kouri
April 9, 2007
Haniffa Bin Osman 55, a citizen of the Republic of Singapore, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign . . .
Jim Kouri
April 6, 2007
The counterintelligence function involves protecting the country, as well as intelligence agencies, from the activities of foreign intelligence services. The . . .
Jim Kouri
April 4, 2007
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
April 2, 2007
A U.S. Army soldier was found guilty on Tuesday of alien smuggling charges, following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) . . .
Jim Kouri
March 31, 2007
The National Strategy for Victory in Iraq articulates the desired end-state for US operations in Iraq: a peaceful, united, stable, and secure Iraq, well . . .
Jim Kouri
March 29, 2007
Globally, alien smuggling generates billions of dollars in illicit revenues annually and poses a threat to the nation's security. Creation of the Department of . . .
Jim Kouri
March 28, 2007
The government's interest in using technology to detect terrorism and other threats has led to increased use of data mining. A technique for extracting useful . . .
Jim Kouri
March 26, 2007
James Steven Griles, the former deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior, has pleaded guilty to obstructing the U.S. Senate's investigation into the . . .
Jim Kouri
March 24, 2007
A federal grand jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has returned a two-count indictment charging Hassan Abujihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, age 31, of . . .
Jim Kouri
March 23, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security established the US Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program to collect, maintain, and share data . . .
Jim Kouri
March 21, 2007
[The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.]
The foreign intelligence threat within . . .
Jim Kouri
March 19, 2007
A San Fernando Valley man known for his appearances on Farsi-language media outlets was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in federal prison for orchestrating an . . .
Jim Kouri
March 17, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for addressing the threat of nuclear smuggling. Radiation detection portal monitors are key elements in our . . .
Jim Kouri
March 11, 2007
The legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager once wrote of Rep. Duncan Hunter:
"Congressman [Hunter] is the best candidate for President of the United States of . . .
Jim Kouri
March 2, 2007
Mala Salvatrucha, or MS-13, member Walter Noel Barahona, also known as "Lil Loco," 23, a Maryland resident, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to . . .
Jim Kouri
January 23, 2007
Immigration fraud is yet another method used by criminals and terrorists to gain entry into the United States illegally to carry out their agendas.
The . . .
Jim Kouri
January 22, 2007
While most of the focus of federal law enforcement today is on counterterrorism, federal police agencies must still contend with more traditional anti-crime . . .
Jim Kouri
January 21, 2007
Castle Rock, Colorado — While the news media are in celebratory mode over New York's Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announcing her intention to seek the . . .
Jim Kouri
January 20, 2007
Well, it's official: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced she will run for president in 2008. The hyperventilating denizens of our nation's newsrooms are . . .
Jim Kouri
January 19, 2007
Former Vice President Al Gore scours the countryside looking for support for a possible presidential run and attempts to emulate bible-thumping preachers while . . .
Jim Kouri
January 18, 2007
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
January 17, 2007
A convicted felon who attempted to establish an Al Qaeda terrorist training facility in Oregon will be deported in the coming days.
Semi Osman, 35, a native . . .
Jim Kouri
January 16, 2007
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the subsequent the global war on terrorism have triggered the largest activation of National Guard forces since . . .
Jim Kouri
January 15, 2007
Following public outcry over illegal alien drivers committing vehicular homicides, sixty illegal alien criminals, mostly DUI ex-convicts, were arrested in North . . .
Jim Kouri
January 14, 2007
Convicted terrorist Shahawar Matin Siraj was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for his role in conspiring to plant explosive devices at the 34th Street . . .
Jim Kouri
January 13, 2007
An illegal alien cop-killer, who escaped capture by returning to Mexico and evading capture for almost four years, is now in US law enforcement custody. This . . .
Jim Kouri
January 12, 2007
Law enforcement officers from communities unaffected by gangs until the 1980s or early 1990s often find themselves scrambling to obtain training relevant to . . .
Jim Kouri
January 11, 2007
A well-known actor and filmmaker is speaking out on abortion, illegal immigration, radical Islam, and the New World Order. He says Progressives are destroying . . .
Jim Kouri
January 10, 2007
As the United States reviews its plans to secure, stabilize, and rebuild Iraq, the Government Accountability Office submitted several reports for Congressional . . .
Jim Kouri
January 8, 2007
While the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, may not send out press releases celebrating the capture, imprisonment and deportation of an imam, . . .
Jim Kouri
January 7, 2007
How many times have we heard mayors and governors, when faced with complaints regarding illegal aliens, claim that their police officers aren't authorized or . . .
Jim Kouri
January 6, 2007
"Ambassador Negroponte's position is one of the newest in the government, and one of the most demanding. Our nation is at war, and John [Negroponte] is making . . .
Jim Kouri
January 5, 2007
In a story that should have rang alarm bells in very newsroom across the nation, armed Mexicans entered the United States and attacked unarmed National Guard . . .
Jim Kouri
January 4, 2007
Now that the Democrats are in control of both houses of congress, Americans can look forward to their leadership putting their own interests ahead of the safety . . .
Jim Kouri
January 3, 2007
Terrorism is the most significant threat to our national security. In the international terrorism arena, over the next five years, it's believed that the number . . .
Jim Kouri
January 2, 2007
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security had announced that arrests during the first two years of Operation Predator, an initiative aimed at foreign . . .
Jim Kouri
January 1, 2007
On New Year's Day, Newsweek columnist and Democrat Party water-carrier (am I being redundent?) Eleanor Clift appearing on the Fox News Channel gave her opinion . . .
Jim Kouri
December 31, 2006
The domestic violence rate has declined since 1993, according to a report by the US Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
In 1993, nonfatal . . .
Jim Kouri
December 30, 2006
Accused child rapist Kenneth John Freeman, 44, has been added to the United States Marshals Service's list of 15 Most Wanted Fugitives.
Freeman is wanted on . . .
Jim Kouri
December 29, 2006
At one point, the Duke University rape case received more media attention than the war on Iraq, the Iran nuclear threat and even the baseball steroid scandal. . . .
Jim Kouri
December 28, 2006
Chalk up another victory for the terrorists' Fifth Column — the Council on American-Islamic Relations. After much prodding and capitalizing on phony incidents . . .
Jim Kouri
December 26, 2006
The latest scuttlebutt on Capitol Hill is that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and his friend Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) are planning to introduce a new . . .
Jim Kouri
December 25, 2006
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union embarked on the most massive military buildups in history. Part of President Reagan's strategy for . . .
Jim Kouri
December 23, 2006
A top Mexican Mafia member, who controlled Hispanic street gangs that operated across Orange County, CA, was sentenced on December 18 to 14 years in federal . . .
Jim Kouri
December 22, 2006
A Chinese national was charged last week with stealing military trade secrets and using them in demonstration and sales proposals to the Peoples Republic of . . .
Jim Kouri
December 21, 2006
In an effort by the US authorities to show the nation that hiring illegal aliens is serious business, two corporate executives at a California fence building . . .
Jim Kouri
December 19, 2006
In 2003, a violent conflict in Darfur, Sudan, broke out between rebel groups and government troops and government-supported Arab militias. While few would . . .
Jim Kouri
December 17, 2006
In one of the largest Internet fraud cases in US history, federal fraud charges were filed on Thursday against 21 defendants who allegedly participated in an . . .
Jim Kouri
December 16, 2006
A Gold Star Mother is urging American troops to snub Sen. John Kerry during his visit to Iraq. "I'm asking our men and women in Iraq to not allow themselves to . . .
Jim Kouri
December 15, 2006
Law enforcement and intelligence experts are scratching their heads in disbelief upon discovering that the next House Intelligence Committee Chairman doesn't . . .
Jim Kouri
December 14, 2006
On Tuesday morning, federal agents executed search warrants at six facilities owned by Swift & Company. The operation was part of a worksite enforcement . . .
Jim Kouri
December 13, 2006
The Islamic terrorists' Fifth Column in the US — no, not the news media, the other Fifth Column — the Council on American-Islamic Relations is once again at the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 12, 2006
As part of Kofi Annan's farewell tour of the United States, the outgoing United Nations Secretary General decided to take a few more slaps at the US and the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 11, 2006
While awaiting a federal indictment in an extensive bribery case, Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson easily beat his political opponent in a contentious runoff . . .
Jim Kouri
December 10, 2006
Federal law enforcement officers arrested 35 fugitive aliens and other immigration violators in a weeklong operation in Massachusetts. The enforcement action is . . .
Jim Kouri
December 9, 2006
The latest paramour of the denizens of the mainstream media is obviously Senator Barack Hussein Obama, Illinois Democrat. With their superficial sensibilities, . . .
Jim Kouri
December 8, 2006
While Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) isn't scheduled to take over as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee until January 2007, he already sounds as if he's . . .
Jim Kouri
December 7, 2006
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed homes and displaced millions of individuals. While the Federal Emergency Management Agency continues to respond to this . . .
Jim Kouri
December 5, 2006
(This article is based on an FBI Strategic Plan submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 4, 2006
"The government should not be allowed to force a small business, homeowner, or any other private property owner from his or her land. While the decision has . . .
Jim Kouri
December 3, 2006
The good news recently is that Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) will not head the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. To many, Republicans and Democrats . . .
Jim Kouri
December 1, 2006
The thought of putting smiles on the faces of over 1,000 young children who've lost a father or mother in the line of duty has become a reality thanks to many . . .
Jim Kouri
November 30, 2006
The GAO discovered that of the naturalization applications adjudicated in 2005, about 30,000 — or about 4 percent of them — may have been adjudicated without . . .
Jim Kouri
November 29, 2006
A four-count federal indictment was delivered by a grand jury against a US citizen and a Pakistani national illegally in the country on an expired student visa . . .
Jim Kouri
November 28, 2006
The possibility that an adversary may use chemical or biological weapons against US forces makes it important for weapons systems to be able to survive such . . .
Jim Kouri
November 27, 2006
Customs and Border Protection Bureau officials conceded that Border Patrol agents crossed into Mexico while pursuing drug smugglers, but they also said the . . .
Jim Kouri
November 26, 2006
A successful terrorist attack on a Department of Energy site containing nuclear weapons material could have devastating effects for the site and nearby . . .
Jim Kouri
November 25, 2006
Terrorist groups need significant amounts of money to organize, recruit, train, and equip adherents and recruits. The disruption of terrorist financing by the . . .
Jim Kouri
November 24, 2006
In spite of recent news stories sensationalizing police use of stun guns, domestic and international threats have generated a growing interest in the use of . . .
Jim Kouri
November 22, 2006
When a disgruntled high school sophomore went on a shooting spree on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota in early 2005, the FBI called up its . . .
Jim Kouri
November 21, 2006
Some Democrat Party lawmakers claim the volunteer military may become dangerously stretched thin by events occuring in Iran, North Korea and Syria. They believe . . .
Jim Kouri
November 20, 2006
It's a done deal," said the smiling Arizona Senator, John McCain, after he met with the President George W. Bush and got what he wanted: a ban on interrogation . . .
Jim Kouri
November 19, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service through its control centers (MegaCenters) helps provide for the security and protection of . . .
Jim Kouri
November 18, 2006
The man known as "America's Mayor," Rudolph Giuliani, is putting together a group of donors who will raise money for his campaign should he decide to run for . . .
Jim Kouri
November 17, 2006
The heads of two major intelligence agencies — the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency — were called to testify before the US Senate's . . .
Jim Kouri
November 15, 2006
Four aliens were sentenced in connection with a hostage taking and alien smuggling operation. The suspects were arrest on June 26 in Austin, Texas.
Fernando . . .
Jim Kouri
November 14, 2006
One of the obvious shortcomings of the blue-ribbon panel, Iraq Study Group, is the reliance on politicians and the absence of military command officers who've . . .
Jim Kouri
November 13, 2006
Terrorist attacks on chemical facilities could severely damage the US economy and public health. About 15,000 facilities produce, use, or store large amounts of . . .
Jim Kouri
November 12, 2006
The scuttlebutt circulating in Washington, DC is that Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings may become the next chairman of the House of Representative's Intelligence . . .
Jim Kouri
November 11, 2006
The new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) plans to block committee appointments that elevate Democrat moderates and . . .
Jim Kouri
November 10, 2006
Recently, Toronto Sun columnist Rachel Marsden wrote about the expected Democrat takeover of both houses of the US Congress. She compared voting out the . . .
Jim Kouri
November 8, 2006
On Wednesday morning Americans awoke to the news that Rep. Nancy Pelosi was elevated to the powerful position of Speaker of the House of Representatives by the . . .
Jim Kouri
November 7, 2006
A group of British scientists from the Newcastle University and Kings College in London, England have asked the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority for . . .
Jim Kouri
November 6, 2006
An abortion doctor says he is seeking a full investigation of Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly following statements in which the . . .
Jim Kouri
November 5, 2006
As the November elections approach, the overwhelming majority of Americans are totally unaware that their homeland as they know it is being dramatically changed . . .
Jim Kouri
November 4, 2006
Federal and local law enforcement officers fanned out across southern Arizona and several other states searching for more than 50 people allegedly linked to a . . .
Jim Kouri
November 3, 2006
In an effort to hurt Republicans on November 7, the New York Times published a story accusing the Bush Administration of posting Iraqi documents that suggest . . .
Jim Kouri
November 1, 2006
The American Legion, the largest military veterans group in the US, has called on Sen. John Kerry to apologize for suggesting that American troops in Iraq are . . .
Jim Kouri
October 30, 2006
In 2005, taxes owed with collection potential had grown to $132 billion. That number may climb in 2006, with perhaps $150 billion owed by taxpayers in default.
. . .
Jim Kouri
October 29, 2006
The United States' intelligence community is undergoing the most extensive — perhaps even radical — transformations since the Office of Strategic Services gave . . .
Jim Kouri
October 28, 2006
Battered child syndrome is a tragic and disturbing phenomenon. Unfortunately, it is a crime that is often successfully hidden by its perpetrators. Law . . .
Jim Kouri
October 26, 2006
Two Egyptian nationals who enslaved a 10-year-old girl and forced her to work as a domestic "slave" at their Orange County residence will serve some time in . . .
Jim Kouri
October 24, 2006
Nineteen suspected Chinese drug gang members were arrested in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland and one defendant was arrested in Canada. To date, law . . .
Jim Kouri
October 22, 2006
With President George W. Bush signing legislation that will require American seaports to use radiological detection as part of protecting the US from a nuclear . . .
Jim Kouri
October 21, 2006
From 1998 until 2006, W.G. Van Dorian worked as an attorney in Criminal Law and Immigration Law in The Netherlands and Aruba. As such, Van Dorian came into . . .
Jim Kouri
October 20, 2006
More than 125 individuals have been arrested nationwide, including 17 in New Jersey, on charges for subscribing to websites depicting hardcore child pornography . . .
Jim Kouri
October 19, 2006
Every year, food stamp recipients exchange hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits for cash instead of food with retailers across the country, a practice . . .
Jim Kouri
October 17, 2006
(The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The almost legendary MI5 British . . .
Jim Kouri
October 16, 2006
The growth of technology has changed our lives dramatically. Computers were viewed as a luxury or even an extravagance 30 years ago. We relied on television, . . .
Jim Kouri
October 15, 2006
On Friday, 56 suspects were indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering charges within Puerto Rico, Colombia, St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles, the US . . .
Jim Kouri
October 14, 2006
The Democrats are on fire this election season. They smell victory — or perhaps that smell is Senator Harry Reid's land deals. Or could it be the smell of voter . . .
Jim Kouri
October 13, 2006
"America's strength is rooted in America's independence and we must always be wary of attempts to compromise our sovereignty. Nathan Tabor's new book accurately . . .
Jim Kouri
October 12, 2006
Adam Yehiye Gadahn, who appears frequently in Al-Qaeda propaganda videotapes, became the first person charged with treason in the War on Terrorism on Wednesday. . . .
Jim Kouri
October 11, 2006
In the aftermath of the senseless murder of young children attending an Amish school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, school safety is once again being discussed . . .
Jim Kouri
October 10, 2006
Lately, there appears to be more and more stories of names being erroneously placed on the federal government's Terrorism Watch List. Last Sunday, CBS TV's 60 . . .
Jim Kouri
October 9, 2006
The United States has worked for decades to achieve a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through initiatives such as the 1993 Oslo Accords and the . . .
Jim Kouri
October 8, 2006
A United States citizen was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Mujahedin-e . . .
Jim Kouri
October 7, 2006
While the insanity over the Mark Foley scandal continues within the Beltway and the news media are egging on the Democrats to demand that Speaker of the House . . .
Jim Kouri
October 5, 2006
The latest news coming to us from south of the border is that the Mexican government is threatening to go to the United Nations with their complaints about the . . .
Jim Kouri
October 4, 2006
A top lieutenant to a Mexican Mafia member who controlled Hispanic street gangs across Orange County pleaded guilty today to federal charges, admitting that he . . .
Jim Kouri
October 3, 2006
A fugitive who's accused of being a drug trafficking and money laundering kingpin from Colombia's Norte Valle Cartel has been extradited to the United States . . .
Jim Kouri
October 2, 2006
While the Democrats are creating political hay out of the sex scandal involving Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL), the Democrats were not as outraged when a member of . . .
Jim Kouri
October 1, 2006
West Virginia GOP senatorial candidate John Raese slapped back at Senator Robert Byrd's reference to Raese's deceased father in a West Virginia public . . .
Jim Kouri
September 30, 2006
GOP presidential hopeful John Cox blasted the Iranian and Venezuelan leaders for their statements and behavior during their recent appearances and speeches at . . .
Jim Kouri
September 29, 2006
Sometimes I envy liberal Democrats. Unlike conservatives, they are permitted to have it both ways. Who permits them to have such a political advantage? Those . . .
Jim Kouri
September 28, 2006
A once valuable part of the conservative movement appears to be on it's last legs, with state chapters cutting ties and $2 million of debt.
On Monday, . . .
Jim Kouri
September 27, 2006
"I'm not a politician; I'm a CEO who ran for public office five years ago. In the world I live in, we deal with straight talk and clear vision," says State . . .
Jim Kouri
September 26, 2006
Former President Bill Clinton has stated on several occasions that he did not take advantage of opportunities to capture Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and . . .
Jim Kouri
September 25, 2006
When the mainstream news media and their bosom buddies in the Democrat Party throw accusations around about the conservative-right information machine, most . . .
Jim Kouri
September 24, 2006
Americans who watched B.J. Clinton's performance Sunday morning on Fox News, got a heaping tablespoon of Clinton's meltdown for their breakfast. It was quite . . .
Jim Kouri
September 23, 2006
The National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan represents law enforcement's commitment to take it upon itself to ensure that the dots are connected, be it in . . .
Jim Kouri
September 22, 2006
Hurricane Katrina was the largest, most destructive natural disaster in our nation's history. The problems experienced in responding to Katrina resulted in a . . .
Jim Kouri
September 21, 2006
Violent crime increased in the United States, while property crime decreased, according to the final 2005 Uniform Crime Report issued annually by the Federal . . .
Jim Kouri
September 20, 2006
"I'm seeking the presidency because we need a true outsider to address the difficult problems we face," announced GOP presidential hopeful John Cox last March.
. . .
Jim Kouri
September 19, 2006
In an ABC News story by its Rome correspondent Martin Seemungal, Pope Benedict XVI was compared to an attack dog — the Rottweiler — during Seemungal's . . .
Jim Kouri
September 18, 2006
A just-released report claims that Florida's death-penalty system is full of problems with fairness, accuracy and racial disparity in sentencing.
The report . . .
Jim Kouri
September 17, 2006
Early Sunday morning in the West Bank, two more churches were firebombed by members of the "Religion of Peace" as anger over the Pope's comments grew throughout . . .
Jim Kouri
September 16, 2006
The latest international outrage expressed by practitioners of the "religion of peace" is over comments made by Pope Benedict XVI. It seems a week doesn't go by . . .
Jim Kouri
September 15, 2006
The US Justice Department has charged more than 400 government and charity workers for illegally benefiting from Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing flooding, . . .
Jim Kouri
September 14, 2006
Two leaders of a nationwide employee-leasing conspiracy, that leased out hundreds of illegal aliens throughout the United States, pleaded guilty before US . . .
Jim Kouri
September 13, 2006
On the day after the fifth anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks, the US Embassy in Damascus, Syria was attacked by a four-man team that used two vehicle-borne . . .
Jim Kouri
September 12, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement dierctorate authorized 16 additional Alabama state troopers to enforce federal . . .
Jim Kouri
September 11, 2006
As the nation remembers the shock and horror of the 9-11 terrorist attacks five years ago, one sore point that continues to fester is the lack of training for . . .
Jim Kouri
September 10, 2006
Two senior Guatemalan anti-narcotics law enforcement officers pleaded guilty on Friday in the US District Court in Washington, DC to a charge of conspiracy to . . .
Jim Kouri
September 9, 2006
Three Islamic men were indicted on Friday by a federal grand jury in Fresno, California, for illegally exporting sensitive military equipment — including body . . .
Jim Kouri
September 8, 2006
Former President William Jefferson Clinton and his minions are strong-arming the folks at ABC Television in order to stop a docudrama being aired during the . . .
Jim Kouri
September 7, 2006
Federal agents and prosecutors filed a criminal complaint against Professor Lawrence Scott Ward at his office at the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday . . .
Jim Kouri
September 6, 2006
The Visa Waiver Program enables citizens of 27 countries to travel to the United States for tourism or business for 90 days or less without obtaining a visa. In . . .
Jim Kouri
September 5, 2006
Use of technologically advanced unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, by Hezbollah during its 34-day conflict with Israel, is causing both American and Israeli . . .
Jim Kouri
September 4, 2006
On Sunday, I read this AP headline "Washington's Foreign Policies Fuel Terrorism, Says Visiting Mohammad Khatami." I thought to myself: either this guy is a . . .
Jim Kouri
September 3, 2006
To lawfully work in the United States, individuals must provide identification and evidence of work authorization to their employers. Individuals who are not US . . .
Jim Kouri
September 2, 2006
The continuous demonizing and vilifying of Wal-Mart Stores by Democrat Party officials is not working to turn Americans against the enormously successful US . . .
Jim Kouri
September 1, 2006
Since the Global War on Terrorism, the Pentagon has taken steps to expand the role of the United States Special Operations Command and its forces. In response, . . .
Jim Kouri
August 31, 2006
Federal agents on Wednesday arrested 15 illegal aliens who were working in Roswell, New Mexico, for a local company that is under contract to paint US military . . .
Jim Kouri
August 30, 2006
A Mexican national, described by federal law enforcement as a "one man crime wave," was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for his role in a conspiracy to . . .
Jim Kouri
August 29, 2006
In a note to the German Chancellor, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews had been concocted by the victorious . . .
Jim Kouri
August 28, 2006
As the Iranians are moving closer and closer to developing a viable nuclear weapons program, our Russian friends(?) are telling the world not to worry. A . . .
Jim Kouri
August 27, 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan reversed himself following Syrian threats when he announced that an expanded international peacekeeping force in . . .
Jim Kouri
August 26, 2006
Hurricane Katrina is in the news again with the first anniversary of the deadly storm and subsequent flood that destroyed the city of New Orleans.
As a . . .
Jim Kouri
August 25, 2006
A Mexican national who attempted to kidnap a seven-year-old girl from a local Laundromat is one of 25 persons arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement . . .
Jim Kouri
August 24, 2006
The majority of people interviewed in the three main European countries (Germany, France and the United Kingdom) consider Israel's military intervention in . . .
Jim Kouri
August 23, 2006
A new group of Palestinian terrorists, The Holy Jihad Brigades, has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of two Fox News journalists. In a message, the . . .
Jim Kouri
August 22, 2006
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union embarked on the most massive military buildups in history. Part of President Reagan's strategy for . . .
Jim Kouri
August 21, 2006
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan Saturday blasted Israel for what he characterized as a violation of ceasefire in Lebanon saying that he's "deeply . . .
Jim Kouri
August 20, 2006
The counterintelligence function involves protecting the country, as well as intelligence agencies, from the activities of foreign intelligence services. The . . .
Jim Kouri
August 19, 2006
In an effort to drive a wedge between two allies in the Middle East who actually fight Islamic Fascists, on Monday, August 28, the Council on American-Islamic . . .
Jim Kouri
August 18, 2006
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled this week that the communications intercept program conducted by the National Security Agency is unconstitutional. . . .
Jim Kouri
August 17, 2006
Two white supremacists, brothers Jacob Laskey, 25, and Gabriel Laskey, 21, pled guilty in United States District Court to charges of conspiracy to deprive . . .
Jim Kouri
August 16, 2006
Even before the United Kingdom terrorist plot last week, the Transportation Security Agency had begun revamping their airport security strategy. The Department . . .
Jim Kouri
August 15, 2006
Now that radical imam Abu Hamza is a convicted felon and probably will be extradited and face terror charges in the United States, clerics from other mosques . . .
Jim Kouri
August 14, 2006
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is under fire from Democrats and the news media for his "lack of imagination" by not having airport security . . .
Jim Kouri
August 13, 2006
The Arab League and Israeli lawmakers are already complaining about the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
The controversial resolution calls for . . .
Jim Kouri
August 12, 2006
Russia's cash-strapped defense, biotechnology, chemical, aerospace, and nuclear industries continued to be eager to raise funds via exports and transfers. Some . . .
Jim Kouri
August 11, 2006
The nation's largest Muslim group expressed concern over President Bush's use of the term "Islamic fascists" in a news conference about the arrest of 21 . . .
Jim Kouri
August 10, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security is taking immediate steps to increase security measures in the aviation sector in coordination with heightened security . . .
Jim Kouri
August 9, 2006
During the pro-illegal alien rallies in cities across the US last Spring, activists were hard at work registering illegal aliens to vote as Democrats. In New . . .
Jim Kouri
August 8, 2006
In her bestselling and controversial book, Ann Coulter examines the abysmally poor US public education system. One of the elements of the overall failure of . . .
Jim Kouri
August 7, 2006
A little Cuban boy named Elian, who in 1999 was scooped up by a federal SWAT team in Miami and shipped back to Cuba, is in the news again for the get well card . . .
Jim Kouri
August 6, 2006
Terrorism is the most significant threat to our national security. In the international terrorism arena, over the next five years, it's believed that the number . . .
Jim Kouri
August 5, 2006
British government officials have shown — and continue to show — American intelligence officials information indicating that Iran is operating "training camps" . . .
Jim Kouri
August 4, 2006
Currently, US citizens are not required to present a passport when entering the United States from countries in the Western Hemisphere. However, US citizens are . . .
Jim Kouri
August 3, 2006
A leaked European Union secret report advises European government officials that they should "consider direct intervention in an attempt to curb the systematic . . .
Jim Kouri
August 2, 2006
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) arrogantly refuses to stop blocking the Senate's confirmation of the head of the Justice Department's new antiterrorism division, a . . .
Jim Kouri
August 1, 2006
While airport security, seaport protection, illegal immigration and other functions of the Department of Homeland Security garner more attention and news . . .
Jim Kouri
July 31, 2006
In our topsy-turvy world in which the good guys are characterized as evil, while evil thugs are portrayed as merely political militants, the tragedy in the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 30, 2006
With terrorists indiscriminately killing civilians throughout the world, Muslims committing genocide in Africa, and a legitimate government being overthrown in . . .
Jim Kouri
July 29, 2006
A ranking member of the violent Mexican Mafia gang was arrested near Laredo, TX, on Thursday by federal agents while he attempted to smuggle into the US 12 . . .
Jim Kouri
July 28, 2006
The current boom in the United States immigrant population dwarfs the peak of the great immigration wave of 1910, according to a study by the Center for . . .
Jim Kouri
July 27, 2006
Ko-Suen Moo, of Taipei, Taiwan, was sentenced on Tuesday on charges of being a covert agent of the People's Republic of China; conspiracy to broker and to . . .
Jim Kouri
July 26, 2006
Lately, the words Republican and Conservative are being used interchangeably by members of the news media, commentators and many people in the general . . .
Jim Kouri
July 25, 2006
In the year 2005, there were 151 significant identity breaches throughout the United States affecting more than 57.7 million consumers.
According to the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 24, 2006
It's widely been reported that illegal aliens comprise upwards of 27 percent of the US prison and jail population. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and . . .
Jim Kouri
July 23, 2006
During the last presidential campaign cycle, many national and local police organizations, as well as individual officers and commanders, supported the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 22, 2006
The current hostilities in Lebanon are for some American families a sad reminder of tragic events over two decades ago, when Hezbollah terrorists in 1983 . . .
Jim Kouri
July 21, 2006
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday outlined his quickly thrown-together plan to end the savaging of terrorists, and the unfortunate . . .
Jim Kouri
July 20, 2006
A federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has returned a three-count Indictment charging Syed Talha Ahsan, 25, of London, England, with . . .
Jim Kouri
July 19, 2006
Federal agents and officers apprehended 127 criminal aliens, fugitive aliens, and other immigration status violators as part of a four-day state-wide interior . . .
Jim Kouri
July 18, 2006
As methamphetamine abuse continues its scourge of the country, state and federal elected officials have worked over the last two years to pass laws restricting . . .
Jim Kouri
July 17, 2006
While many US government officials are deeply concerned over Iran's nuclear program, according to recent reports, investigations by Federal Bureau of . . .
Jim Kouri
July 16, 2006
Like the proverbial "bad penny" that keeps turning up, disgraced CBS News anchor Dan Rather told Associated Press on Tuesday he will be the ultimate authority . . .
Jim Kouri
July 15, 2006
When the immigration issue was at the boiling point in the spring, the US Senate voted to erect a mere 370 miles of security fencing along the US-Mexican border . . .
Jim Kouri
July 14, 2006
Two men pleaded guilty Friday to charges of conspiracy to violate the "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act" by trafficking in contraband and . . .
Jim Kouri
July 13, 2006
A Bloomington, California man is under investigation by federal agents after his arrest last week when a search of his vehicle at a local port of entry turned . . .
Jim Kouri
July 12, 2006
Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another individual's personal data in a . . .
Jim Kouri
July 11, 2006
Last Tuesday, as most of America celebrated Independence Day, North Korea launched six missiles in the early hours of Wednesday, their time. One of them was the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 10, 2006
Neo-Nazis and hate groups are infiltrating the US military in order to get first-class combat training and specialized training in demolitions, intelligence, . . .
Jim Kouri
July 9, 2006
In a previous column, I mentioned how the deliciously wicked, funny and witty political columnist and best-selling author Ann Coulter once wrote that when . . .
Jim Kouri
July 8, 2006
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department are reporting that they've uncovered a multi-target plot by Islamic terrorists in . . .
Jim Kouri
July 7, 2006
Last week a top Muslim leader, Sheik Ibrahim Sarsur, who is also a member of the Israeli Kensett, warned gays that "if they dare to approach the Temple Mount . . .
Jim Kouri
July 6, 2006
As the House of Representatives' Republican leaders prepare to embark on a series of nationwide hearings that could determine the fate of the Senate . . .
Jim Kouri
July 5, 2006
One of the big stories this summer is the generous donation of billions of dollars to charity by one of the world's richest men. As a result, he's received the . . .
Jim Kouri
July 4, 2006
France is now charging travelers a new tax on their airline tickets, amounting to a surcharge of between $1.25 and $50. The French government claims the new tax . . .
Jim Kouri
July 3, 2006
Sunday is always an interesting day for political discourse, especially on the tube. One after another, the usual suspects parade before the cameras in their . . .
Jim Kouri
July 2, 2006
New Jersey's pride and joy of a governor, Jon Corzine, told Jerseyites on Saturday that he decided to shutdown all but the most critical agencies of state . . .
Jim Kouri
July 1, 2006
On Friday, a federal judge — who may be auditioning for a future slot on the US Supreme Court — overturned the convictions of two former New York City cops . . .
Jim Kouri
June 30, 2006
Thursday may have been a dark day for those charged with fighting terrorism both here and abroad, but for many Democrats and the news media it was a day of . . .
Jim Kouri
June 29, 2006
The wickedly funny and witty political columnist and bestselling author Ann Coulter (or as I call her the blonde bomber) once wrote that when liberals pass by a . . .
Jim Kouri
June 28, 2006
Picketing at an ARCO/BP gasoline station in Los Angeles, the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Rainbow PUSH Coalition turned up the heat on British Petroleum, or BP.
. . .
Jim Kouri
June 27, 2006
This past week, US Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector received the initial deployment of Texas National Guardsmen in support . . .
Jim Kouri
June 26, 2006
Folks, I was shocked! SHOCKED when I read an Associated Press news story that, in essence, told readers that the Democrat Party is cautioning their left-wing . . .
Jim Kouri
June 25, 2006
Americans have been fed a steady diet of negative comments by the liberal-left establishment regarding Iraq's military and police forces. Every day someone in . . .
Jim Kouri
June 24, 2006
Liberal columnist Mort Kondracke echoed the sentiments of many Americans: The New York Times leaked information about a top secret banking operation, which was . . .
Jim Kouri
June 23, 2006
Federal agents and local cops, as part of an undercover sting operation, arrested terrorism suspects in Miami who US officials claim were plotting to attack the . . .
Jim Kouri
June 22, 2006
The former Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that as of January 2000 the total unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States . . .
Jim Kouri
June 21, 2006
The prayers of many Americans that the Senate Immigration Reform Bill will be killed by Republicans in House of Representatives may be answered in the next few . . .
Jim Kouri
June 20, 2006
Many police officers and prosecutors have become increasingly frustrated by their inability to investigate and prosecute cases successfully when key witnesses . . .
Jim Kouri
June 19, 2006
Border security experts — men and women who have actually fought against illegal immigration — have repeatedly asserted that there are two major components to . . .
Jim Kouri
June 18, 2006
San Diego police and federal law enforcement are in the midst of a major crackdown on the Mexican Mafia in several neighborhoods in that city. Most of the . . .
Jim Kouri
June 17, 2006
There's a great number of happy people in France today as a result of the news that the upper house of the French parliament has passed a tough new immigration . . .
Jim Kouri
June 16, 2006
So, Al Gore has gone Hollywood. He certainly fits right in with the rest of those idiot savants who can make movies or act, but lack the common sense of a seven . . .
Jim Kouri
June 15, 2006
A recent poll reveals that out of the group of politicians who are regarded as contenders for nomination as presidential candidates, more Americans fear Senator . . .
Jim Kouri
June 14, 2006
Over 2,100 criminal aliens, illegal alien gang members, fugitive aliens, and other immigration status violators have been apprehended as part of a nationwide . . .
Jim Kouri
June 13, 2006
Chairman of the Democrat National Committee Howard Dean is supporting Charles Merrill and his same-sex partner Kevin Boyle in their civil disobedience against . . .
Jim Kouri
June 12, 2006
Say what you will about the left-wing bloggers and lefty Internet news websites, they are a power to be reckoned with. And Democrat politicians with dreams of . . .
Jim Kouri
June 11, 2006
The recent security breach at the Department of Veterans Affairs, in which personal data on millions of veterans were compromised, has created a firestorm of . . .
Jim Kouri
June 10, 2006
Today was a major setback for liberals — especially radical feminists and their male lapdogs — in their continued efforts to demonize men, especially white men . . .
Jim Kouri
June 9, 2006
The late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, once slammed Hamas for going mainstream by taking part in elections while under Israeli . . .
Jim Kouri
June 8, 2006
While 2008 seems a long ways off, there are quite a few politicians in both political parties gearing up for a presidential run. One of those politicians is . . .
Jim Kouri
June 7, 2006
George Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." If only such a cliche' were not true with regard to President George W. . . .
Jim Kouri
June 6, 2006
The head of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives praised the role bomb technicians and investigators play in the global war against . . .
Jim Kouri
June 5, 2006
In the midst of a heated congressional race in California, the Democrat Party candidate was heard advising a crowd she knew were illegal aliens to vote and work . . .
Jim Kouri
June 4, 2006
In a well-coordinated series of law enforcement actions on Friday, federal agents arrested five men and women allegedly involved in a sophisticated Oxnard, . . .
Jim Kouri
June 3, 2006
United States Border Patrol agents are not happy with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) since he voted for the Amnesty Bill (S. 2611). And they're not being quiet . . .
Jim Kouri
June 2, 2006
US military personnel deployed in Iraq are being ordered to undergo training in moral and ethical standards, according to a Pentagon spokesman. The training is . . .
Jim Kouri
June 1, 2006
A Brookfield, Wisconsin, couple and their son, who kept a domestic servant in their home under slave-like conditions for close to two decades, were convicted . . .
Jim Kouri
May 31, 2006
(The Following is based on a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police from the US Federal Courts.)
The number of orders authorizing or . . .
Jim Kouri
May 30, 2006
Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey, surrounded by a dozen supportive war veterans, demanded that John Murtha apologize for . . .
Jim Kouri
May 29, 2006
For decades, foreign adversaries of the United States have sought to acquire US and Western arms and technology through both legal and illegal means. Illicit . . .
Jim Kouri
May 28, 2006
A California appeals court has ruled that online reporters, commentators and bloggers are protected by the same confidentiality laws that protect print and . . .
Jim Kouri
May 27, 2006
The top sponsor of the House of Representative's immigration bill on Friday fiercely rejected a the proposal to give millions of illegal immigrants a "get out . . .
Jim Kouri
May 26, 2006
When, if ever, have you seen a news poll or survey in a newspaper or on television describing how African-Americans feel about illegal immigration, amnesty or . . .
Jim Kouri
May 25, 2006
Russian crime syndicates and military officers are supplying sophisticated weapons to Colombian rebels in return for huge shipments of cocaine, according to . . .
Jim Kouri
May 24, 2006
The American Civil Liberties Union has proposed new standards that would discourage its board members from publicly criticizing the organization's policies and . . .
Jim Kouri
May 23, 2006
While many US government officials are deeply concerned over Iran's nuclear program, according to recent reports, investigations by Federal Bureau of . . .
Jim Kouri
May 22, 2006
Advances in information technology make it easier than ever before for the federal government to obtain and process personal information about citizens and . . .
Jim Kouri
May 21, 2006
US airport security officers will monitor travelers' behavior more closely at the country's airports to detect any suspicious activity or behavior on the part . . .
Jim Kouri
May 20, 2006
The Bush White House on Thursday requested a mere $1.9 billion from Congress to increase border security as a key immigration reform bill appears likely to pass . . .
Jim Kouri
May 19, 2006
The foreign intelligence threat within the United States is far more complex than it has ever been historically. The threat is increasingly asymmetrical insofar . . .
Jim Kouri
May 18, 2006
In a joint statement, members of the US Border Patrol, Local 2544, called President George W. Bush's border security and illegal immigration plan a Trojan Horse . . .
Jim Kouri
May 17, 2006
US federal agents smashed an enormous criminal organization that operated from their privately owned islands and possessed its own private navy.
The Drug . . .
Jim Kouri
May 16, 2006
During President George W. Bush's televised speech on the issue of illegal immigration, not once did he mention the hordes of criminals entering the United . . .
Jim Kouri
May 15, 2006
Two human rights groups wish to use the European Union's satellites to uncover CIA secret detention facilities. The organizations involved are The Council of . . .
Jim Kouri
May 14, 2006
The announcement that during his Monday night televised national speech, President George W. Bush will reveal his plan to deploy troops at the southern border . . .
Jim Kouri
May 13, 2006
Reacting to news that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Minority Leader Harry Reid have agreed to move forward with an amnesty bill, the chairman of the You . . .
Jim Kouri
May 12, 2006
On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement proudly announced that they arrested one of the owners of a Mexican . . .
Jim Kouri
May 11, 2006
A businessman who paid bribes to a member of the US House of Representatives and chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, has pleaded guilty to a two-count . . .
Jim Kouri
May 10, 2006
US Customs and Border Protection officers at the Arizona ports of entry were kept busy during the Cinco De Mayo weekend, arresting seven people in connection . . .
Jim Kouri
May 9, 2006
I recently saw a political cartoon which said much about today's political climate in the United States, especially within the Democrat Party and the news media . . .
Jim Kouri
May 8, 2006
Just two days after Porter Goss quit his job as CIA director, politicians from both parties are already denigrating a man who has not yet even been officially . . .
Jim Kouri
May 7, 2006
An Air Force technical sergeant and convicted child pornographer was sentenced in US District Court in Colorado to more than 10 years in prison, following an . . .
Jim Kouri
May 6, 2006
It's bound to become a local story that resonates with the denizens of the entire nation's political arena. It's also a story that's bound to resonate with the . . .
Jim Kouri
May 5, 2006
In a surprise move, CIA Director Porter Goss resigned on Friday amid controversy and leak investigations. Making the announcement from the Oval Office, Bush . . .
Jim Kouri
May 4, 2006
A California task force investigation into a Pomona area street gang following the murder of a California Highway Patrol Officer two years ago resulted today in . . .
Jim Kouri
May 3, 2006
A cooperative investigation between US and Brazilian law enforcement resulted in the arrest of an international fugitive near Boston who has been convicted of . . .
Jim Kouri
May 2, 2006
Prior to the 9-11 terrorist attacks, American airports used private firms for their security and passenger/baggage screening process. Following the failures of . . .
Jim Kouri
May 1, 2006
The National Association of Chiefs of Police, the American Federation of Police and other police organizations are reminding police and other government . . .
Jim Kouri
April 30, 2006
On May 1, the US Border Patrol Agents Local 2544 will be doing their part to offset any adverse impact on the American economy as a result of the upcoming . . .
Jim Kouri
April 29, 2006
We pride ourselves in the United States with having the freedom to protest, demonstrate and boycott in order to make our voices heard without fear of . . .
Jim Kouri
April 28, 2006
Following two weeks of trial and one day of deliberation, a federal jury on Long Island returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon convicting Leonel Mejia, . . .
Jim Kouri
April 27, 2006
Admitting his role in a series of conspiracies, a Southern California man pleaded guilty to a host of federal charges related to schemes to smuggle many items . . .
Jim Kouri
April 26, 2006
In the past five years, the US Department of Defense has doubled its planned investments in weapons systems, but this huge increase has not been accompanied by . . .
Jim Kouri
April 25, 2006
There have been several pieces of legislation passed to improve information sharing among federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies, including the . . .
Jim Kouri
April 24, 2006
It's one of the marvels of today's political arena: a senator with obvious White House ambitions constantly changing positions on important issues while the . . .
Jim Kouri
April 23, 2006
Khalid Abu Helal, the Palestinian Interior Ministry spokesman, announced Saturday that a recent decision by the ministry to appoint Jamal Abu Samhadana as the . . .
Jim Kouri
April 22, 2006
Sooner or later it was bound to happen: The Central Intelligence Agency summarily terminated the employment of a senior officer for leaking classified . . .
Jim Kouri
April 21, 2006
If the news media were truly unbiased in their reportage of Mexican illegal immigration and told the whole story, Americans would be shocked at the degree of . . .
Jim Kouri
April 20, 2006
When President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for the first time in 2001, Bush said, "I've looked into his eyes, and seen his soul, and . . .
Jim Kouri
April 19, 2006
During the Dubai ports controversy, the understandably fierce political firestorm zeroed in on weapons of mass destruction, radiological materials or contraband . . .
Jim Kouri
April 18, 2006
In September 2004, the Department of Homeland Security established America's Shield Initiative (ASI) — a program that included a system of sensors, cameras, and . . .
Jim Kouri
April 17, 2006
Oklahoma residents were shocked when they learned a serial-killer-in-training was preparing for a rein of terror that would victimize them or their fellow . . .
Jim Kouri
April 16, 2006
US and Canadian law enforcement smashed a human trafficking ring which they say transported South Asian immigrants into the US. US federal court documents . . .
Jim Kouri
April 15, 2006
Last night, radio talk show host and former US Justice Department official Mark Levin shocked many listeners when he reported that President Bill Clinton gave . . .
Jim Kouri
April 14, 2006
Americans better start waking up and doing something about the madness that's occurring in our nation's high schools and elementary schools. Youngsters are . . .
Jim Kouri
April 13, 2006
As the Iranians are moving closer to developing a nuclear weapons program, the Russian government is telling the world not to worry. An Russian official is . . .
Jim Kouri
April 12, 2006
The practically legendary MI5 British counterintelligence service is said to be deeply concerned over an increase in spying by Russian and Chinese operatives in . . .
Jim Kouri
April 11, 2006
How often have you heard President George W. Bush or his minions tell the American people that his friend Mexican President Vicente Fox and Fox's government are . . .
Jim Kouri
April 10, 2006
Federal agents and New York City probation officers arrested 47 criminal alien sex offenders in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan as part of the . . .
Jim Kouri
April 9, 2006
Many parents are outraged over learning that their kids are being used by school administrators and teachers to further their own political agenda.
Officials . . .
Jim Kouri
April 8, 2006
"Vietnam veterans will not be intimidated by John Kerry," retired Air Force Colonel George "Bud" Day said in response to the Massachusetts Senator's newly . . .
Jim Kouri
April 7, 2006
Sixty-eight illegal aliens and two US citizens were arrested this past weekend amid the turmoil in New Orleans. The arrests are a result of a joint law . . .
Jim Kouri
April 6, 2006
While most of the political debate and media attention regarding illegal immigration focuses on border security and illegals who enter the country . . .
Jim Kouri
April 5, 2006
With the immense media coverage of the Avian Bird Influenza, concern has been rising about United States preparedness to respond to vaccine shortages that could . . .
Jim Kouri
April 4, 2006
With increasing crime problems creating concerns for British citizens and politician, the Blair government announced the creation of their own version of . . .
Jim Kouri
April 3, 2006
It's old news that Presidente Vicente Fox exports Mexico's poorest citziens into the United States for a number of reasons: It relieves him of the . . .
Jim Kouri
April 2, 2006
A US federal agent, Rafael Francisco Pacheco, Jr., of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced to seven years and three months' imprisonment. On December 7, 2005, he . . .
Jim Kouri
April 1, 2006
Butler County, Ohio Sheriff Richard Jones appeared this morning on Fox News Channel to take his message to the nation: He is asking President George W. Bush to . . .
Jim Kouri
March 31, 2006
A retired FBI special agent who was being investigated for his role in mob "hits" has been indicted by a Brooklyn, NY grand jury, according to the District . . .
Jim Kouri
March 30, 2006
William Rodriguez-Abadia, leader and son of the founder of the Cali Cartel, was sentenced today to 262 months' imprisonment by United States District Court . . .
Jim Kouri
March 29, 2006
During the US Supreme Court session yesterday, the justices heard arguments regarding the due process rights of terrorists: are military tribunals . . .
Jim Kouri
March 28, 2006
(The following information was submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police for general distribution.)
US Marshals continue the hunt for an . . .
Jim Kouri
March 27, 2006
The Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee approved election-year immigration legislation Monday that is far different from what most Americans had in . . .
Jim Kouri
March 26, 2006
This weekend, thousands of activists and illegal aliens have been rallying in Los Angeles to protest against plans to further criminalize so-called undocumented . . .
Jim Kouri
March 25, 2006
Is it only me or are there others who are sick and tired of Liberals quoting the Bible — or claiming to quote the Scriptures?
It's as serious as Sen. Hillary . . .
Jim Kouri
March 24, 2006
The Pentagon firmly believes that the Russian government gave Iraq President Saddam Hussein United States strategic war plans for the invasion of Iraq.
The Fox . . .
Jim Kouri
March 23, 2006
Former Iraqi Air Force Gen. Georges Sada claims that Newsweek's translation of some of Saddam Hussein's tapes is wrong. Newsweek reported that the Saddam tapes . . .
Jim Kouri
March 22, 2006
British citizens were shocked to hear that a terrorist cell linked to Al-Qaeda plotted to bomb pubs, nightclubs and trains in an intense, coordinated terrorist . . .
Jim Kouri
March 21, 2006
The British government has shown American intelligence officials information indicating that Iran is operating "training camps" for bombers who carry out . . .
Jim Kouri
March 20, 2006
It's widely been reported that illegal aliens comprise upwards of 27 percent of the US prison and jail population. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and . . .
Jim Kouri
March 19, 2006
The United States Navy reports that two of its warships encountered a group of suspected pirates off the Somali coast and the pirates' ship opened fire on them. . . .
Jim Kouri
March 18, 2006
Leave it to a Red State to do the right thing. An effort by the Georgia's liberal-left establishment to honor actress and anti-war activist Jane Fonda for her . . .
Jim Kouri
March 17, 2006
While the news media and politicians in the United States continue their focus on the Dubai Ports World deal or censuring President George W. Bush or Hillary . . .
Jim Kouri
March 16, 2006
On the heels of a report of human rights violations by the Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez, a story that is getting minimal coverage in the elite . . .
Jim Kouri
March 15, 2006
(The following is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Homeland Security.)
As the agency with . . .
Jim Kouri
March 14, 2006
The New York Times reports that just prior to the United States lead invasion, Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein informed his top generals that he had destroyed . . .
Jim Kouri
March 13, 2006
Many news media reports and political leaders such as Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Democrat National Committee chairman Howard Dean frequently state that . . .
Jim Kouri
March 12, 2006
Historically, intelligence and law enforcement agencies have operated largely in separate spheres. Law enforcement agencies were concerned with criminal . . .
Jim Kouri
March 11, 2006
Internal security is vital to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's efforts to protect the United States. As the agency responsible for counterintelligence, . . .
Jim Kouri
March 10, 2006
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted six gang members — including three law enforcement officers — on civil rights, narcotics and weapons charges for . . .
Jim Kouri
March 9, 2006
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) accused some Republicans of trying to create a "police state" in their plan to round up illegal immigrants. Members of the . . .
Jim Kouri
March 8, 2006
The European Union is once again appeasing terrorists and actually siding with a government run by the terrorist group Hamas. As with their brethren — liberal . . .
Jim Kouri
March 7, 2006
The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced several additions to its Most Wanted Terrorists and Seeking Information — War on Terrorism lists in a report to . . .
Jim Kouri
March 6, 2006
The United States government and its intelligence community are adopting a series of initiatives to discourage government employees from leaking classified . . .
Jim Kouri
March 5, 2006
A once prospering middle class is now packing its bags and leaving Venezuela, fearing a dangerous future under the thumb of their Marxist leader, President Hugo . . .
Jim Kouri
March 4, 2006
While few expected them to actually go through with it, an anti-war group, United for Peace, has backed down from their threats to overthrow the Bush . . .
Jim Kouri
March 3, 2006
While most American parents can only dream of sending their kids to a first-tier university such as Harvard and Yale, a former ambassador for the oppressive and . . .
Jim Kouri
March 2, 2006
The National Association of Chiefs of Police recently released the results of their 2006 Annual Survey of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs and, according to Vice . . .
Jim Kouri
March 1, 2006
It appears that every other day there's a new poll released on President George Bush's job approval rating. The majority of these polls or surveys are conducted . . .
Jim Kouri
February 28, 2006
In a report on Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita cash disbursements to victims of these devastating natural disasters, it was discovered that one-in-three . . .
Jim Kouri
February 27, 2006
United States immigration and State Department officials fear that their newly developed, high-tech visas are being sold on the Mexican black market. The US . . .
Jim Kouri
February 26, 2006
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) blasted the Bush Administration's proposed port management deal with the United Arab Emirates as a move that would "turn over our . . .
Jim Kouri
February 25, 2006
Parents will be surprised — at times shocked — to learn that leading colleges and universities have used the February Black History Month to lash out angrily at . . .
Jim Kouri
February 24, 2006
I don't believe Americans truly realize the seriousness of the destruction of the golden mosque in Samarra by Sunni Islamic militants. That attack just may have . . .
Jim Kouri
February 23, 2006
Europe's anti-war left are ecstatic over the US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after a screening of the British motion picture The Road to . . .
Jim Kouri
February 22, 2006
Staying true to form, the United Nations is once again condemning the nation of Israel over their refusal to subsidize a terrorist group that frequently attacks . . .
Jim Kouri
February 21, 2006
The Federal Bureau of Investigation forecasts that sub-national and non-governmental entities will play an increasing role in world affairs for years to come, . . .
Jim Kouri
February 20, 2006
While most Americans are witnessing dramatic decreases in violent and property crime, our friends and allies across the pond in Britain are experiencing . . .
Jim Kouri
February 19, 2006
The Venezuelan president viewed by the Bush Administration as a communist madman got some choice words from the US Secretary of State.
Making her sharpest . . .
Jim Kouri
February 18, 2006
A former National Security Agency analyst testified before a congressional committee that there is another top-secret surveillance program that may be violating . . .
Jim Kouri
February 17, 2006
On Thursday, a federal judge decided that Americans' safety and security takes a back-seat to a left-wing groups' right to view and promulgate top secret . . .
Jim Kouri
February 16, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Agency are finally taking some positive steps to professionalize airport security. The . . .
Jim Kouri
February 15, 2006
America's first line of defense in any terrorist attack is the "first responder" community — local police, firefighters, and emergency medical professionals. . . .
Jim Kouri
February 14, 2006
Hurricane Katrina is in the news again with the latest round of senate hearings and the latest pounding on the de-facto face of that disaster — Mike Brown.
As . . .
Jim Kouri
February 13, 2006
Former Vice President Al Gore is being accused of inciting violence against the US by making comments such as the US government had committed 'terrible abuses' . . .
Jim Kouri
February 12, 2006
The North Korean news service printed an editorial on Saturday accusing the United States of trashing its global image and shifting the responsibility for the . . .
Jim Kouri
February 11, 2006
Now that radical imam Abu Hamza is a convicted felon and probably will be extradited and face terror charges in the United States, clerics from other mosques . . .
Jim Kouri
February 10, 2006
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa claims he received word of the new details of the 2002 terror plot like most Americans — watching President Bush's speech . . .
Jim Kouri
February 9, 2006
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), when speaking during Monday's funeral service and memorial for the late civil-rights icon, Coretta Scott King, only told half . . .
Jim Kouri
February 8, 2006
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
February 7, 2006
The United States' intelligence community is undergoing the most extensive — perhaps even radical — transformations since the Office of Strategic Services gave . . .
Jim Kouri
February 6, 2006
Political analysts and pundits have long suspected that former Vice President Al Gore is considering another run for the presidency. He lost to President Bush . . .
Jim Kouri
February 5, 2006
Federal agents assigned to the Department of Homeland Security's Border Enforcement Security Task Force or BEST, in Laredo, Texas, have seized materials for 33 . . .
Jim Kouri
February 4, 2006
As I read newspaper accounts and watch news footage on the tube of rioting (protesting) Muslims in Europe and the Middle East, I'm reminded of two things: First . . .
Jim Kouri
February 3, 2006
During a dramatic Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss alleged that the disclosure of President Bush's . . .
Jim Kouri
February 2, 2006
In an unprecedented move, the nation's top military officers blasted the editors of the Washington Post and editorial cartoonist Tom Toles for an editorial . . .
Jim Kouri
February 1, 2006
Two years ago, Border Patrol agents began to voice what many believed were legitimate concerns about "armed incursions" into the United States from Mexico-based . . .
Jim Kouri
January 31, 2006
Political junkies are witnessing a true phenomenon in presidential politics: more than two years before the next presidential election cycle there's a movement . . .
Jim Kouri
January 30, 2006
Bullying among children encompasses a variety of harmful behaviors that are repeated over time, according to behavioral science experts. It involves a real or . . .
Jim Kouri
January 29, 2006
President George W. Bush has drawn a line in the sand and warned that the United States might cut off aid to the Palestinians if Hamas does not dissolve its . . .
Jim Kouri
January 28, 2006
President Hugo Chavez, fresh from his meeting with the Queen of Anti-Americans, Cindy Sheehan, took another shot at the United States saying he would lock up . . .
Jim Kouri
January 27, 2006
When asked by the media for his thoughts on the Hamas triumph in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, former President Jimmy Carter replied that while they . . .
Jim Kouri
January 25, 2006
Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement has recently finalized its strategy for combating alien smuggling. ICE was adjusting the . . .
Jim Kouri
January 24, 2006
An Islamic man, who was detained by US agents without criminal charges being file and then was deported to Egypt, testified for a deposition in New York on . . .
Jim Kouri
January 23, 2006
To many Middle East observers, there appears to be an intense competition to see who can be the most vitriolic and threatening national leader towards Israel.
. . .
Jim Kouri
January 22, 2006
Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom are witnessing another morals charge after high-profile politician Mark Oaten resigned as the Liberal Democrat Party's . . .
Jim Kouri
January 21, 2006
Closely tied to the question of how best to set intelligence requirements are the larger questions of how to improve analysis by the intelligence community and . . .
Jim Kouri
January 20, 2006
Immigration fraud is another method used by criminals and terrorists to gain entry into the United States illegally to carry out their agendas. The Identity and . . .
Jim Kouri
January 19, 2006
Covert actions (as distinguished from the covert collection of information) are used to influence political, military, or economic conditions or situations . . .
Jim Kouri
January 18, 2006
Civil liberties groups the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed lawsuits against President George W. Bush and the heads . . .
Jim Kouri
January 17, 2006
Yesterday's festivities commemorating the civil-rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., brought out the best in people and the worst. For instance, Senator . . .
Jim Kouri
January 16, 2006
When Republican Senator Arlen Specter's name was being touted around Washington as the leading candidate for the chairmanship for the important Senate Judiciary . . .
Jim Kouri
January 15, 2006
The FBI has initiated an intense investigation into the increase in purchases of large numbers of disposable cell phones by individuals who emanate from the . . .
Jim Kouri
January 14, 2006
During a Town Hall meeting earlier this week Democrat Congressmen John Murtha (PA) and Jim Moran (VA) touted their call for a withdrawal from Iraq, an . . .
Jim Kouri
January 13, 2006
There are probably two private detectives who are considered the leading private eyes for the stars: Former NYPD detective Bo Dietl on the east coast, and . . .
Jim Kouri
January 12, 2006
Best-selling author James Frey, whose nonfiction book A Million Little Pieces is all the buzz within literary and celebrity circles, is being accused of making . . .
Jim Kouri
January 11, 2006
The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, were held against the backdrop of growing concerns about international terrorism. Despite widespread fears of a . . .
Jim Kouri
January 10, 2006
While most of the political debate and media attention regarding illegal immigration focuses on border security and illegals who enter the country . . .
Jim Kouri
January 9, 2006
(The following article is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Wahhabism is a fundamentalist movement, named after . . .
Jim Kouri
January 8, 2006
There is a feeling that permeates throughout the law enforcement community that organized crime gangs are getting a free ride in post-9/11 America. While most . . .
Jim Kouri
January 7, 2006
For months now, Representative John Murtha, Democrat from Pennsylvania, has enjoyed enormous positive press coverage ever since he began denigrating US military . . .
Jim Kouri
January 6, 2006
Until World War II, U.S. Navy battleships provided an impressive show of force and outgunned and outmaneuvered their ocean-going enemies.
From World War II . . .
Jim Kouri
January 5, 2006
The recent news stories regarding Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his plea agreement, which threatens to rock the US Congress on both sides of the aisle, . . .
Jim Kouri
January 4, 2006
In the wake of the breaking news story about powerful Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff's plea deal with the Department of Justice being played up by Democrats . . .
Jim Kouri
January 3, 2006
The Mexican government is initiating a far-reaching investigation. It's not an investigation into the rampant corruption within all levels of its government. . . .
Jim Kouri
January 2, 2006
With the holiday season admittedly a slow news week or two, a big story hitting the newspapers, airwaves and the Internet is the controversy surrounding NBC TV . . .
Jim Kouri
January 1, 2006
As if taking a page out of Steven Spielberg's screenplay for his new motion picture "Munich," several Holocaust survivors shocked many when they admitted they . . .
Jim Kouri
December 31, 2005
The US Department of Justice has directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct an in-depth investigation in order to determine who disclosed a secret . . .
Jim Kouri
December 30, 2005
The Transportation Security Administration is finally taking some positive steps to professionalize airport security. The initial step was designating security . . .
Jim Kouri
December 29, 2005
The FBI recently released their threat assessment for the future of the United States and the global community.
Most of these threats to our security stem from . . .
Jim Kouri
December 28, 2005
From our chutzpah file comes this story: today's New York Times reports that defense lawyers in some of the country's biggest terrorism cases say they plan to . . .
Jim Kouri
December 27, 2005
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union embarked on the most massive military buildups in history. Part of President Reagan's strategy for . . .
Jim Kouri
December 26, 2005
An earthquake rocks a large modern city, injuring hundreds of people, producing major structural damage, knocking out electrical power, breaking gas mains and . . .
Jim Kouri
December 24, 2005
(This article is based on an FBI Strategic Plan submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The proper collection, preservation, and forensic . . .
Jim Kouri
December 23, 2005
A US federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest at President George W. Bush's secret . . .
Jim Kouri
December 22, 2005
When Senator John Kerry ran for President in 2004, many of his critics claimed that if elected he would take a European approach to fighting the war on . . .
Jim Kouri
December 21, 2005
With growing fears over a possible Avian Flu or Bird Flu pandemic, countries throughout the globe are stockpiling a drug believed to be capable of saving lives. . . .
Jim Kouri
December 20, 2005
Notorious Mafia kingpin Vincent "The Chin" Gigante died on Monday in federal prison at the age of 77. The reputed head of the Genovese Crime Family was serving . . .
Jim Kouri
December 19, 2005
As you probably already know from the dramatic coverage of the news media, another left-wing thug became the new president of a South American country. This . . .
Jim Kouri
December 18, 2005
Federal agents claimed a decisive victory over those who exploit children through prostitution and pornography in one of the biggest child abuse cases ever.
In . . .
Jim Kouri
December 17, 2005
Is it just the cop in me that makes me suspicious of yesterday's New York Times story on Spygate, or are there others who feel this is part of a widespread . . .
Jim Kouri
December 16, 2005
An Orange County, California Superior Court judge pleaded guilty on Tuesday to four felony charges of possession of child pornography. He admitted that he had . . .
Jim Kouri
December 15, 2005
Why just lavish such enormously positive news coverage on only two male communists like Cuba's Castro or Venezuala's Chavez when you can also help prop up a . . .
Jim Kouri
December 13, 2005
A left-wing Swiss Senator, working with a European human rights group, is keeping alive allegations that the CIA operated a number of secret prisons in Europe, . . .
Jim Kouri
December 12, 2005
The Iranian foreign minister reportedly met with leading figures from three Islamofascist groups in the hopes of building a united front against Israel. The . . .
Jim Kouri
December 11, 2005
The US government controls arms exports by US companies to ensure that such exports are consistent with national security and foreign policy interests. There . . .
Jim Kouri
December 10, 2005
The US economy does not have to suffer if there is an effort to use existing clean energy and energy conservation technologies in America, former US president . . .
Jim Kouri
December 9, 2005
The US Department of Defense emphasized the need for joint training to prepare US forces to conduct joint operations in urban terrain. It defines joint training . . .
Jim Kouri
December 8, 2005
The US Federal Air Marshal Service has undergone a number of changes in recent years, including a 2003 transfer from the Transportation Security Administration . . .
Jim Kouri
December 7, 2005
Look at the headlines of most US newspapers or the lead stories in broadcast or cable news, and you'll most likely see at least one story telling the world that . . .
Jim Kouri
December 6, 2005
Since the 1990s, tremendous growth of and involvement in the securities and commodities markets at the institutional, corporate, and private investor levels . . .
Jim Kouri
December 5, 2005
One of the US National Drug Control Strategy's priorities is to disrupt the illicit drug market. To this end, the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security . . .
Jim Kouri
December 4, 2005
Human trafficking is considered an increasingly serious problem in the United States and throughout the world. Each year, an estimated 600,000–800,000 men, . . .
Jim Kouri
December 3, 2005
When the Federal Bureau of Investigation implemented the second phase of their reorganization plan in 2003, phase two emphasized the need for allocating special . . .
Jim Kouri
December 2, 2005
Terrorist groups need significant amounts of money to organize, recruit, train, and equip adherents and recruits. The disruption of terrorist financing by the . . .
Jim Kouri
December 1, 2005
The waters off the coast of crisis-torn Somalia are believed to be the most dangerous on the high seas. Just this month, pirates firing shoulder-held, rocket . . .
Jim Kouri
November 30, 2005
The debate over illegal immigration is intensifying with most Americans calling for tighter border security and lots more immigration enforcement. A minority of . . .
Jim Kouri
November 29, 2005
In 1936, the Social Security Administration established the Social Security number to track worker's earnings for Social Security benefit purposes. Despite its . . .
Jim Kouri
November 28, 2005
There's a lot of noise in our nation's capital these days about the ongoing problem of security at our borders, as well as rampant illegal immigration, . . .
Jim Kouri
November 27, 2005
For those who believe Amnesty International is a non-partisan organization, perhaps a closer look at the organization's actions in Britain will provide some . . .
Jim Kouri
November 26, 2005
The Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that 139 police officers died in the line of duty — 57 feloniously killed, 82 in accidents while working — and over . . .
Jim Kouri
November 25, 2005
In a previous article, I predicted that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez would replace Cuba's dictator Fidel Castro as the news media's and the American left's . . .
Jim Kouri
November 24, 2005
A federal grand jury returned an indictment that adds a fifth gang member to an indictment that had previously charged four others in connection with a six-year . . .
Jim Kouri
November 23, 2005
Some are calling it Rwanda II as the Sudan's Darfur province continues to spiral downward into complete lawlessness. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan offered a . . .
Jim Kouri
November 22, 2005
The two female officers, both unarmed and with little more than 20 months of law enforcement experience, were subjected to gunfire by suspects during a travel . . .
Jim Kouri
November 21, 2005
CBS News reports that "as the US military death toll continues to rise, officials have determined that the insurgents are utilizing media reports to outsmart . . .
Jim Kouri
November 20, 2005
Snoop Dogg, the celebrated rapper, was once a member of the Crips gang. Since then he's grown in popularity as an award-winning rap artist, actor and . . .
Jim Kouri
November 19, 2005
The American news media's fascination with the Valerie Plame-CIA leak case appears to be blinding them to another newsworthy case of alleged leaking of . . .
Jim Kouri
November 18, 2005
Justice Department attorneys are working to remove a no-longer needed injunction that prevents the Department of Homeland Security from deporting illegal aliens . . .
Jim Kouri
November 17, 2005
In 2004, an estimated 23 billion pounds of air cargo was transported within the United States, about a quarter of which was transported on passenger aircraft. . . .
Jim Kouri
November 16, 2005
The almost legendary MI5 British counterintelligence service is said to be deeply concerned over an increase in spying by Chinese operatives in the United . . .
Jim Kouri
November 15, 2005
The federal government continues to get failing grades for its protection of nuclear weapons from terrorists, according to a report by members of the 9-11 . . .
Jim Kouri
November 14, 2005
Senate and House of Representatives Republican leaders called for an in-depth investigation into the identity of the person or persons responsible for leaking . . .
Jim Kouri
November 13, 2005
More than 5.5 billion pounds of explosives are used each year in the United States by private sector companies and government entities. The Bureau of Alcohol, . . .
Jim Kouri
November 12, 2005
Issuing a United States visa to a foreign citizen in exchange for money or something of value is a crime that can facilitate entry into the United States of . . .
Jim Kouri
November 11, 2005
This past Thursday, US Senate Republicans voted to bar terror suspects being held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba military detention center from challenging their . . .
Jim Kouri
November 10, 2005
It's being heralded as a resounding defeat for British Prime Minister Tony Blair by the liberal news media in the United Kingdom. However, the only people who . . .
Jim Kouri
November 9, 2005
Global crime directly or indirectly affects every man, woman and child in the United States in numerous ways:
In 1995, Americans spent approximately $48 . . .
Jim Kouri
November 8, 2005
[The following is a summary from the National Association of Chiefs of Police with regard to the possible "Bird Flu" pandemic. The Chiefs of Police Association . . .
Jim Kouri
November 7, 2005
Imagine for a moment that the City of New York is engulfed in smoke from thousands of burning cars. Young men are shooting at cops and beating anyone with whom . . .
Jim Kouri
November 6, 2005
While American soldiers successfully combat terrorists and insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, a widespread insurgency continues in France's emanating from . . .
Jim Kouri
November 5, 2005
A recent report by the US General Accounting Office reveals that investigators easily obtained anabolic steroids without a prescription through the Internet. . . .
Jim Kouri
November 4, 2005
As happens too often with American soldiers in combat operations in Iraq whenever questions arise regarding excessive use of deadly force, seven British . . .
Jim Kouri
November 3, 2005
The growth of technology has changed our lives dramatically. Computers were viewed as a luxury or even an extravagance 30 years ago. We relied on television, . . .
Jim Kouri
November 2, 2005
Gambino Family captain Dominick "Skinny Dom" Pizzonia was charged with racketeering conspiracy, including acts of murder, murder conspiracy, and loansharking.In . . .
Jim Kouri
November 1, 2005
[The following is based on a non-classifed report provided to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US General Accounting Office. According to the . . .
Jim Kouri
October 31, 2005
The Innocent Images National Initiative, a part of the FBI's Cyber Crimes Program, is an intelligence driven, proactive, multi-agency investigative initiative . . .
Jim Kouri
October 30, 2005
While the American news media partake in the latest feeding frenzy — the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby indictment — and politicians beat the drum over perceived . . .
Jim Kouri
October 29, 2005
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney as well as a trusted White House security advisor, was indicted Friday by a special grand . . .
Jim Kouri
October 28, 2005
Four members of a violent and murderous Jersey City, NJ street gang known as "Lex Mob" (or L.E.X Mob) pleaded guilty to multiple charges, admitting their . . .
Jim Kouri
October 27, 2005
A disturbing report released in Ireland this week details a far-reaching pattern of sexual abuse by Catholic priests that goes back over 30 years.
The . . .
Jim Kouri
October 26, 2005
A businessman from India was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for his part in the transfer of $86,500 that was used as payment for a shoulder-fired anti . . .
Jim Kouri
October 25, 2005
Federal agents and New York City probation officers arrested 47 criminal alien sex offenders in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan as part of the . . .
Jim Kouri
October 24, 2005
Hundreds of illegal aliens working as laborers, mechanics, construction workers and language instructors have been nabbed at military installations including . . .
Jim Kouri
October 23, 2005
Organized crime enterprises in the United Kingdom are raking in millions of dollars in profits from trafficked women in a growing illegal sex-slave trade, . . .
Jim Kouri
October 22, 2005
As the week of October 17 ended with the promise of criminal indictments of key White House officials and the Friday morning arraignment of former House . . .
Jim Kouri
October 21, 2005
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security recently revealed that arrests for child sex crimes during the first two years of Operation Predator have . . .
Jim Kouri
October 20, 2005
A former Naval intelligence officer from California pleaded guilty to three counts of illegally exporting military aircraft parts as a result of an extensive . . .
Jim Kouri
October 19, 2005
Suspected foul-play involving American teenager Natalee Holloway isn't the only big crime story in Aruba these days. Known as a favorite transshipment for drug . . .
Jim Kouri
October 18, 2005
One complaint often heard privately within law enforcement circles is that the Central Intelligence Agency over the years has morphed into a Liberal think tank . . .
Jim Kouri
October 17, 2005
The recent gang riots in Toledo, Ohio has produced a renewed interest in the issue of street gangs and their criminal activities. Americans were shocked at news . . .
Jim Kouri
October 16, 2005
Last Thursday, in a memorandum to the National Association of Chiefs of Police, John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, and Porter Goss, Director of . . .
Jim Kouri
October 15, 2005
One of the challenges for law enforcement in the 21st century is internet pharmaceutical drug traffickers operating in the United States. These online, . . .
Jim Kouri
October 14, 2005
While illegal immigrants sneaking across the US-Mexican border gets the bulk of media and political attention these days, little is know about the problems with . . .
Jim Kouri
October 13, 2005
The United Kingdom government is now claiming that Iran is operating "training camps" for bombers who carry out terrorist attacks on British troops and . . .
Jim Kouri
October 12, 2005
The opportunity for employment is one of the most important magnets attracting illegal aliens to the United States. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 19 . . .
Jim Kouri
October 11, 2005
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Stephen W. Thompson, who traveled to Russia to have sex with a teenage boy, was convicted by a federal jury last week on a . . .
Jim Kouri
October 10, 2005
Oil rivals cocaine as one of Colombia's principal exports. The Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline transports almost 20 percent of Colombia's oil production. The . . .
Jim Kouri
October 9, 2005
The newly elected Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a stalwart Liberal Democrat, blasted Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for allegedly abusing . . .
Jim Kouri
October 8, 2005
A Burbank, California, man and a Glendale, CA woman have been arrested and charged with posing as American Red Cross volunteers and soliciting money under the . . .
Jim Kouri
October 7, 2005
It's widely been reported that illegal aliens comprise upwards of 27 percent of the US prison and jail population. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and . . .
Jim Kouri
October 6, 2005
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents have arrested 59 people on charges related to international . . .
Jim Kouri
October 5, 2005
A leader of the Jewish Defense League who admitted his role in two criminal conspiracies to manufacture and detonate bombs at a mosque and a Congressman's field . . .
Jim Kouri
October 4, 2005
An FBI intelligence analyst at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey and a former official with the Philippines National Police were arrested and later charged with acting . . .
Jim Kouri
October 3, 2005
The producer of the Stephan King motion picture "Sleepwalker," will probably spend some time sitting wide awake in a prison cell for his elaborate scheme to . . .
Jim Kouri
October 2, 2005
A Brooklyn, New York grand jury handed a federal prosecutor an indictment charging defense attorney Larry Bronson and Gambino family associate Steven Kaplan . . .
Jim Kouri
October 1, 2005
In the latest in a series of arrests involving illegal aliens at nuclear facilities, federal agents arrested three illegal aliens in Blair, Nebraska, on . . .
Jim Kouri
September 29, 2005
Travis County, Texas, District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who exploded upon the American scene as a result of a grand jury indictment against Republican House . . .
Jim Kouri
September 28, 2005
The counterintelligence function involves protecting the country, as well as intelligence agencies, from the activities of foreign intelligence services. The . . .
Jim Kouri
September 27, 2005
Training can play a key role in helping the Department of Homeland Security successfully address the challenge of transformation and cultural change and help . . .
Jim Kouri
September 26, 2005
In today's New York Times, columnist Paul Krugman raises the question of cronyism within the US government. The neo-Marxist economist and darling of the Times' . . .
Jim Kouri
September 25, 2005
An American-born Catholic monk from Mexico City made his initial appearance in US District Court in San Diego this month to face charges that he used the . . .
Jim Kouri
September 24, 2005
A recent poll conducted by the National Association of Chiefs of Police indicated that almost 64 percent of police commanders and sheriffs favor a law allowing . . .
Jim Kouri
September 23, 2005
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 . . .
Jim Kouri
September 22, 2005
(The following article is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
US government and other experts have reported that . . .
Jim Kouri
September 21, 2005
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger — already facing a tough reelection in California — may find it even tougher thanks to several police organizations who represent . . .
Jim Kouri
September 20, 2005
[Parts of the following article originally appeared in Police Times Magazine. The original title was, "The President's Private Eye: The story of NYPD Detective . . .
Jim Kouri
September 19, 2005
This story must be read to be believed. In one of the biggest maritime human smuggling cases in Port of Los Angeles, CA in years, a San Pedro man pleaded guilty . . .
Jim Kouri
September 18, 2005
Since October 1, 2004, Border Patrol agents in the Tucson, AZ Sector have apprehended 27,834 illegal aliens with criminal records, 74 of which were for homicide . . .
Jim Kouri
September 17, 2005
Former President William Jefferson Clinton appearing on NBC's The Today Show bragged about how his administration thwarted terrorist attacks. During his . . .
Jim Kouri
September 16, 2005
A 55-year old man, who sent sexually explicit images via the Internet to a person he thought was a 12-year-old girl with the intent of having sex with her, was . . .
Jim Kouri
September 15, 2005
The US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Federal Aviation Administration, Eastern Region, filed a federal civil action against American . . .
Jim Kouri
September 14, 2005
For decades, foreign adversaries of the United States have sought to acquire US and Western arms and technology through both legal and illegal means. Illicit . . .
Jim Kouri
September 13, 2005
Training flight and cabin crew members to handle potential threats against domestic aircraft is an important element in securing our nation's aviation system. . . .
Jim Kouri
September 12, 2005
A 22-count Indictment in Manhattan federal court appears to have dismantled a major, violent criminal organization — the Yi Ging Organization — operating . . .
Jim Kouri
September 11, 2005
US District Judge Nina Gershon, in New York City, ruled in favor of a group of American victims of international terrorism who claim the Jordon-based Arab Bank . . .
Jim Kouri
September 10, 2005
Senator Hillary Clinton is continuing the noble endeavor of revising the record of her loving husband's eight years in the Oval Office, even if it means . . .
Jim Kouri
September 9, 2005
A 24-year-old Mexican national faces a possible sentence of life in prison after being found guilty for his role in a violent human smuggling scheme uncovered . . .
Jim Kouri
September 8, 2005
The leader or "Five Star General" of a notorious Jersey City, NJ set of the notorious Bloods street gang pleaded guilty to murder conspiracy and other violent . . .
Jim Kouri
September 7, 2005
While assisting local law enforcement in New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives . . .
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