Jim Kouri

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice imprisoned for fraud

A bank fraud suspect who once sat on the bench of the highest court in the state of Michigan will be spending the next year of her life behind bars, the U.S. Attorney's office reported on Tuesday.

Epidemic of terrorist bombings plague Iraq

"Al-Qaeda is on its heels." - President Barack Obama About 35 Iraqi citizens died and another 155 were wounded in a series of car bomb explosions throughout Baghdad on Monday by suspected members of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQII), according to counterterrorism and police official Marvin Gertz.

Nigerians who killed U.K. soldier believed affiliated with Boko Haram

An attacker using a meat cleaver and his armed partner killed a 25-year-old British soldier in the streets of London on Wednesday, and Britain's elite law enforcement believe the Nigerian men may be affiliated with a dangerous and bloodthirsty Islamist group based in Nigeria and affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Criminal alien allegedly rapes, brutalizes 9-year-old in ‘Sanctuary City’

An Ecuadorian criminal alien, who was released last year when Baltimore, Md., became a sanctuary city, was arrested by federal agents for the violent rape of a 9-year-old girl, according to a Judicial Watch report released on Monday.

Hundreds of criminal aliens secretly released by Obama’s DHS: New data

On the same day that Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that she will travel to San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday to meet with technology and business leaders to discuss the need for commonsense immigration reform, a report was released on Thursday revealing that hundreds of criminal aliens were released from detention.

IRS scandal increases concerns over Obamacare management, says Senator

As the IRS scandal metastasizes, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., appearing on Your World with Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel on Wednesday afternoon told the show’s audience that he and other Republicans have serious reservations about the Internal Revenue Service managing Obamacare.

Al-Qaeda affiliate assassinates Christian church leader in Nigeria

Members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Boko Haram allegedly assassinated a Christian leader on Tuesday in Nigeria's northeast Borno State, according to an Israeli police intelligence analyst who monitors African Islamist groups.

IRS inspector general’s report small comfort for Tea Party groups

Following the day's myriad news stories on Benghazi, Associated Press allegations and the IRS targeting right-of-center organizations, the highly anticipated Treasury Department's report on the blossoming IRS scandal released late Tuesday is relatively small comfort for Tea Party groups, according to political strategist and attorney Michael Bakker.

Obama comments on Mexico deceptive, say law officers

During President Barack Obama's press conference in the White House press room on Tuesday, he was asked by a Latino reporter about both the immigration debate in the U.S. Congress and the U.S.-Mexican "war on drugs." Obama stated he planned to meet with Mexico's new leader, President Enrique Pena Nieto, on his trip to Mexico City to discuss joint police and anti-drug strategies.

Top Colombian narcoterrorist extradited to New York City

A Colombian drug-trafficker suspected of being one of the most significant narcotics traffickers in the world was arraigned in a Manhattan federal courtroom on Friday in front of U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan, according to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials.

Al-Qaeda assassins kill military intelligence official in Yemen

Masked gunmen of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda affiliate attacked a high-ranking military intelligence official and shot him to death in Yemeni province of Hadramout on early Sunday morning, according to an Israeli police intelligence analyst who specializes in Islamic terrorism.

Boston bombings: Police say IEDs may lead to ID of suspects

In a shocking display of depravity, two detonated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) met a crowd of enthusiastic runners at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon, leaving three people dead, while maiming and injuring more than 100 victims in what the Obama White House is now labeling an "act of terror."

Top U.S. spy concerned over drastic budget cuts by Obama

A top U.S. spy in a report on Monday claimed that the sequestration will eventually lead to the same conditions that existed during the Clinton Administration when, in order to balance the budget without touching politically-protected entitlements, U.S. military branches and intelligence agencies were significantly reduced.

Obama congratulates Kenya’s new president in midst of riots, killings

President Barack Obama on Saturday sent a message to Kenya's new leader, Uhuru Kenyatta, congratulating him on his political victory over his presidential opponents in Kenya's heavily contested election, according to the White House. However, violence intensified after Kenya's highest court ruled in Kenyatta's favor.

Saudi Arabia’s top Muslim cleric slams Twitter

A top Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric on Friday slammed users of the Twitter.com web site saying the social media site is a meeting place for clowns who make unsubstantiated claims, unjust allegations and incorrect tweets, according to an American-born official with the Israeli National Police, Joel Wasserhaus.

Mexican narco-terrorist indicted by feds in Virginia

A federal grand jury has indicted a suspected Mexican narcotics kingpin who is an alleged power-broker for the prolifically violent Sinaloa drug cartel, U.S. Justice Department officials announced on Friday.

GOP rolls over for Obama and recommends Brennan for CIA post

All of the Democrats and most of the Republicans sitting on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Tuesday gave the nomination of John Brennan as leader of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the go-ahead, which now sends the nomination to the full Senate for a vote.

Brennan CIA confirmation stonewalled pending killer drone investigation

President Barack Obama's CIA nominee John Brennan's confirmation is being stonewalled by republican and democrat lawmakers due to questions about Obama's use of a "lethal drone program," according to Fox News Channel's Catherine Herridge, FNC's chief national security correspondent, on Thursday.

Jewish leader to Congress: Hate crime, violence increasing in Europe

According to an Arutz Sheva report on Monday, there has been a disturbing increase in the number of anti-Semitic incidents of violence in France and Great Britain and there is "widespread European acquiescence and acceptance of overt anti-Semitism in the disguise of de-legitimizing not only Israel’s citizens but Israel's right to exist at all."

Terrorist attack ‘bigger than 7/7’ thwarted by British MI5, cops

Three suspects from Birmingham, England, were found guilty on Thursday of plotting a bombing campaign intended to be even larger than the 7/7 London attacks that occurred on May 7, 2005, in which 52 people were killed.