Jim Kouri

Obama attempting to mend fences with Israel

As more and more world leaders are accepting the premise of a nuclear-armed Iran, President Barack Obama's White House is "killing two birds with one stone," said a former intelligence officer. "He's rattling his saber for the benefit of Iran, while at the same time attempting to show Jewish voters that he's not anti-Israel."

Mexico’s top drug cartel boss sentenced in San Diego

A top Mexican drug cartel boss -- arguably Latin America's answer to Al Capone or John Gotti -- was sentenced Monday to 25-years in federal prison for racketeering and conspiracy to launder money, according to sources in the U.S. Justice Department.

Lawmakers probe lax visa enforcement and terrorism

The House of Representatives' Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, chaired by Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI), held a hearing entitled “From the 9/11 Hijackers to Amine el-Khalifi: Terrorists and the Visa Overstay Problem” last week, according to officials from the National Association of Chiefs of Police (NACOP).

IRS may draft cops to catch tax cheats, official tells Senate

While the Obama Administration curtailed its involvement with local police agencies to enforce immigration law and capture criminal aliens, that same administration wishes local cops to help the Internal Revenue Service enforcement tax laws, according to testimony given before a panel of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.

FARC terrorists kill Colombian soldiers, threaten US police advisors

A Colombian army captain and ten soldiers were killed in an ambush by narco-terrorists from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Saturday, according to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration intelligence analyst specializing on Latin America. FARC also threatened American law enforcement advisors assisting the Colombian forces.

Azeri police, security thwart Iranian backed attack on U.S, Israel

American and Israeli individual and groups -- including the American Jewish Committee -- on Wednesday hailed police and security forces from Azerbaijan thwarting planned attacks on the Israeli and U.S. embassies in Baku, AJC officials stated.

NYPD counterterrorism operation on Muslims continues to ignite angry debate

A classified New York City Police Department undercover/surveillance operation concentrating on Muslim-owned businesses, mosques and Muslim students on college campuses has created an enormous -- and unexpected -- firestorm with civil rights groups and Muslim organizations claiming that the NYPD police detectives crossed the line separating civil rights and homeland security.

Holder, Democrats blast NYPD’s spying on Muslims in New Jersey

This week, Attorney General Eric Holder told U.S. senators that he was disturbed by what he's read about the New York Police Department conducting undercover and surveillance operations targeting mosques and Islamic student organizations in New Jersey.

U.S. to probe cross-border money laundering with Mexico

During his meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Mexico City on Monday, President Felipe Calderon told Biden that the only way to win Mexico's "war with the drug cartels" combat organized crime gangs as well as arms trafficking along the border. He also included in his list of priorities the ceasing of rampant cross-border money laundering, according to a press statement.

Drug gangs terrorizing Central America alarms United Nations

Drug-gang violence poses a security threat to Central American nations with violence increasing at an alarming rate, according to the United Nations narcotics group's report released this week.

Holder questioned about Agent Zapata murder’s link to Fast & Furious

On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder once again testified before the House Oversight Committee about revelations that officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were aware of straw buying by Mexican weapons-trafficker Manuel Barba during a several month span and that one of those weapons was discovered at the murder scene of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata. That weapon is allegedly linked to the disastrous Operation Fast and Furious.

Sharia in U.S.? Florida’s proposed ban draws attacks from Muslims

Florida state lawmakers are enduring attacks from an organization many call a "terrorist front group" who oppose legislation aimed at banning the use of Sharia law -- the religious doctrine that's applied by Islamists in their own countries -- from courtrooms throughout Florida, claims a non-profit, public-interest group that investigates and exposes government corruption and crime. www.judicialwatch.org

Obama to law enforcement: Stop linking Muslims to Terrorism

In yet another curtsy to the politically correct orthodoxy, President Barack Obama's White House plans to tinker with federal police curriculums for counterterrorism training classes. The first bit of "revamping" is the removal of all material that groups, such as the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, find offensive or containing a "negative" image of Muslims.

New York City is nation’s #1 terrorist target, say officials

The recent international bombings and bomb plots occurring throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Asia within the past few days are being analyzed this week by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies including the New York City Police Department's Intelligence Division. A number of these plots are believed to be connected to Iran and its major terrorist proxy Hezbollah, especially those targeting Israel and Israeli interests in other countries.

Wake Forest’s campus jihadist stirs outrage

It's been two years since the prestigious Wake Forest University hired Imam Khalid Griggs to be its first Muslim Assistant Chaplain. When the university's President Nathan O. Hatch officially appointed him in February 2010, he was praised as a paragon of religious tolerance and freedom of speech.

Wake Forest’s Campus Jihadist Stirs Outrage

It's been two years since the prestigious Wake Forest University hired Imam Khalid Griggs to be its first Muslim Assistant Chaplain. When the university's President Nathan O. Hatch officially appointed him in February 2010, he was praised as a paragon of religious tolerance and freedom of speech.

U.S. bound cargo remains vulnerable to terrorists, WMD

It’s been more than a decade since Islamic terrorists attacked the U.S., yet the agency created to protect the nation from another strike is asleep at the wheel, failing to adequately screen the monstrous amounts of cargo that enter the country each day, according to a government report issued this week.

Canadian security allowed use of intel gained through torture

The Canada's intelligence officers were given the green light to use intelligence gained through aggressive interrogation techniques -- described by some as torture -- in cases that impact upon the safety and security of the Canadian people, according to a breaking story by the Canadian Press Tuesday evening.

‘U.S. will work with Israel in preventing a nuclear Iran’, said Obama

President Barack Obama stated on Sunday that the United States will cooperate with the Israeli government in preventing Iran from joining the world's "nuclear club." But Obama quickly noted that a diplomatic solution to this nuclear crisis is still his goal.

U.S. intelligence chief warns of cyber “Cold War”

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate should pass legislation to increase cyber security -- in both public and private sectors -- since the country is involved in a "type of cyber Cold War," stated the U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Thursday during a congressional presentation.