Jim Kouri

Obama's views on Muslim terrorism fly in the face of reality: Report

Despite President Barack Obama and his minions claiming the strength of the world's radical Islamist network is waning and the threat to the United States minimal, a study released on Wednesday by a well-respected and highly-regarded think-tank contradicts what many call Obama's myopic view of the terrorist threat to the United States, the American people, and U.S. interests throughout the world, according to Joel Kaplan, a former members of a police special operations team.

Al-Qaeda chief mourns slaying of bin Laden's friend in Syrian conflict

Al-Qaeda's top commander, Ayman al-Zawahiri, on an audio tape he released, urged the Islamists fighting in the Syrian civil war to put an end to their violence against one another such as the killing of a former lieutenant of Osama bin Laden that occurred in February of this year, according to news reports on Saturday regarding an audio tape released on the Internet by Zawahri.

House lawmakers to Holder: Launch criminal probe of IRS' Lois Lerner

The U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday voted along party-lines to refer the Internal Revenue Service director who continues to "plead the Fifth" regarding the IRS' targeting of conservative organizations for excessive examination when they requested tax-exempt status, according to the committee's press official, Sarah Swinehart.

How Incompetent Can the US Government Be?

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, ConservativeBase.com has learned that a Russian made rocket motor, known as the RD-180, is actually powering the first stage of the Atlas 5 rocket, which is used by the National Reconnaissance Office and the Department of Defense to support national defense missions and launch satellites into space.

Arizona lawman calls Obama deportation statistics bogus

During an interview with Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto on Friday, the man known by many as "America's Toughest Sheriff" said he believes that the Obama administration's claim that more people in the U.S. illegally have been deported than ever before since President Barack Obama took office is a deceptive claim.

Lawmakers finally subpoena ATF for documents in misconduct probe

U.S. House of Representatives' lawmakers on Wednesday evening subpoenaed the scandal-prone Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for "any and all documents" related to that agency's alleged misconduct in a national undercover operation including its activities in Operation Fearless Distributing.

Lawmakers blast Obama's DHS for Libya policy reversal

Four top GOP lawmakers are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security come clean on its proposed rescinding of the United States' Libyan policy prohibiting citizens from that country from working in the aviation industry, according to a letter sent on Wednesday.

Obama's 2015 budget take aim at American gun owners

The release of the proposed Fiscal-Year 2015 Budget released on Tuesday reveals that President Barack Obama and his minions have not abandoned their mission to control guns in the hands of U.S. citizens, even after the abysmal failures last year in the liberal-left's quest to pass their anti-gun agenda items, according to the White House.

Congressional panel probes Extortion 17 tragedy in Afghanistan

A House of Representatives committee heard testimony on Thursday regarding a military special operations mission in 2011, code named "Extortion 17" by the personnel involved in the classified operation during the continuing Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, that ended in heartbreaking tragedy for family members of the heroes killed.

U.S. imprisons Guatemalan army officer for covering up role in massacre

A Guatemalan Army special forces officer, who legally immigrated to the California and eventually became a U.S. citizen, was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for covering up his involvement in a 1982 massacre in the village of Dos Erres, Guatemala, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

Former U.S. Navy cryptology tech imprisoned for espionage

A former U.S. Navy cryptology technician was sentenced to 30-years in federal prison for his attempt to steal military secrets and give them to men he believed were spies for the Russian Federation, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

Syrian jihadists create female battalions to patrol and detect

The group formerly known as al-Qaeda in Iraq AQII), now calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), formed two female battalions in the northern Syrian city of Raqqah, according to a report by an Israeli counterterrorism analyst in Sunday's Middle Eastern news media.

Obama's parole board frees al-Qaeda terrorist from Gitmo

On Thursday, in an almost secret action by the Obama Administration, the Department of Defense decided --based on the results of the first review conducted under President Barack Obama's Executive Order by the Periodic Review Board (PRB) -- to release Guantanamo Bay detainee Mahmud Abd Al Aziz Al Mujahid, according to a Pentagon report.

Cops blast Obama tapping cop killer’s lawyer for DOJ civil rights chief

America's largest police organization, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), sent a letter to President Barack Obama for nominating an attorney with a questionable background to become the head of an important Justice Department post, an "Inside the Beltway" watchdog group reported on Tuesday.

Terrorist extradition? Yemeni president tells Obama 'never'

President Barack Obama and his national security team met with negative results in their attempt to get Yemen's government to extradite a leader of a radical political party suspected of supporting and financing al-Qaeda, according to government officials on Sunday.

Syrian Islamists massacre 120 civilians yet Kerry open to Islamist State

Despite rampant violence perpetrated by radical Muslims on innocent Syrian civilians, Secretary of State John Kerry told the Arab news media on Tuesday that he may be prepared to meet with Islamists regarding a future caliphate once President Bashir al-Assad and his government are deposed.

ObamaCare Navigator program rife with deficiencies

The Affordable Care Act, a/k/a ObamaCare, and it's rollout snafu appears to be merely the most visible deficiency of the entire health insurance program, according to a report released by the U.S. Congress on Monday. House lawmakers strongly suggest that ObamaCare's Navigator and Assister program displays serious mismanagement of a government program that jeopardizes Americans' privacy and exposes them to fraud and cyber crime.

Egyptian cops break laws they routinely enforce during protests

Rank-and-file Egyptian police officers staged a protest rally in Cairo on Sunday voicing their demands for higher wages and more benefits. Ironically, they were breaking the Egyptian government's new law against protests which these same cops have been enforcing in the still troubled Muslim nation, according to Jacob Calabre, a former police commander and now an associate professor of police science at Kaplan International College.

Bill Clinton blasts Obama administration during Brazilian visit

During his visit to Brazil on Monday, former President Bill Clinton told the Brazilian news media that the United States' need for national security especially protection from terrorist atacks does not justify President Barack Obama's National Security Agency's program that includes spying on allied countries.

Pentagon officials paid companies tied to Afghan terrorists

An internal investigation within the Pentagon has uncovered the U.S. government has paid more than $150-million to organizations that finance attacks by terrorists against American soldiers serving in Afghanistan, according to an American Political Action Committee (Ameri-Pac) statement released on Wednesday.