Jim Kouri

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.

Criminal alien MS-13 leader sentenced to life imprisonment

An illegal alien and leader of one of the nation's largest organized crime gangs found out on Thursday in a Central Islip, N.Y., courtroom that he will spend the remainder of his life in a federal prison facility, according to a Justice Department and FBI statement.

DHS official who advocates racial terrorism collects wages while suspended

A Homeland Security Newswire on Thursday reported that a Department of Homeland Security official, who was suspended for his racist statements and diatribes over the summer, continues to draw a taxpayer-paid salary from the very Americans he advocates killing.

John Kerry concedes Obama's spy team 'reached too far'

Secretary of State John Kerry surprised many reporters, as well as intelligence, law enforcement and military officials, when he conceded on Friday that some of the U.S. surveillance has gone "too far." The Obama administration has come under intense criticism from many world leaders including some heads of state from NATO allies, according to Josh Hollander, a former intelligence-division police detective.

IRS's Lerner illegally sent conservative group data to FEC: Watchdogs

Emails sent between the Internal Revenue Service's Lois Lerner and attorneys at the Federal Election Commission revealing that the IRS gave the FEC confidential information regarding conservative groups, especially those calling themselves Tea Party organizations were released on Halloween by a Washington, D.C., public-interest group that investigates government corruption.

Obama nominates lawyer for Homeland Security Secretary

Jeh Johnson, a top Pentagon lawyer during President Barack Obama’s first term, is expected to be nominated to succeed Secretary Janet Napolitano at the Homeland Security Department on Friday afternoon, according to Fox News Channel's White House correspondent, Ed Henry.

Al-Shabaab leader calling for more bloodshed and destruction

In the aftermath of the shocking Westgate Mall attack, the relatively unknown commander of Somalia's Muslim terrorist group Al-Shabaab on Thursday threatened to spill more blood in his organization's quest to cause Kenyan military members to cross the border back into Kenya, according to Morris Kirkley, a former police intelligence analyst and counterterrorism expert.

Israeli victims of terrorists victorious against China in New York court

The family members of 20 citizens of Israel who were killed in terrorist attacks won a key victory in New York State Appellate Court as a result of their civil action against the Bank of China on Tuesday in New York City, according to the plaintiffs' legal team.

Lawmakers push bill to classify Fort Hood shootings a terrorist attack

Two lawmakers in the U.S. Senate introduced a bill on Thursday -- the day after the 9-11 memorial -- that would force the Obama administration to finally classify the Fort Hood attack by an Army psychiatrist, which left 13 dead and more than 30 wounded in 2009, as an act of terrorism. according to law enforcement officials who spoke with the Examiner.

Radical Muslim groups give way to radicalized Muslim individuals

A new study and report released by the Homeland Security Project of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) on Monday strongly suggests that the terrorist threat to the United States that should be addressed comes from individuals who are radicalized over the Internet or in local mosques within the U.S. rather than from terrorist cells comprised of al-Qaeda or other organization's members.

Syrian conflict: Hezbollah preparing for U.S. attack on Assad forces

The Lebanon-based terrorist group, Hezbollah, is preparing for an anticipated attack by the United States on the organization's fighters in Syria and its ally, President Basher al-Assad, according to report from an Israeli police source on Thursday.

While Hezbollah fights in Syria, al-Qaeda ally emerges in Lebanon

This week, Hezbollah issued a warning to President Barack Obama and the United States through a senior Hezbollah source who declared: "A large-scale Western strike on Syria will plunge Lebanon virtually and immediately into the inferno of a war with Israel."

Obama DHS hired racist official accused of advocating killing whites

A left-leaning, public-interest legal group exposed a Homeland Security Department department head of creating and maintaining a web site dedicated to advocating the killing of white people and black conservatives, according to a report on Thursday.

Concerns grow over new immigration enforcement chief appointee

Two top GOP lawmakers sent a letter on Wednesday to President Barack Obama stating that they have serious reservations regarding the appointment of John Sandweg as the acting director of the U.S.

Leaker Bradley Manning nominated for Nobel Prize by American group

An international petition with well over 100,000 signatories urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee (NNC) to bestow the coveted Nobel Peace Prize to Pfc. Bradley Manning -- recently convicted of several charges related to his stealing classified documents -- will be turned over to the NNC in Oslo, Norway, on Monday, a U.S.-based activist group announced.

U.S. to work with corrupt Mexican police to secure border

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano conferred with her Mexican counterpart -- Secretary of the Interior Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong -- and law enforcement officials in Matamoros, Mexico, in order to plan border security cooperation to enhance public safety and security within the border region, despite numerous reports of widespread corruption by Mexico's government. “The United States and Mexico have taken unprecedented steps in recent years to deepen our cooperation along our shared border. We are committed to working together to support economic competitiveness by creating an environment in which our citizens and businesses continue to feel safe and secure, while reducing violence and increasing security,” she said.