Jim Kouri

Senate Benghazi report blames FBI, CIA but exonerates Obama

The U.S. Senate released a report on Monday that blames the FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies -- but not the White House -- for the misinformation allegedly contained in talking points that explained the details of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate diplomatic in Benghazi, Libya.

Obama vows to push new gun-control legislation in 2013

President Barack Obama on national television on Sunday repeated his commitment to sign into law new gun-control legislation in the first year of his second term. One of the proposed laws is being introduced in the U.S. Senate by Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein from California on the first day the Senate returns to Washington.

Obama to end feds working with local cops on immigration enforcement

What's being heralded as President Barack Obama's Christmas gift to illegal aliens is the latest policy change that will have a negative impact on the effectiveness of U.S. immigration law enforcement.

Afghan cop murders American police advisor in Kabul

An American police advisor contracted by NATO was shot to death on Christmas Eve (Monday) when an Afghan female police officer allegedly opened fire on the law enforcement veteran, according to a former U.S. law enforcement and military intelligence officer now working in Israel.

New Mexican president unveils his new law and order strategy

Newly elected Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced on Monday his new security and public safety strategy, which "focuses on the transformation of law enforcement institutions and crime prevention."

Al-Qaeda Surge: Iraq ‘drowning’ in terrorist attacks

On Monday, the Iraqi people experienced an upsurge in terrorist attacks including 10 car bomb attacks that targeted both Muslim and Christian civilians, as well as members of the Iraqi police and military forces, according to Law Enforcement Examiner's Israeli counterterrorism source. "The Iraqi people are drowning in terrorist attacks and there appears no end insight," he said.

Al-Qaeda affiliate fighting in Syria added to U.S. terror lists

The U.S. State and Treasury Departments placed the terrorist group known as Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group, on both agencies' terrorism lists on Tuesday.

U.S. law officers arrest dozens of foreign ex-cons in Los Angeles

In spite of city government officials in Los Angeles, Calif., insisting on maintaining a so-called "sanctuary city" for illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported on Monday that its law enforcement agents arrested 37 foreigners with prior convictions for sex offenses during a three-day dragnet in the City of Angels and the surrounding counties.

Recruitment of women by al-Qaeda disturbs Iraq government

While considered a religious taboo in Islam to involve women in combat, al-Qaeda in Iraq is using every means possible to recruit women to help the terrorist group make a noticeable resurgence in the nation's Sunni Arab strongholds, according to a report in the India Times on Monday.

9/11 suspects may be tried in civilian courts not military tribunals

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had requested a complete study regarding the suitability of incarcerating and trying Guantanamo terrorism detainees on the U.S. mainland and switching jurisdiction for the trials from the military courts back to the civilian courts and the U.S. Justice Department, according to Fox News Channel's top national security correspondent on Wednesday.

Norway’s cops apologize for sending Jews to death camps in WWII

More than 67 years after World War II ended, Norway's national police service officially apologized on Monday for the involvement of Norwegian cops in the deportation of more than 500 Jewish Norwegians during the Second World War.

Iran boasts of providing missile technology to Palestinian terrorists

Only a mere few hours after a fragile ceasefire took effect between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Iran's top military commander, Gen. Mohammad-Ali Jafari, announced that the Iranian government is going to provide the Palestinian "resistance" with the technology necessary to mass produce Fajr-5 missiles, according to an Israeli counterterrorist who monitors the Iranian news organizations.

Petraeus denies leaking secrets to his paramour

Former CIA director David Petraeus confessed to making some "big mistakes" by having an extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell, but said he never allowed her access to classified documents or information, according to Fox News Channel's national security correspondent on Saturday.

Petraeus: Terrorists perpetrated the attack on Benghazi consulate

Former CIA Director David Petraeus testifying before lawmakers on Friday, claimed that classified intelligence strongly suggested the deadly raid on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a terrorist attack, but that the Obama administration withheld the suspected role of specific al-Qaeda affiliates.

Lawmakers slam FBI over Petraeus investigation failures

Lawmakers in both houses of the U.S. Congress on Monday slammed officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for not informing the House and Senate intelligence committees regarding an FBI investigation into the "scandalous conduct" of then-CIA Director David Petraeus.

Al-Zawahri: Somalia’s Al Shabaab must fight ‘crusader invaders’

"I guess al-Qaeda and its allies didn't get the Obama memo that said they were 'decimated' by the Commander in Chief." - Political Strategist

Petraeus resignation won’t interfere with Benghazi probe, say lawmakers

In response to the surprise announcement on Friday that Gen. David Petraeus officially resigned from his position as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, many observers wondered if he would still participate in the House and Senate probes into the tragic Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attack.

America’s toughest sheriff victorious on election day

Indestructible! That's the word supporters use to describe Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio whom voters reelected to a sixth term on Election Day in spite of federal officials' harassment and illegal-alien advocacy groups campaigning against him.

Power of al-Qaeda increasing despite Obama claims

Even after the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, President Barack Obama continues to give himself credit for all but destroying al-Qaeda and it's offshoots. On Friday, while campaigning in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Obama boasted that al-Qaeda "had been decimated." Then over the weekend in Ohio, Obama repeated his boast.

Top lawmaker’s son allegedly caught in voter fraud sting

The son of an 11-term Democratic congressman was allegedly caught on video providing information on how to commit voter fraud, according to a report and video released on Wednesday.