Jim Kouri

Obama team attempting to silence GOP groups, say conservatives

In an attempt to place conservative advocacy groups that are supporting the Republican presidential and congressional candidates on the defensive, President Barack Obama's attorney made an official complaint to the Federal Election Commission federal election on Friday, demanding that the conservative group Crossroads GPS reveal a list of its contributors, claimed conservative activists on Friday .

Immigration decision: Sheriff Arpaio gives Obama ‘virtual raspberry’

Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on immigration enforcement and the Obama Administration response -- that includes a special hotline for complaints against Arizona law enforcement officers who dare to enforce immigration laws -- controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gave President Barack Obama and his minions a "virtual raspberry" and defiantly announced, "I'm going to enforce our state laws."

Congress fighting to salvage U.S. intelligence assets from Obama cuts

The intelligence community and the Congressional Intelligence Oversight Committees have been working together during the past year, in recognition of the current challenging fiscal environment, to find efficiencies in the United States intelligence community's annual budget, according to U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI). Both Republican and Democrat House members want to avert President Barack Obama's so-called "sequestration plan."

NYPD faces politicians, Muslim advocates seeking control of cops

Democrats serving on New York's City Council are proposing legislation that would create a new position in response to complaints from Muslim groups and left-wing organizations opposed to the current counterterrorism activities of the New York City Police Department.

Lawmakers suspect intelligence leaks emanate from White House

Since 2011, when the GOP took control of the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama has all but begged the Democrats and Republicans to work together in both houses of Congress. Unfortunately a bi-partisan investigation of the White House over alleged intelligence leaks was obviously not what Obama had in mind on Friday.

Islamic group demands Holder take action against judge’s ruling

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday demanded that Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. Department of Justice protect the religious liberties of Muslims after a Tennessee judge's ruling prevented a mosque to be completed as a result of public outcry in Murfreesboro.

Turkish court indicts Israeli military leaders in absentia

A Turkish criminal court this week indicted four Israeli military leaders in absentia for their alleged killing of nine Turkish citizens during the Free Gaza Flotilla in 2010, a police source in Israel told the Law Enforcement Examiner.

ACLU v. CIA: Intelligence agency wins court battle on waterboarding issue

A United States Circuit Court of Appeals panel of judges handed a decisive defeat to the ACLU this week that stated the Central Intelligence Agency doesn't have to release documents regarding its use of waterboarding, or a photograph of the suspected terrorist, Abu Zubaydah, taken around the time that he was subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques.”

Sabotage: Labor’s weapon of choice and opportunity?

Radical activist groups and labor unions associated with President Barack Obama have launched a campaign of economic sabotage. Mortgage and student loan strikes, crippling bank boycotts, intimidation, and who knows what else, are all on the agenda. Unfortunately at times the sabotage takes the form of violence using explosives or arson to destroy "evil capitalism."

Posse Comitatus Act kicked to the roadside by feds, say critics

The new defense authorization act all but erases decades of U.S. government compliance with the letter and the spirit of the Posse Comitatus Act 1878, a law that prohibits the use of the U.S. military to perform law enforcement functions within the United States, according to police officials and others opposed to the militarizing of American law enforcement.

Former terrorist receives DOJ grant money, claims Beltway watchdog

The Obama Justice Department awarded a group headed by a domestic terrorist, -- and one-time FBI fugitive with close ties to President Barack Obama -- hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars "to reduce racial disparities in the juvenile justice system," according to a leading Inside the Beltway watchdog group.

Newark Airport security deficiencies known by Obama, congress?

The discovery on Monday that an illegal alien -- Nigerian national Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole -- held the position of security supervisor at an airport from which United Flight 93 departed on September 11, 2001, and crashed in a Pennsylvania field when terrorists commandeered the plane, has created a firestorm throughout the nation.

Terror warning: UN warns member nations of terrorist, WMD attacks

On Friday, the United Nations Security Council issued a statement voicing concerns over the threat posed by terrorists one year after the killing of radical Islamic icon, Osama bin Laden, and the risk that groups such as al-Qaeda could pose to nations such as the United States and members of the European Union with weapons of mass destruction.

CIA agents who thwarted al-Qaeda plot discover new bomb designs

U.S. counterterrorism officials said U.S. international intelligence agencies thwarted an attempt by al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner one year after the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to a statement released on Monday. What surprised many counterterrorism experts was the sophistication of the upgrade of the so-called underwear bomb.

Obama’s budget cuts on U.S. security unconstitutional, say experts

President Barack Obama's planned defense and national security budget cuts are expected to have an adverse impact on the U.S. Coast Guard's ability to perform its constitutional duty, according to a Heritage Foundation study by Mackenzie Eaglen and Jim Dolbow.

No prosecution of Border agent for shooting Mexican teenager

A U.S. border patrol agent and his family were relieved on Friday when they were informed that the agent will be prosecuted for shooting and killing a Mexican teenager on the banks of the Rio Grande on June 7, 2010, according to a press statement from the U.S. Attorney General's office.

Border agent indicted for violating illegal alien’s rights

In almost total secrecy, the Obama Justice Department has charged a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Luis Fonseca, for depriving the rights of a yet to be identified illegal alien at the Border Patrol station located on Imperial Beach, California, last July. Fonseca, however, was not indicted until a week ago.

Al-Qaeda bomb-making expert publishes magazine

A top al-Qaeda bomb-making expert this week has joined his fellow terrorists in publishing information on the World Wide Web, but this time its an Internet magazine instructing readers on how to build bombs and other deadly devices.

Gitmo prosecutor blasts terror suspect’s defense lawyers

The top prosecutor of the U.S.S. Cole bombing suspect, who is being held in a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slammed defense attorneys for their characterization of proceedings on the military base as being unconstitutional, according to a Pentagon spokesman on Saturday.

Mexican cops discover dismembered bodies near U.S. border

Mexican police officers on Monday -- one day after the Summit of the Americas -- discovered dismembered bodies packed into plastic garbage bags left inside an abandoned van, according to the Law Enforcement Examiner's U.S. drug enforcement source.