Jim Kouri

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.

DHS intelligence gathering should be localized

Instead of increasing its interaction with foreign nations' law enforcement and intelligence agencies, the Department of Homeland Security should focus on building relationships with local police agencies and private-sector security departments in order to secure infrastructure and U.S. borders, say security experts.

Deadly, violent illegal aliens deserve no favors, says US lawmaker

According to government reports, an criminal alien from Haiti who was ordered deported by an immigration judge in 2007 after being convicted for two felonies was released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in October 2010 and went on to kill three Americans in Miami, Florida two months later, according to a report released by the U.S. House of Representatives this week.

Muslim Brotherhood, other Islamists win big in Egypt’s elections

The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, won 235 or 47.2 percent of the seats in the People's Assembly (lower house of parliament), a senior party official said in a press statement on Saturday.

Al-Qaeda terrorists seize control of city in Yemen

"[T]he government forces backed by U.S. Marine troops and Air Force have been fighting terrorists of the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) group for more than eight months..."

President Obama’s myopic view of the Muslim Brotherhood

President Barack Obama's view of the Muslim Brotherhood is based on his -- and his advisors' -- apparent rationale that the Islamist group is reformed and much more like the American and European models of pluralistic societies.

Former President Carter meets with Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo

The chairman of Egypt's new Freedom and Justice Party -- a/k/a the Muslim Brotherhood -- met last week with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

CAIR and ACLU: Court blocks anti-Sharia law in Oklahoma

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld a lower court's decision to block the implementation of an Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would prohibit courts from applying -- or even considering to apply -- "Sharia law" and "international law."

Lone wolf Islamic terrorist attacks Alabama cops

In yet another "lone wolf" Islamic extremist attack, a young man claiming to be a Muslim allegedly shot and broke the windows of businesses in Gadsden, Alabama, Sunday morning. The motive for the vandalism was to ambush any and all responding police officers, killing as many of them as possible

Obama’s 21st Century strategy plays Russian roulette with defense

Truth be told, because entitlement spending has tripled while defense spending declined as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), entitlement spending (Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security) is now 10 percent of GDP, whereas defense spending is only 5 percent.

2011 in Review: Security technology fails to secure U.S. border

2011 was anything but a successful year for the United States' border security projects including the building of a security fence at the nation's southern border. A recently released government report reveals that the Homeland Security Department failed to properly supervise contractors hired to increase security at the U.S.-Mexico border.