Jim Kouri

Airport Security: Lawmakers concerned over security breaches

DHS had completed an initial study to validate the scientific basis of the Transportation Security Administration's Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program; however, additional work remains to fully validate the program, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office on Wednesday.

Obama’s terrorist detention policy a “tangled mess”: U.S. congressman

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee released statement on Friday regarding the Obama Administration’s plan to bring Somali terrorist, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame to the United States and prosecute him in the U.S. criminal court system.

“Fast and Furious” scandal making cops, citizens furious fast

When the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee released a report -- “The Department of Justice’s Operation Fast and Furious: Accounts of ATF Agents -- it infuriated law enforcement officers and American citizens across the country.

Panetta’s Iraq visit reveals his lack of knowledge

During his first official visit to Iraq as U.S. Secretary of Defense, the former CIA director Leon Panetta told Iraqi government officials that their defense forces including their border guards must do more to stop Iranian infiltration and weapons smuggling that's contributing to the increasingly deadly attacks.

Obama plans may gut U.S. national security

With the media frenzy over the "big showdown" Sunday night between President Obama -- with Democrat lawmakers -- and Republican lawmakers to hash out a proposed budget agreement, few reporters are covering the deep, deep budget cuts for agencies that protect the United States, its citizens and its interests.

“Body bomb” warning issued by U.S. officials

In the award-winning motion picture, "The Hurt Locker," U.S. military bomb technicians in Iraq come face-to-face with what they termed a "body bomb," a explosive device surgically placed in the remains of a dead Iraqi. The lead bomb tech discovers the surgically implanted explosives in the hapless young Iraqi's stomach.

EPA gives millions in handouts to China and Russia

In a transaction that's sure to anger Americans -- if the news media ever bothered to tell them -- the People's Republic of China gets millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to help with their so-called green projects. The outrageous part of the story is that the U.S. is indebted to China for almost a trillion dollars, according to a Washington, D.C. watchdog group that investigates government corruption. The Obama administrator, Lisa Jackson, who launched an enormously expensive program to make America’s minority communities green, has sent millions of taxpayer dollars to environmental causes in nations overseas, including China, Russia and India.

Victim of Weathermen Underground and Obama pal runs for mayor in Yonkers, NY

John Murtagh, one of the first Republican officials to publicly demand and explanation from then Senator Barack Obama about his questionable ties to radical terrorist William Ayers, has thrown his hat in the ring as the Republican designee for Mayor in Yonkers, NY, New York State's fourth largest city. Some political observers in the state have said that control of New York's fourth largest city may be the biggest test for Republicans in New York this November.

ICE agents slam Obama immigration policy

Last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents' union officials throughout the nation issued a unanimous no confidence vote in that agency's Director John Morton on behalf of ICE officers, agents and employees nationwide citing gross mismanagement within the Agency as well as efforts within ICE to create backdoor amnesty through agency policy. And almost one year later, the law enforcement agents and their union haven't changed their minds. In a biting June 23, 2011 statement, ICE union leaders say that since the June 10, 2010 no confidence vote was first released, problems within their agency have increased, citing the Director's latest Discretionary Memorandum as just one example.

Hezbollah in Latin America – Implications for homeland security

On Thursday, July 7, 2011 the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence will hold a hearing entitled “Hezbollah in Latin America – Implications for U.S. Homeland Security,” according to Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA), the committee's chairman.

Lone wolf terrorist threat increasing, say security experts

The most significant domestic terrorism threat over the next five years will be the lone actor, or "lone wolf" terrorist. They typically draw ideological inspiration from formal terrorist organizations, but operate on the fringes of those movements. With the Muslim world in turmoil, terrorist organizations are likely to find more and more recruits for their organizations. At times their recruits are unknown to terrorist leaders and commanders, but present a threat to nations throughout the world especially the United States and European Union members.

Obama gives nation a rundown on the Afghan war drawdown

Speaking to the American people from the White House Wednesday night in a televised speech that lasted about 15 minutes, President Barack Obama revealed no surprises when he announced the drawdown of the “surge” in Afghanistan during his much-anticipated speech. Reminding viewers of the 2009 coalition military surge in which he deployed an additional 30,000 American troops into Afghanistan, President Obama also reminded viewers of his commitment to start withdrawing troops in July 2011.

Obama extends National Guard border deployment

In a sudden turnaround, the White House informed members of the House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, Obama Administration has decided to extend the deployment of National Guard personnel along the Southwest border for three additional months. On April 1, U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, had sent a letter to President Obama calling for an extension of troops to continue support of the U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood con job fooling U.S. officials

Egyptian Constitution's Article 2 reads as follows: Islam is the Religion of the State, Arabic is its official language, and the principal source of legislation is Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia). While President Barack Obama and his administration continue to portray Egypt's oldest radical Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, as being more akin to the Rotary Club than to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda, many counterterrorism experts believe he and his administration are making a big mistake. These experts believe that proponents of radical Islam are still capable of creating an Egyptian caliphate or worse and that giving them billions of U.S. dollars will only hasten the creation of another Iran in the Middle East.

Death!  Federal jury imposes death penalty on brutal murderer

A vicious 30-year old murderer of three -- two men and a woman -- will soon be scheduled for a date with the executioner thanks to a federal jury in New Haven, Connecticut. The jury today voted unanimously to impose the federal death penalty against 30-year-old Azibo Aquart for his role in the murder of three people who dared to cross him and his drug gang. Since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988, only three men have been executed in 23 years. A total of 68 prisoners were sentenced to death since 1988.

Senators see gun control as anti-terrorism strategy

Several top Democrat lawmakers this week revised their gun control argument by claiming tighter gun laws will help prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons in the United States.

Brits create new crime fighting agency

The United Kingdom this week unveiled its own version of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation which the Home Office named the National Crime Agency (NCA). However, when viewing the U.K.'s new agency, it's more like Her Majesty's Secret Service Agent James Bond teaming up with Arizona's controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The NCA will spearhead the U.K.'s fight against serious and organized crime, strengthen policing at the border, enforce immigration laws, and ensure local policing effectively links to the work of national agencies and action overseas, the British Home Secretary's office announced.

Mexicans blast execution of criminal alien murderer in Texas

Mexicans on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are protesting the upcoming execution of a criminal alien rapist and murderer scheduled for July 7, 2011, in Texas.

Pakistan cops thwart assassination plot targeting President Zardari

Pakistani police officers thwarted an assassination plot targeting President Asif Ali Zardari it was reported on Sunday in Islamabad. Police arrested eight suspected terrorists from Islamabad and Punjab provinces who are believed to have been plotting the assassination.

Lawmaker stands up to Obama and “arbitrary” national security budget cuts

National security experts yesterday breathed a sigh of relief over the defense funding levels agreed to in the U.S. House and praised the House Armed Services Committee and it's chairman Rep. Buck McKeon for his work.