Jim Kouri

Obama, Holder pursuit of Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues

The U.S. Attorney General and officials with the Justice Department yesterday boasted that it had entered in to a court-enforceable agreement with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio resolving a longstanding dispute over access to information related to the department’s Title VI investigation of the sheriff’s office.

Mexican cops storm drug cartel hideout killing 11

Mexican police officers reported Saturday that they've killed at least 11 La Familia drug cartel members after an intense shoot-out at the crime gang's western Mexico ranch, a U.S. DEA agent told the Law Enforcement Examiner

Supremes torpedo Obama’s Arizona lawsuit on illegal aliens

In a definite setback for President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that individual states have the right to revoke the licenses businesses that know they are employing illegal aliens. The case is seen as a preview of another case involving Arizona and illegal aliens expected to go before the nation's highest court.

Chicago trial: Pakistani agents implicated in Mumbai terror attacks

"These Pakistani intelligence agents were sympathetic to the cause of the radical Islamists and provided military and moral support to the group, Headley stated. He also stated that a Pakistani intelligence agent paid him $25,000 for the reconnaissance operation and that he was trained by LeT terrorists."

New al-Qaeda chief threatens Brits with retaliation

Over the weekend, United Kingdom military and police forces have increased security measures at various locations after hearing the new al-Qaeda leader Saif al-Adel promise his group would perpetrate terror attacks throughout London to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden.

Obama minions refuse to designate Mexican gangs as terrorists

Officials from the Obama administration turned down pleas from lawmakers and public-interest groups to place the names of Mexican drug cartels on their list of designated terrorist organizations.

Almost half of illegal aliens entered U.S. legally, but overstayed visas: Senators say

This population is of grave concern to law enforcement officials. Five of the 9/11 hijackers overstayed their visas, and GAO found that 36 of the roughly 400 people convicted of terrorism-related charges since September 2001 had overstayed their visas. - GAO Report to U.S. Senate

Drug war: Death and violence spill into Guatemala, say cops

"This latest evidence of sheer brutality -- the decapitation of human beings -- should be a warning to U.S. officials who are not taking their own border situation seriously," he added.

Intelligence agency cooperation still uncertain, say lawmakers

U.S. Senators last week praised the intelligence community for its role in locating Osama bin Laden but questioned whether the cooperation exhibited in that case is illustrative of the level of integration across the community envisioned by intelligence reform legislation they helped co-author.

Osama instrumental in ousting Somali government, claims Al Shabaab

An Al Shabaab leader this week claimed it was Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda that was instrumental in ousting Maj. General Mohammed Si’ad Barre, who headed Somalia's military regime.

American jihadist to U.S.: “Bin Laden’s death only makes us stronger”

American-born terrorist, Abu Mansur Al Ameriki, a member of the Somali al-Qaeda affiliate group Al Shabaab, said at a meeting yesterday in Mogadishu that the death of Osama Bin Laden will not weaken Jihad against the United States and Israel, but rather it has strengthened them.

Napolitano’s ‘Border Security Index’ an excuse for inaction, says lawmaker

“The President implying, we’ve done enough, the border is secure, does not make it so. Our border is definitely not secure. The Government Accountability Office has determined that only 15 percent of the border is under operational control. The time has come for real action, not words.” - Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Senate investigates Napolitano’s border security measures

“As good as the recent news is about the death of Osama bin Laden, we know the war against Islamist terrorism is not over,” Senator Joe Lieberman said.

Obama’s Texas visit touts border success, benefits of amnesty

“The President implying, we’ve done enough, the border is secure, does not make it so. Our border is definitely not secure. The Government Accountability Office has determined that only 15 percent of the border is under operational control. The time has come for real action, not words." - Congressman Peter King (R-NY)

Obama: Bin Laden’s death will aid victory against al-Qaeda

"The Obama personal narrative razzle-dazzle continued as the president appeared on 60 Minutes Sunday night to tell the nation how nerve-racking it was to make a decision. It was tense! His advisors gave him divided counsel! He had to sleep on it! Someone call a wambulance!" - Laura Ingraham, talk host and attorney

Al-Qaeda suspect nabbed for cafe bombing in Marrakesh

A prime suspect arrested by Morocco security agents in that nation's intense investigation of the deadly April 28 terrorist bombing in Marrakesh has been linked to al-Qaeda, according to a report by Morocco's Interior Ministry to the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday.

Osama and al-Qaeda’s planned attacks revealing, say security experts

The details of computers and documents retrieved by Navy SEALs from Osama bin Laden's Pakistani compound have already provided valuable information such as bin Laden's contemplating another 9/11, this time targeting railway transportation in the United States.

Attorney General Holder blasted for “creating public safety hazard”

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa confronted Attorney General Eric Holder on the DOJ’s Operation Fast and Furious, a highly controversial operation where federal authorities facilitated the purchase of assault weapons for drug cartels and chose not to interdict them before being transported to Mexico.

U.S. gave $Billions to train, equip foreign police forces: Gov’t report

This week, the Government Accountability Office submitted a report to the U.S. Congress addressing the foreign aid earmarked for police agencies in nations that deal with terrorism, narcotics trafficking and other criminal activities such as Pakistan. The rationale for such aid is that these terrorists, narco-terrorists and criminal enterprises have an impact on U.S. national security. Over the past few years, the United States has increased its emphasis on training and equipping foreign police as a means of supporting a wide range of U.S. foreign-policy goals, including countering terrorists overseas and stopping the flow of narcotics to the United States.

Bin Laden operation: CIA officers praised for their ‘transgressions?’

No one expects the denizens of America's newsrooms to remind Americans that the Obama Administration all but prosecuted those CIA officers who interrogated terrorism suspects -- especially now that President Barack Obama and his minions are taking bows for the elimination of Osama bin Laden.