Jim Kouri's Past Articles

871 articles

Chinook tragedy: Taliban acquisition of night vision technology probed

published: August 10, 2011

During the weekend, U.S. Special Operations troops were closing in on a secret Taliban summit thought to include a high-value commander in Afghanistan's rugged Tangi Valley when they ran into an in...

Serial killer Ted Bundy's blood sample could solve cold cases

published: August 08, 2011

Before being strapped to the electric chair in Florida in 1989, the notorious and prolific serial killer Ted Bundy -- know to law enforcement as "The Deliberate Stranger" -- confessed to ...

1,500 murders ordered by leader of Mexican Murder, Inc.

published: August 02, 2011

Law enforcement officials in Mexico claim that a vicious and ruthless cartel leader they arrested boasted of ordering the murder of more than1,500 people in northern Chihuahua state, a U.S. drug en...

Obama and Fat Cats work on fundraising for 2012

published: August 02, 2011

While vilifying and name-calling Wall Street executives as greedy Fat Cats who prey on the American people, President Barack Obama is garnering more Wall Street street money than all of the GOP pre...

Obama administration cancels DHS nuclear detection program

published: August 02, 2011

The Obama administration canceled a $1.2 billion program to install nuclear material detectors at U.S. ports of entry, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Accor...

Top military brass slam Obama, Reid proposed budget cuts

published: July 30, 2011

"We are the only Army in the world, where if [a soldier] is asking for something, anything, he knows he’s going to get it. And that is a level of trust we have with the soldiers of the U...

Obama courts La Raza support at event in midst of "crisis"

published: July 29, 2011

In the midst of a fiscal crisis -- that his administration claims will lead to Armageddon -- President Obama took time out to visit with a key constituency: La Raza, a group many claim is the Mexic...

Somali people suffer from Islamist cruelty and famine

published: July 26, 2011

"One of them said how she left her sick child on the road because he was too weak to make the journey to Kenya. Burdened by other small children, she left him to die alone in the desert."...

Karzai blocking probe of missing billions of U.S. dollars in Afghanistan

published: July 24, 2011

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is blocking efforts by U.S. officials to locate billions of dollars given to aid Afghanistan's economy, stymieing efforts to combat money laundering of drug money, cor...

Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist group seeks alliance with al-Qaeda

published: July 21, 2011

A relatively unknown Islamic terrorist group in Nigeria is seeking an alliance with al-Qaeda and they're believed to be responsible for a series of bomb attacks in that African country, according...

Obama fundraising in White House may be criminal

published: July 20, 2011

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus on Monday called on the Department of Justice to investigate whether or not President Barack Obama broke federal election laws by conduct...

Court of Appeals: Airport body scanning not Unconstitutional

published: July 18, 2011

The full-body scanning machines used at airport security checkpoints by the Transportation Security Administration security officers are not unconstitutional, according to a federal court ruling on...

Airport Security: Lawmakers concerned over security breaches

published: July 17, 2011

HS 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, additio...

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

published: July 17, 2011

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,...

"Fast and Furious" scandal making cops, citizens furious fast

published: July 13, 2011

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 AT...

Panetta's Iraq visit reveals his lack of knowledge

published: July 12, 2011

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 mu...

Obama plans may gut U.S. national security

published: July 11, 2011

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 repo...

"Body bomb" warning issued by U.S. officials

published: July 09, 2011

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 surgical...

EPA gives millions in handouts to China and Russia

published: July 06, 2011

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...

ICE agents slam Obama immigration policy

published: July 02, 2011

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, a...

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

published: July 02, 2011

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 ...

Hezbollah in Latin America – Implications for homeland security

published: June 26, 2011

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 – Implica...

Lone wolf terrorist threat increasing, say security experts

published: June 24, 2011

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...

Obama gives nation a rundown on the Afghan war drawdown

published: June 23, 2011

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 ...

Obama extends National Guard border deployment

published: June 21, 2011

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 perso...