Jim Kouri's Past Articles

871 articles

Border War: National Guard May Be Deployed to US-Mexico Border

published: March 13, 2009

The governor of Arizona is requesting a deployment of up to 250 National Guard troops to that state's border with Mexico, while the Texas governor is considering a similar action. The escalating vi...

No Happy Face: Illegal Alien Crime Wave Continues

published: March 11, 2009

Complex problems are associated with illegal aliens who commit crimes. Criminal aliens tend to be drug-oriented and violent, often preying on members of their own cultures. If deported, they freque...

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Should Improve Planning

published: March 10, 2009

In April 2005, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office was established within the Department of Homeland Security to enhance and coordinate federal, state, and local efforts to combat nuclear smuggli...

Authorizing State and Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws

published: March 09, 2009

The Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended during the Obama Administration, authorizes the federal government to enter into partnerships with state and local law enforcement agencies to train ...

Iraqi-Born Dutch Citizen Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Conspiracy Against Americans

published: March 07, 2009

An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen on Thursday pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to murder Americans overseas, including the planting of roadside bombs targeting U.S. soldiers in Fallujah, Iraq, an...

Criminal Aliens Invading US While President Obama Fiddles

published: March 05, 2009

It's old news that the Mexican government exports Mexico's poorest citizens into the United States for a number of reasons: It relieves them of the responsibility of providing social and healthcar...

Chaos in Mexico: US Military May Help Mexico Fight Drug Cartels

published: March 05, 2009

The following is based on a teleconference held -- and material provided -- by Donna Miles of the American Military Press Service: The US government may increase its military presen...

Ali al-Marri Indicted for Providing Material Support to Al-Qaeda

published: March 04, 2009

A federal grand jury in the Central District of Illinois returned a two-count indictment charging Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, 43, with providing material support to al Qaeda and conspiring with othe...

Terrorist Sentenced to 20 Years for Conspiracy to Bomb Targets in US and Europe

published: March 02, 2009

Christopher Paul, a/k/a Abdul Malek, a/k/a Paul Kenyatta Laws, a 44-year-old U.S. citizen born in Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday for conspiring with others to use a w...

US Training Soldiers to Enforce Border Security

published: February 27, 2009

Don't get too excited over that headline. First, the soldiers being trained to secure the border aren't US soldiers. And the soldiers who are being trained will secure the Iran-Iraq border, not the...

Ending Politically Tainted Intelligence Gathering and Analysis

published: February 26, 2009

Closely tied to the question of how best to set intelligence requirements are the larger questions of how to improve analysis by the intelligence community and how to increase its impact. Many pol...

Invasion USA: Congressman Calls for Hearing on Border Violence

published: February 26, 2009

Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today called on House Democrats to hold a hearing on the surge in drug-related violence on the U.S.-Mexico border. The violence is attribut...

Arms-Trafficker Monzer Al Kassar, Associate Imprisoned for Terrorism

published: February 25, 2009

Monzer Al Kassar, a/k/a "Abu Munawar," a/k/a "El Taous," the leader of an international arms-trafficking ring, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for conspiring to se...

Homeland Security and Electronic Crimes

published: February 24, 2009

“…The Director of the United States Secret Service shall take appropriate actions to develop a national network of electronic crime task forces, based on the New York Electronic Crimes...

The Two Faces of DHS Secretary Napolitano

published: February 23, 2009

Illegal Immigration critics are complaining that Arizona's former governor, now Secretary of Homeland Security, played politics when she announced a state of emergency during the Bush Administratio...

Chandra Levy Murdered by Illegal Alien?

published: February 23, 2009

This past weekend, the mainstream news media were breathlessly reporting that an arrest of a Salvadorian immigrant for killing a young Washington, DC woman named Chandra Levy is imminent. The case...

Feds Capture 2 Fleeing Alien Murder Suspects

published: February 19, 2009

A Mexican national wanted in his native country for the execution-style shooting of his aunt and teenage cousin at a church is one of two foreign murder suspects captured in the last two weeks by e...

National Security: Obama Team Should Expect "Strategic Shocks"

published: February 18, 2009

The Bush defense team confronted a game-changing “strategic shock” in its first 8 months in office. The Obama team would be well-advised to expect the same, according to a Defense Depar...

Foreign Spies Victimize US Businesses and Economy

published: February 17, 2009

The foreign intelligence threat within the United States is far more complex than it has ever been historically. The threat is increasingly asymmetrical insofar as it comes not only from traditiona...

First Sexually Dangerous Individual Committed Under New Adam Walsh Law

published: February 16, 2009

After a ten-day trial before Judge Patti B. Saris, Jeffrey Shields of Bath, Maine, was civilly committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a sexually dangerous person, according to...

Providence, RI Man Is Charged with Soliciting Murder of La Cosa Nostra Capo

published: February 11, 2009

A federal complaint filed in Providence, RI charges Anthony St. Laurent, Sr. with solicitation to commit murder-for-hire, according to an FBI report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs o...

Nation's Pols Continue to Lie About Immigration Enforcement

published: February 10, 2009

How many times have we heard mayors and governors, when faced with complaints regarding illegal aliens, claim that their police officers aren't authorized or trained to enforce immigration laws? To...

Pakistani National Pleads Guilty in Terrorism Financing Scheme

published: February 09, 2009

Imdad Ullah Ranjha, age 34, a Pakistani national residing in Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to operate an unlicensed money remitting business, announced United States...

Uranium Enrichment Facility Employee Pleads Guilty to Espionage

published: February 08, 2009

Roy Lynn Oakley, 67, a resident of Harriman, Tenn., pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Knoxville, to count one of an indictment charging him with unlawful disclosure of Restricted D...

Homeland Security Secretary Retracts I-9 Changes to ID Illegal Aliens

published: February 08, 2009

A new I-9 Form was scheduled to take effect on Monday, but in a surprise move, Secretary Janet Napolitano the new Secretary of Homeland Security retracted the mandatory changes late on Friday, pen...