Jim Kouri's Past Articles

871 articles

Covert Actions Necessary in War on Terrorism

published: January 02, 2009

Covert actions (as distinguished from the covert collection of information) are used to influence political, military, or economic conditions or situations abroad, where it is intended that the rol...

Foreign Spies Victimize US Businesses and Economy

published: December 30, 2008

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...

President Bush Signs Victims Protection Act to Combat Human Trafficking

published: December 28, 2008

On December 23, President Bush signed into law a bill that enhances measures to combat human trafficking. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Immigration and Customs Enf...

Afghan Taliban Gets Life Sentence in Nation's First Conviction for Narco-Terrorism

published: December 24, 2008

A major member of an Afghan Taliban cell was sentenced today in US District Court for the District of Columbia to two terms of life in prison on drug and narco-terrorism charges, Acting Assistant A...

Mexico's Top Crime Family Active in US

published: December 23, 2008

The Castorena Family Organization is a large-scale criminal organization with more than 100 key members who oversee cells of 10 to 20 individuals in cities across the United States, according to pu...

Missile Defense Flight Test Results in Successful Intercept

published: December 18, 2008

The Missile Defense Agency announced that it has completed an important exercise and flight test involving a successful intercept by a ground-based interceptor missile designed to protect the Unite...

Suspected Mexican Murderer and Gangster Added to Most Wanted Fugitive List

published: December 17, 2008

The US Marshals Service announced the addition of Joseph Allen Garcia to the 15 Most Wanted Fugitive List, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Garcia is...

ATF Joins Palin's Church Arson Investigation

published: December 16, 2008

Acting Special Agent in Charge Douglas R. Dawson, Seattle Field Division, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced that agents from the Anchorage Field Offic...

Homeland Security: US Secret Service and Electronic Crimes

published: December 15, 2008

On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed into law H.R. 3162, the USA PATRIOT Act. The US Secret Service was mandated by this Act to establish a nationwide network of Electronic Crimes Task Forces...

Obama Discussed Senate Vacancy With Indicted Governor

published: December 15, 2008

Judicial Watch is performing its own investigation into the Illinois political scandal involving the state's governor and his connection to President-Elect Barack Obama. While the mainstream news ...

ACLU Uses 9/11 Victims' Families to Challenge Legitimacy of Military Commissions

published: December 11, 2008

The shysters at the American Civil Liberties Union yesterday released a statement from 25 9/11 victims' family members challenging the legitimacy of the Guantanamo military commissions and their ab...

Public Health & Border Security: US Must Strengthen Ability to Respond to TB

published: December 09, 2008

In spring 2007, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and state and local health officials worked together to interdict two individuals with ...

21st Century Warfare: US Army Continues Transformation

published: December 08, 2008

The United States Army considers the current transformation its most extensive restructuring since World War II. The Army has estimated that restructuring units from a division-based force to a mor...

Computer Crime: Forensic Device Allows Investigators Quick Access to Critical Data

published: December 05, 2008

It seems that no matter what illegal activity is pursued, whether it is pornography, kidnapping, murder, or even terrorism, the so-called criminal masterminds leave a winding but traceable trail of...

WMD Attack Likely, Says New Blue Ribbon Panel Report

published: December 04, 2008

Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a congressional blue-ribbon panel reported. The panel, chaired by former Florida Senator Bo...

Holiday Season Cyber Scammers Target Victims

published: December 02, 2008

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is alerting people this holiday season that cyber criminals continue to aggressively seek ways to steal money and personal information, according to a report obt...

The Forgotten US Border

published: December 01, 2008

Covering nearly 4,000 miles of land and water from Washington to Maine, the U.S.-Canadian border is the longest undefended border in the world. Various Department of Homeland Security (DHS) compon...

Global Theft Costs Retailers and Consumers $104 Billion Annually

published: November 28, 2008

The level of global retail theft reached $104.5 billion in the past year, leading to increased costs for both retailers and consumers alike. The second annual Global Retail Theft Barometer found th...

Terrorism in India: Law Enforcement Agencies Lack Directives

published: November 28, 2008

Gangs of heavily armed gunmen stormed several Indian hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's financial capital. The suspects killed at ...

Somali Piracy or Terrorism?

published: November 24, 2008

In spite of the news media distancing the recent attack on a ship off the coast of Somalia from global terrorism, intelligence experts believe this is just the latest operation initiated against th...

Court Rules Cops Can Carry Guns ... Nationwide!

published: November 21, 2008

A ruling on a case from South Dakota -- where off-duty law enforcement officers were criminally charged for carrying guns despite the authority to do so under the federal 'Law Enforcement Officer's...

Taxpayers Tell Congress: No State Bailouts!

published: November 18, 2008

As Congress reconvened on Monday for a lame-duck session, lawmakers no doubt are being inundated with requests for more federal giveaways on the taxpayer's dime -- the latest of which is a new spen...

NACOP: Acid Attack by Taliban Shape of Things to Come

published: November 17, 2008

It's a measure of the enemy in Afghanistan that Taliban terrorists attacked girls walking to school in Afghanistan on Nov. 12 by throwing acid in their faces, a senior Defense Department official s...

The Big Lie About Immigration Enforcement

published: November 16, 2008

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...

Zogby Poll: Obama Election No Mandate for Illegal Alien Amnesty

published: November 12, 2008

One complaint voiced by many conservatives regarding the last presidential election is the fact that there was practically no attention paid by either candidate to illegal aliens and immigration en...