Jim Kouri's Past Articles

856 articles

The 9/11 Act: Reinvention of Air Cargo Security

published: August 28, 2008

Approximately 12 million pounds of cargo is transported daily on passenger aircraft. To accommodate this considerable stream of commerce, the Transportation Security Administration currently has in...

Al-Qaeda Monitoring Unit Chief Outlines Vulnerabilities of Al-Qaeda and Taliban

published: August 27, 2008

Richard Barrett, the highest ranking UN official responsible for monitoring the activities of Al- Qaeda, said the group continues to degrade seven years after September 11, 2001, hampered by fragme...

National Poll: The Media Love Affair With Barack Obama

published: August 26, 2008

A new Sacred Heart University national poll found 64.9% of Americans say the purported national media "love affair" with US Senator Barack Obama is very (30.5%) or somewhat real (34.4%). ...

Brazilian Man Charged in Cyber-Terrorism Case

published: August 25, 2008

A Brazilian man was charged by a federal grand jury in New Orleans for his role in a conspiracy to sell a network of computers infected with malicious software, Acting Assistant Attorney General Ma...

Terrorism: General Cites Need for Interagency, International Effort

published: August 21, 2008

Influencing, countering and ultimately defeating regional threat networks in the greater Middle East will require a “whole-of-many-nations'-governments approach,” a US commander said du...

ATF National Response Team Activated to Investigate Robbins, NC Fire

published: August 20, 2008

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Response Team, along with ATF special agents from the Charlotte Field Division, have entered the investigation of a large commercial...

RNC: Obama Campaign Worker Co-Founder of Radical Group Code Pink

published: August 20, 2008

The Republican National Committee (RNC) published an update at its BarackBook.com website yesterday that accuses Barack Obama presidential campaign bundler Jodie Evans of supporting the insurgency ...

Alien Inmates Indicted for the Murder of Federal Correctional Officer

published: August 20, 2008

A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Jose Cabrera Sablan, 43, and James Ninete Leon Guerrero, 40, with first degree murder, first degree murder of a federal Correctional ...

Man Imprisoned for Weapons & Explosives Charges Following Capitol Hill Arrest

published: August 18, 2008

A Virginia man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison following his conviction on multiple weapons charges, including possession of explosives and the attempted manufacture or possession of a wea...

Russian Attack on Georgia: The Tip of the Iceberg

published: August 17, 2008

Russia's invasion of the sovereign nation of Georgia has pushed major news stories off the front-pages of newspapers and news magazines, and usually is the lead story on broadcast news shows. The ...

Obama Confirms Relationship With Marxist Mento

published: August 17, 2008

Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid said that coverage of the Obama campaign's fierce attack on Jerome Corsi's book, The Obama Nation, misses the point that the campaign has finally acknowledged...

Homeland Security: TSA Using Covert Operatives to Test Security Measures

published: August 16, 2008

The Transportation Security Administration uses undercover, or covert, testing to approximate techniques that terrorists may use to identify vulnerabilities in and measure the performance of airpor...

FBI, TSA Hold Major Terrorism and Transportation Conference in New York

published: August 15, 2008

Last week over 700 law enforcement personnel, intelligence professionals, and private sector officials attended the Terrorism and Transportation Conference convened in New York, New York, hosted by...

Feds Arrest 57 Illegal Aliens Employed by Department of Defense Contractor

published: August 14, 2008

Fifty-seven illegal aliens working at Mills Manufacturing Corporation (MMC) in Ashville, North Carolina were arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents. The arrests were bas...

Homeland Security Department Faces Manpower Shortage

published: August 13, 2008

Since its inception in 2003, the US Department of Homeland Security has faced significant challenges related to recruiting, retaining, and managing its workforce of over 170,000 employees. The US ...

Government Security of Information Still Needs Work

published: August 12, 2008

Many federal operations are supported by automated systems that may contain sensitive information such as national security information that, if lost or stolen, could be disclosed for improper purp...

80 Gang Members Nabbed in Task Force Dragnet

published: August 11, 2008

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents together with federal, state and local law enforcement partners across Massachusetts, have arrested 52 gang members and associates and 28 other c...

Rampant Voter Fraud by Illegal Aliens Ignored by Government and Media

published: August 11, 2008

A recent study released by the conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation provides proof that illegal aliens and immigrants with green cards are committing rampant voter fraud in the United St...

Feds Nail 10,000 Violent Gang Members in the US

published: August 09, 2008

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, working in conjunction with federal, state and local law enforcement partners across the United States, have arrested the 10,000th gang members under operati...

Invasion USA: High-Tech Security Visas Sold on Mexican Black Market

published: August 08, 2008

United States immigration and State Department officials fear that their newly developed, high-tech visas are being sold on the Mexican black market. The US government hoped the newly designed vis...

US Prepares for Nuclear Terrorism

published: August 07, 2008

The United States Department of Energy maintains emergency response capabilities and assets to quickly respond to potential nuclear and radiological threats within the United States. These capabili...

Palestinians Deny Obama Returned Illegal Contributions, Says Reporter

published: August 07, 2008

In response to a World Net Daily story by Aaron Klein, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign contends it returned $33,500 in illegal contributions from Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza, but the donors ...

Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnerhip Seeks Enhancement

published: August 06, 2008

In fiscal year 2005, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership was established to eliminate terrorist safe havens in northwest Africa by strengthening countries' counterterrorism capabilities a...

Feds Combating Rampant Health Care Fraud and Abuse

published: August 05, 2008

The Department of Justice, in cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services, has guided the enforcement efforts of the national Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) si...

Freeing American Captives in Foreign Lands

published: August 04, 2008

When two American missionaries were kidnapped last July in Haiti, negotiators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation were called in to secure their release. The missionaries, both North Carolina ...