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Rep. King plans second Muslim-American radicalization hearing JIM KOURI

Friday, June 10th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

U.S. Congressman Peter King (R-NY) yesterday informed all parties concerned that there would be a second House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the subject of radicalization within the American-Muslim community.
This latest hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, June 15, and its main topic will be the Muslim population incarcerated in prisons throughout the country.
“We [...]

Pakistan police thwart assassination plot targeting President Zardari JIM KOURI

Monday, June 6th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Pakistani police officers thwarted an assassination plot targeting President Asif Ali Zardari it was reported on Sunday in Islamabad. Police arrested eight suspected terrorists from Islamabad and Punjab provinces who are believed to have been plotting the assassination.
According to a police source in the Middle East, the Pakistani security force intercepted a call after being [...]

Hillary Clinton’s ties to lobbyist concealed by State Dept. JIM KOURI

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 by Jim Kouri

“With Internet journalists, political activists and public-interest groups investigating allegations made against the Obama Administration, is it any wonder the President unleashed high-tech Brown Shirts to harass, threaten, ridicule and marginalize Obama watchdogs?”
While members of America’s Fourth Estate appear to be taking an extensive hiatus from conducting investigative news gathering regarding the current Administration, Internet [...]

MI5: “Osama planned attacks in Britain” JIM KOURI

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 by Jim Kouri

This week, U.S. officials believe, there will be discussions between President Barack Obama and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron during the president’s trip to the U.K. that will result in more intelligence being shared between the two allies, a U.S. counterrorism official told the Law Enforcement Examiner.
According to British police officials on Friday, MI5 [...]

Obama, ACLU work together to halt deportations JIM KOURI

Saturday, May 21st, 2011 by Jim Kouri

As a result of what’s being characterized as collusion between the Obama White House and the left-wing American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials have suspended the scheduled deportation of an illegal immigrant at the ACLU’s request, according to a public-interest watchdog group based in Washington, D.C.
This move is part of a [...]

Radical honored with U.S. Naval Ship Christening JIM KOURI

Thursday, May 19th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

On behalf of the Obama White House and the U.S. Department of Defense, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Wednesday the selection of a Naval vessel named after an avowed follower of Marxist activist and author Saul Alinsky.
The USNS Cesar Chavez was selected as latest addition to the 14th Lewis and Clark class [...]

Holder dragging his feet investigating Operation Gunrunner JIM KOURI

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Current news media and blogger reports continue to raise questions about the handling of operations involving gun trafficking into Mexico — specifically the allegation that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has had a policy of permitting, and even encouraging, the movement of guns into Mexico by purchasers. This practice may [...]

Obama boasts of border security success, benefits of amnesty JIM KOURI

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

“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)

On Tuesday, [...]

CIA documents: Enhanced interrogation techniques helped find bin Laden JIM KOURI

Monday, May 9th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

“Detainee reporting accounts for more than half of all HUMINT [human intelligence] reporting on al-Qaeda since the program began…”
Documents recently released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) demonstrate the valuable information gained by so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques,” that ultimately led to the recent killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. A non-partisan watchdog group [...]

Congress to Hillary: Designate drug cartels as terrorists JIM KOURI

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Top members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday called on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to support the designation of certain Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and [...]

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

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 by Jim Kouri

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 [...]

Details of Osama killing becoming clearer JIM KOURI

Monday, May 2nd, 2011 by Jim Kouri

A U.S. intelligence operation in Pakistan killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden Sunday, President Barack Obama announced in a nationally televised address from the White House at 11:36 PM (EST), Sunday night.
It was revealed that shortly after taking office in January 2009, Obama ordered Director of Central Intelligence Leon E. Panetta to make [...]

Obama cheerleads for education of illegal aliens this week JIM KOURI

Sunday, May 1st, 2011 by Jim Kouri

In spite of the latest illegal alien crime statistics, a de facto war raging in Mexico, the U.S. facing an eventual bankrupt economy, and the continued “jobless recovery” touted by the Obama Administration sycophants and “protectors” in the news media, the progressives in Washington, D.C. — including President Barack Obama — have increased their pandering [...]

Cartel leader Extradited from Mexico to U.S. to Face Charges JIM KOURI

Saturday, April 30th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

The alleged leader of the Arellano-Felix Organization was extradited Friday by the government of Mexico to the U. S. to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California.
Alberto Benjamin Arellano-Felix was captured by Mexican authorities in 2002. While extradition to the United States was granted [...]

Obama nominates Panetta as Defense Secretary JIM KOURI

Thursday, April 28th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

In keeping with the Democrat Party trend of appointing party sycophants to key leadership positions in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama today nominated CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next defense secretary.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he’ll replace Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates who will leave the Pentagon on June 30.
Gates was [...]