Jim Kouri, CPP
He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer for NewswithViews.com and PHXnews.com. He's also a columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 300 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. If you wish to receive Kouri's emailed law enforcement and intelligence reports, write to him at COPmagazine@aol.com. Simply write "Free Subscription" on the subject line.
Articles by Jim Kouri, CPP
October 29, 2009
Federal agents working on a counterterrorism task force in Detroit, Michigan reported that during a gun battle they shot and killed the Imam of a radical Islamic group. Agents say the gunfight began after Luqman Ameen Abdullah failed to surrender and face with various criminal charges.
Abdullah i...
October 23, 2009
Tarek Mehanna, 27, was charged on Wednesday in federal court in Boston with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, according to reports obtained by the Terrorism Committee of the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.
The federal complaint alleges that, beginning...
October 21, 2009
Imported food makes up a substantial and growing portion of the U.S. food supply and, considering the health and safety concerns of keeping American's safe, Washington insiders seem oblivious to that part of protecting American citizens.
To ensure imported food safety, federal agencies must focu...
October 17, 2009
Halloween is one of the most exciting times of the year for children, but sometimes the most hectic for parents. Nearly 94 percent of children between the ages of four and twelve participate in Halloween activities each year.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the N...
October 15, 2009
Terrorists attacked three security agency buildings in Pakistan today, including the Federal Investigation Agency headquarters and two police training centers in Lahore. In addition, a suicide car bomber struck in the northwestern city of Kohat, and a bombing in Quetta in the southwest of the countr...
August 29, 2009
Former US Army Major General Paul Valley has created an eGrassroots™ public policy research organization for the purpose of promoting dialogue -- and discipline -- of the principles found in the United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and other Founding documents.
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August 14, 2009
Federal agents and local police officials arrested 29 gang members and their associates -- including many with serious criminal histories -- following a three-day multi-agency gang enforcement operation in Las Vegas and Mesquite, Nevada, according to a report obtained by the National Association of ...
July 24, 2009
The following is based on documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police' Private Security Committee:
Today's weak link in anti-terrorism -- especially protection from unauthorized access to classified material by terrorists or other US enemies -- is the private sector's c...
July 09, 2009
(Special thanks to Fox News Channel national security correspondent Catherine Herridge for her help with this article. Ms. Herridge is one of the top newspeople in the business. Also thanks go to Chuck Young, the managing director of the US Government Accountability Office, for his assistance to the...
July 04, 2009
Federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) along with state and local law enforcement officers have arrested 31 people following a lengthy investigation into a drug trafficking organization that supplied methamphetamine and cocain...
June 24, 2009
(The following is based on reports and court documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Organized Crime Committee.)
Federal and local law enforcement authorities on Tuesday arrested eight of 39 members and associates of one of the most entrenched "cliques" of the 18th St...
June 16, 2009
Whenever faced with a rogue nation, the United States more often than not bends to the will of the United Nations or other entity that favors economic sanctions. This holds true for the current Administration of President Barack Obama.
With the recent testing of missiles by the Iranian military,...
June 09, 2009
The victim of a domestic terrorist was laid to rest today without the benefit of the major news coverage his story deserved.
Private William Long, a US Army recruiter, shot and killed by a Islamic convert on June 1 as he stood outside of an Army-Navy recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas. ...
June 09, 2009
Terrorist-sponsoring nation Iran is increasing its presence in Latin America, and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization it sponsors, is making inroads in drug trafficking in Colombia, according to Pentagon spokesperson Donna Miles in a press statement to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
...
June 08, 2009
A State Department official -- with the highest security clearance available -- and his wife were arrested for conducting espionage for the Cuban government for close to 30 years and conspiring to provide classified US information to the Cuban government, according to documents obtained by the Natio...
June 06, 2009
A suspected "Jihadist" killed one US Army recruiter and wounded another during a morning attack in Little Rock, on Monday.
Private William Long, 23, was killed as he worked at a military recruitment center in Arkansas.
Long and another man, Private Quinton I. Ezeagwula, 18, were shot as they...
June 02, 2009
A suspected "Jihadist" killed one US Army recruiter and wounded another during a morning attack in Little Rock, Arkansas yesterday.
According to the New York City Police Department's Intelligence Division, the suspect, a black male, drove his SUV by the Army/Navy Recruitment Center located at th...
May 21, 2009
The Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested a terrorist cell in the midst of a plot to detonate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at two Jewish synagogues and to shoot down a military plane with a Stinger surface-to-air missile at a local Air National Guard base.
Federal Bureau of Investigation ag...
May 20, 2009
The following report is based on material submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the United States Justice Department.
Each year thousands of children are subjected to violent crimes such as sexual abuse and kidnappings. The US Justice Department considers protecting childre...
May 17, 2009
Each year thousands of children are subjected to violent crimes such as sexual abuse and kidnappings. The US Justice Department considers protecting children from victimization a top priority. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the DOJ´s primary component that investigates crimes against childre...
May 14, 2009
She's tough. She's streetwise. She's clever. She's persistent. And she is a head-turning, good looking woman. Meet Detective Stacy Dittrich, author of the newly released crime thriller, Mary Jane's Grave.
Dittrich is a decorated and award-winning 17-year law enforcement veteran, author, media co...
May 12, 2009
U.S. Rep Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, yesterday released a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and CIA Director Leon Panetta requesting that the CIA´s Memoranda for the Record on the enhanced interrogation program be reviewe...
May 10, 2009
(The following report is based on documents submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police for dissemination to police commanders throughout the nation.)
Significant drug and weapons seizures by the Tucson-based, multi-agency Border Enforcement Security Task Force or BEST, are on the r...
May 04, 2009
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed deep concern today that "events continue to move in the wrong direction" in Pakistan and that the situation there may be approaching a tipping point, according to Donna Miles of the Armed Forces Information Center.
US national security experts ...
May 03, 2009
Taliban terrorists beheaded two Pakistan government officials in the area known as Swat Valley. Pakistani security officials claim the brutal killings were retaliation for the deaths of two Taliban chiefs, according to the Pentagon.
The Pakistani government and the Taliban fighters observed a ce...
May 03, 2009
Given the global context of the war on drugs -- coupled with growing recognition since September 11, 2001 (9/11), of the nexus between drug trafficking and terrorism -- the mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and efforts to forge effective interagency partnerships and coordination a...
May 01, 2009
The violent and murderous terrorist group al-Qaeda, and its affiliate members, continue to pose the greatest danger to the United States and its allies, according to a senior U.S. State Department official.
In addition, US counterterrorism experts have pointed out that the so-called Somali pir...
April 30, 2009
Non-lethal weapons provide an alternative for law enforcement and the military when lethal force is undesirable.
The US Department of Defense defines non-lethal weapons, or NLW, as those that are designed to incapacitate a subject, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and...
April 30, 2009
United States ports, waterways, and coastal approaches are part of a system handling more than $700 billion in merchandise annually. With the many possible threats -- including transportation and detonation of weapons of mass destruction, suicide attacks against vessels, and others -- in the maritim...
April 23, 2009
The Defense Department provided full cooperation during a U.S. Senate committee investigation that examined detainee-interrogation operations, a senior official said in a statement for Internet journalists and bloggers.
"We fully cooperated with that effort in responding to requests for interviews...
April 18, 2009
While President Barack Obama visited Mexico City to meet with his counterpart regarding controlling guns being smuggled from the United States into Mexico, a former Mexican police commander wanted on multiple kidnapping charges was deported into the custody of Mexican authorities by US officials, ac...
April 18, 2009
Christopher Perez, a/k/a "Cross," pleaded guilty on Thursday in Manhattan federal court to the murder of a Mexico-based narcotics associate Miguel Chaidez-Esparza, a/k/a "Noe Alfredo Castro-Loera."
Perez and the murder victim were associates of a Mexico-based cocaine trafficking organization that...
April 14, 2009
Nathaniel Little, Jr., 43, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced on Friday by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., to serve more than 20 years in prison on charges of armed bank robbery and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.
United States Attorney David E. Nahmias s...
April 14, 2009
Former Clinton Administration minion now the Obama Administration's Director of Central Intelligence Leon Panetta on Thursday told his personnel that private contractors will no longer be permitted to interrogate captured terrorists.
He also stressed that the CIA will terminate what remains of ...
April 09, 2009
A US Navy ship is transporting negotiators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation one day after a U.S.-flagged cargo ship was attacked by marauders off the coast of Somalia.
The Defense Department announced today that the US Navy, the USS Bainbridge arrived on the scene and was conducting an i...
April 06, 2009
(The following is based on court documents and a law enforcement report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Hassan Abu-Jihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 120 months...
April 03, 2009
On Monday, federal agents arrested a U.S. Army military supervisor on child pornography charges in El Paso, Texas.
A federal grand jury on Wednesday, March 25, indicted Sergeant Grady Michael Riley, 33, of the military police staff stationed at Fort Bliss, for possessing child pornography.
T...
April 03, 2009
While meeting with world leaders during G-20 in London this week, it's a safe bet that President Barack Obama did not discuss international organized crime and global terrorism. However, President Obama will someday regret his failure to address what are obvious national security concerns.
The e...
April 01, 2009
A federal judge has sentenced a former fugitive on a U.S. "most wanted" list -- captured following an intense global manhunt -- to 50 years in prison on child pornography charges.
On Monday, March 30, Kenneth John Freeman, 46, a onetime competitive body builder of Richland, Washington, was sente...
March 29, 2009
The Federal Bureau of Investigation predicts that sub-national and non-governmental entities will play an increasing role in world affairs for years to come, presenting new "asymmetric" threats to the United States, according to a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police and ...
March 27, 2009
The United States' intelligence community is undergoing the most extensive -- perhaps even radical -- transformations since the Office of Strategic Services gave way to the Central Intelligence Agency. Recognizing that people are the critical element in transformation initiatives is key to a success...
March 25, 2009
Yesterday the US Department of Justice outlined the increased efforts and reallocation of federal law enforcement personnel to combat Mexican drug cartels in the United States and to help Mexican law enforcement battle cartels in their own country.
Reports obtained by the National Association of...
March 23, 2009
Mohammed Alkaramla, age 24, of Chicago was arrested on Friday at his residence, without incident, by members of the Chicago FBI´s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) for suspicion of sending a threatening letter to a Jewish school. The suspect, who is a Jordanian national, was charged in a crimi...
March 21, 2009
A former Nazi concentration camp guard who settled in Racine, Wisconsin, after World War II and acquired U.S citizenship, was deported on Thursday to Austria for his participation in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution during World War II, according to reports released by the US Departments of Justic...
March 21, 2009
One Vietnam veteran, an old retired colonel, once told Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman: "Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident."
Col. Grossman believes this is true. He reminds us that the murder rate is six p...
March 20, 2009
Gangland Murder: Bonanno Crime Family Hitman Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
by Jim Kouri
Mob associate Joseph Young was sentenced on Tuesday to a mandatory term of life imprisonment for his conviction for the murder of Robert McKelvey four years ago in New York City's Staten Island, accordi...
March 18, 2009
Terrorist-sponsoring nation Iran is increasing its presence in Latin America, and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization it sponsors, is making inroads in drug trafficking in Colombia, according to American Forces Press Service's spokesperson Donna Miles in a press statement to Chief of Police Magazine...
March 17, 2009
A federal undercover investigation reveals that terrorists or criminals could steal an American citizen's identity, use basic counterfeiting skills to create fraudulent documentation for that identity, and obtain a genuine U.S. passport from US State Department.
A genuine U.S. passport is a vita...
March 17, 2009
Law enforcement officers from communities unaffected by gangs until the 1980s or early 1990s often find themselves scrambling to obtain training relevant to what are called hybrid youth gangs in the 21st century.
When gang-related training first became widely available in the early 1990s, it often...
March 13, 2009
The US Congress' Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation on Tuesday heard from a panel of forensic expert witnesses that some issues dealing with the validity of forensic science need better review procedures and more rigorous standards.
The hearing focused on a recent report released by the N...
March 13, 2009
A man wanted by the Mexican government for his involvement in several murders, robbery, kidnapping and ties to organized crime was escorted back to Mexico by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and turned over to authorities in Mexico City.
Liberio Andrew Gonzalez, an illegal alie...
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 frequently use new names to reenter the United States and establish residence in different cities.
Furthe...
March 10, 2009
The controversy over President Barack Obama's nominee for a top intelligence position came to an end today when Charles Freeman removed his name from consideration.
U.S. Congressman Pete Hoekstra, (R-MI), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement after...
March 08, 2009
During fiscal years 2002 through 2008, the United States spent approximately $16.5 billion to train and equip the Afghan army and police forces in order to transfer responsibility for the security of Afghanistan from the international community to the Afghan government, according to a report obtaine...
March 05, 2009
Deportation officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported convicted terrorist Khalid Dahham Al-Jawary, 61, to Khartoum, Sudan, via Denver International Airport.
He arrived in Sudan, under ICE escort, on Tuesday, according to a report obtained by the 14,000-member National Asso...
March 06, 2009
Miguel Angel Mejia-Munera, a/k/a "El Mellizo," was extradited yesterday from Colombia to the United States to face narcotics trafficking charges, according to information obtained by the Chiefs of Police Association from the offices of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
According to the ...
March 06, 2009
Some may accuse me of gross hyperbole when I say that the government of Mexico uses the US as their penal system, but truth be told, tens of thousands of criminal aliens who come into the US are from Mexico and our federal and state prisons, and local jails warehouse these lawbreakers at the expense...
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 healthcare services for them; it provides their country's economy with an influx of US cash when these illegal w...
March 04, 2009
Chaos in Mexico: US Military May Help Mexico Fight Drug Cartels
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 presence to help Mexico fight drug cartels that pose ...
March 04, 2009
The following report is based on material submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Terrorism Committee:
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 a...
March 03, 2009
(The following information was issued to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
John A. Torres, special agent in charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Los Angeles Field Division, issued a statement on Monday cautioning college students planning on traveling to...
March 03, 2009
(The following news story is based on reports and documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police from the US Department of Justice's Criminal Division.)
Colombo organized crime family acting boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico and administration member John "Jackie" DeRoss were...
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 weapon of mass destruction, namely explosive devices, against targets in Europe and the United States, a...
February 26, 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 U.S.-Mexico border.
While military officials overseas are taking a common sense approach to securi...
February 25, 2009
(Information for the following news report was obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration.)
Monzer Al Kassar, a/k/a "Abu Munawar," a/k/a "El Taous," the leader of an international arms-trafficking ring, was ...
February 25, 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 attributed to Mexican drug cartels, fighting turf battles and competing to control the U.S. drug trade markets....
February 22, 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 originally received so much media attention that she became a household name. While the media conti...
February 22, 2009
(This article is based on an FBI Strategic Plan submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Energy´s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) on Monday announced the opening of a new laboratory and office suite for ...
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 enforcement teams headed by Los Angeles-based officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC...
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 Department report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police
Defense-relevant strategic shocks jolt c...
February 17, 2009
[The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.]
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 ...
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 a report sent to the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Child Protection Program.
Shields i...
February 15, 2009
A grand jury in San Diego has handed down 14 indictments, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California has filed two criminal complaints, charging 36 defendants with a federal racketeering conspiracy, firearm offenses and drug trafficking violations, according to a report ...
February 14, 2009
(This report was made available to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the New York City Police Department's Intelligence Division at One Police Plaza in Manhattan.)
February 13, 2009
A defrocked Catholic priest who once served as a spiritual advisor to Mother Teresa was sentenced in Chicago on Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for sexually molesting a boy on several interstate and international religious retreats.
February 12, 2009
It's quite apparent that it is only during national election campaigns when you'll find politicians jockeying for recognition as devout Christians. Even liberal-left politicos will invoke the name of Jesus Christ in order to garner the votes of practicing Christians. In reality many of those politic...
February 12, 2009
(This article is based on information provided by the FBI to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The cyber threat confronting the United States is rapidly increasing as the number of actors with the tools and abilities to use computers against the United States or its interests is risi...
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 of Police's Organized Crime Committee.
According to an FBI affidavit supporting the criminal compla...
February 10, 2009
In fiscal year 2007, the Department of Homeland Security obligated about $12 billion for acquisitions to support homeland security missions. DHS's major investments include Coast Guard ships and aircraft; border surveillance and screening equipment; nuclear detection equipment; and systems to track ...
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 Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
According to his guilty plea, Imdad Ranjh...
February 07, 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 Data under the Atomic Energy Act, according to documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs ...
February 08, 2009
A man who was wanted for allegedly committing an execution-style killing of a Mexican police officer and his wife in June was deported last Wednesday. This case was investigated -- and the deportation was carried out -- by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Gustavo Guerrero-Cereceres...
February 06, 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, pending further comment and review; businesses that had discarded the previous I-9s must now resume using ...
February 06, 2009
While civil-rights activists are up in arms, after two years of testing, Los Angeles Police Department officials approved the Benelli M4, a semi-automatic entry-type weapon, which greatly improves officers' ability to do their job effectively, according to a report obtained by the National Associat...
February 04, 2009
Six southwest Texas counties have been added to a growing list of law enforcement agencies throughout the state that are receiving access to a program developed by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security; this program is expected to bolster local efforts to identify dangerous deportable cri...
February 05, 2009
(The following news story is comprised of information submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.)
Spike TV returns to the streets of the billion dollar illegal narcotics trade, this time in New Jersey, to offer viewers a glimpse into the...
February 04, 2009
Two Montgomery County, Maryland, suspects were arrested Tuesday for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking in a scheme to prostitute three minor females, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
On January 28, 2009, a three count indictment was returned agai...
February 03, 2009
According to the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) and the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), approximately one million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of September 2008.
The...
January 31, 2009
America's new president -- Barack Obama -- will face more and more international problems and crises, according to law enforcement officials.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation forecasts that sub-national and non-governmental entities will play an increasing role in world affairs for years to c...
February 02, 2009
On Friday, January 30, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano sent a copy of her immigration and border security directive to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police. While her plan does not appear much different from the one formulated and promulgated by the previous DHS...
January 30, 2009
(This report is based on documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a 41-year-old Colombian national wanted by the Colombian government for a 1994 double homicide. His initial court appearance was yesterday in the Sout...
January 29, 2009
Nicholas Cosmo, 37, the owner and president of Agape World, Inc. and Agape Merchant Advance, LLC, was arrested Tuesday night as a result of a federal complaint charging him with mail fraud, according to a report obtained by the Fraud & Corruption Committee of the National Association of Chiefs of Po...
January 28, 2009
The former vice president of reinsurance of American International Group Inc. (AIG), was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme to manipulate AIG's financial statements, according to a Department of Justice report obtained by the National Association of Chief...
January 26, 2009
(The following is based on a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
On Saturday, a federal court jury found 29-year old Anthony Washington, a Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips gang member guilty of three charges. The relatively quick three day trial concluded on Friday.
Wash...
January 26, 2009
Hamas representatives and Egyptian officials continued their dialogue sessions on Sunday in Cairo to discuss their ceasefire with Israel, according to a Palestinian news website run by the so-called political-wing of Hamas.
The Palestinian media claimed that a Hamas delegation met with Egypt's i...
January 27, 2009
(The following is based on material obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit.)
Psychopathy is a personality disorder manifested in people who use a mixture of charm, manipulation, intimidation, and occasionally vi...
January 24, 2009
(The following report is based on documents obtained by the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
"The faster we get them [illegal alien gangbangers] locked up, the faster illegal immigrants replace them," said a Los Angeles police officer.
U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
January 25, 2009
A Ghanian man was sentenced Friday in the District of Columbia for his role in smuggling East Africans into the United States, according to reports and court papers obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
Mohammed Kamel Ibrahim, a/k/a Hakim, 27, a native of Ghana and naturalized...
January 23, 2009
Kevin Xu, 36, a citizen of the People's Republic of China was sentenced last Thursday to 6½ years in prison for distributing counterfeit and misbranded pharmaceuticals within the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal...
January 22, 2009
(The following is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the release of the National Disaster Housing Strategy for natural (hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.) or man-mad...
January 21, 2009
While most of the focus of federal law enforcement today is on counterterrorism, federal police agencies must still contend with more traditional anti-crime operations including emerging organized crime gangs.
Criminal enterprises represent a near and long-term threat to our nation. The criminal...
January 20, 2009
Zubair Ahmed, 29, and Khaleel Ahmed, 28, both residents of Chicago, pleaded guilty last Thursday in the Northern District of Ohio to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in connection with their efforts to travel abroad in order to murder or maim U.S. military forces in Iraq or Afgha...
January 19, 2009
Recently, concerns have arisen as to whether top management at the US Transportation Security Administration were negatively impacting the results of "red team" (covert) operations by leaking information to security screeners at the nation's airports in advance of covert security testing operations....
January 18, 2009
America's new president -- Barack Obama -- will face more and more international problems and crises, according to law enforcement officials.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation forecasts that sub-national and non-governmental entities will play an increasing role in world affairs for years to c...
January 17, 2009
A 22-year-old Fort Lee, New Jersey man, Jeremy Slagle, has been sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for Distributing Material Involving Child Pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor.
Slagle received his sentence on Friday, January 9, 2009, in the U.S. District Court for the D...
January 15, 2009
A high ranking member of a Colombian drug cartel was sentenced in Tampa, FL to life in prison Monday following a multi-agency investigation comprised of several federal agencies including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Ivan Gonzalez-Bejarano, 48, linked to the Cali Cartel, was se...
January 15, 2009
(The following is based on a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Department of Homeland Security recently released their 2008 report on the results of their BEST program, which is part of the United States' border security program.
US Immigration and Customs E...
January 16, 2009
TARP Inspector General Asked to Investigate Citigroup and Bank of America Donations to TARP Money Funneled to Jesse Jackson Fundraiser
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TARP Inspector General Asked to Investigate Citigroup and Bank of America Donations ...
January 14, 2009
(The following is based on information obtained from the Department of Homeland Security by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Shadow Wolves comprise an immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactical patrol unit based on the Native American Tohono O´odham Nation in south...
January 13, 2009
A former drug task force intelligence analyst was arrested for using his law enforcement position to harass his former girlfriend and falsely implicate her in a drug investigation.
Earl S. Hoffman, Jr., age 40, formerly of Lowell, was arrested late yesterday night on a four-count indictment unsea...
January 12, 2009
Not long ago, Denys Ray Hughes, 59, of Phoenix, AZ, was found guilty of Attempted Production of a Biological Toxin for Use as a Weapon, Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device and Possession of an Unregistered Silencer, by a federal jury.
The evidence at his trial showed that Hughes gr...
January 10, 2009
While the news media and politicians in the United States continue their focus on domestic issues such as bailouts for failing corporations, there are enormous changes occurring in communist China. For the most part, the news media and pundits have ignored events in China for over a decade, except d...
January 09, 2009
During an interview on March 20 with Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz, Fox News Channel viewers learned that Shabazz' group endorsed and supported Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States.
Even on Fox -- an organization wrongly accused of being "conservative" -- the intervi...
January 08, 2009
As the nation prepares for the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States, the Center for Strategic & International Studies released an important and disturbing report on cybersecurity, cyber-terrorism and other threats that exist within cyberspace.
The CSIS Commission on Cybe...
January 07, 2009
On Tuesday, former Clinton Administration adviser Dick Morris told Fox News Channel that President-Elect Barack Obama's motive for the nomination of Leon Panetta to the important post of Director of Central Intelligence is to tear that agency apart.
While I concur with Morris' assessment (I rarel...
January 03, 2009
On New Year's Day, nine American Muslim passengers were not permitted to board an AirTran Airways flight going to Florida at Reagan National Airport, claims the Islamic group Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR.
According to the Muslim passengers, some airline passengers complained abo...
January 03, 2009
Leave it to the folks at Amnesty International to take the side of Islamic terrorists in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. What the hell is "disproportionate response" when you are dealing with terrorists? Read Amnesty International USA's released statement below, but have a barf bag available.
H...
December 31, 2008
The following report is based on information obtained by the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police:
As New Yorkers and tourists prepare for tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations -- especially in Manhattan's Times Square area -- law enforcement will be assisted by the citizen sold...
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 role of the US Government will not be apparent or acknowledged publicly.
These might consist of propag...
December 30, 2008
[The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.]
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 ...
December 28, 2008
The current 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.
Defense-relevant strategic shocks jolt convention to such an extent that they force sudden, unanticipated change in the Department of De...
December 21, 2008
Potential terrorist attacks and the possibility of naturally occurring disease outbreaks have raised concerns about the "surge capacity" of the nation's health care systems to respond to mass casualty events, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police
The Gove...
December 22, 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 drug-resistant infectious tuberculosis (TB) from crossing U.S. borders and direct them to treatment.
...
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 public court documents filed by the US government in Colorado and in other judicial districts around the ...
December 25, 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 Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced in a statement submitted to the 14...
December 27, 2008
(The following commentary is based on material obtained by the National Security Committee of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Department of Defense's use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) continues to increase. In 2000, DOD components had fewer than 50 unmanned aircraft in ...
December 26, 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 Enforcement Acting Assistant Secretary John Torres were among 16 federal agency and private organizatio...
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 United States against a limited long-range ballistic missile attack.
The flight test results will help t...
December 20, 2008
The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) launched the Secure Communities program in Bucks and Montgomery counties to better identify and remove criminal aliens from these communities.
This program, administered by DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will now chec...
December 16, 2008
William A. "Bill" White, the self-proclaimed Commander of the neo-Nazi group the American National Socialist Workers Party, was indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening five individuals and for attempting to intimidate litigants in a federal housing discrimination lawsuit, the Justice Depart...
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 wanted in Texas on charges of murder, manslaughter, three counts of aggravated assault with a dead...
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 (ECTFs).
The concept of the ECTF network is to bring together not only federal, state and local la...
December 15, 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 Office joined the Wasilla Bible Church arson investigation.
On Dec. 13, 2008, the Central Mat-Su Fire De...
December 14, 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 media are busy conducting their phony investigation -- designed to subdue any negative effects on t...
December 13, 2008
Yesterday, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, speaking after a joint United States and European Union (EU) ministerial meeting, highlighted "Operation Joint Hammer" -- the US component of an ongoing global enforcement operation targeting transnational rings of child pornographers.
The operatio...
December 10, 2008
The Department of Energy oversees contractors that operate more than 200 "high-hazard" nuclear facilities, where an accident could have serious consequences for workers and the general public.
DOE is charged with regulating the safety of these facilities. A key part of DOE's self-regulation is t...
December 10, 2008
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested on Tuesday by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity.
The allegations include conspiring to obtain per...
December 12, 2008
Wahhabism is a fundamentalist movement, named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703-1792). It remains the dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia.
Wahhabis hold that some Muslim groups such as Shia Islam follow novel or non-Islamic practices.Wahhabi theology advocates puritanical and legalistic ...
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 ability to achieve justice. Personally, if I had my way, I'd release these terrorist killers into their c...
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 more agile and responsive modular brigade-based force will require a significant investment through fiscal...
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 drug-resistant infectious tuberculosis (TB) from crossing U.S. borders and direct them to treatment.
...
December 09, 2008
(The following article is based on reports and affidavits obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Research Division.)
Blagojevich and aide allegedly conspired to sell U.S. Senate appointment, engaged in"pay-to-play" schemes and threatened to withhold state assistance to Tribune...
December 06, 2008
The current economic downturn has brought significant financial stress to the auto manufacturing industry. Recent deteriorating financial, real estate, and labor markets have reduced consumer confidence and available credit, and automobile purchases have declined.
While auto manufacturers broadl...
December 07, 2008
Nearly 30 North Carolina law enforcement agencies have succeeded in locating offenders and wanted suspects without leaving their desks. The agencies are part of a five-county pilot project utilizing an integrated justice solution called JusticeXchange. The computerized service provides law enforceme...
December 05, 2008
The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council and the Georgetown Public Policy Institute today held a transition briefing to discuss the historical context of the US Department of Homeland Security, the evolution of the homeland security mission, and recommendations to the Obama Administration fo...
December 02, 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 Bob Graham, released a preliminary report on December 1 that created a huge amount of Washington buzz.
...
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 obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
Scammers are using several techniques to foo...
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) component agencies share responsibility for northern border security, primarily U.S. Customs and Border Pr...
November 30, 2008
The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, has criticized recent anti-Israel statements by Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, the current president of the United Nations General Assembly.
D'Escoto had likened Israel's actions vis-a-vis the Palestinians to "the apartheid o...
November 28, 2008
Yesterday, the National Council of La Raza, MALDEF and other organizations held yet another news conference to try to silence the immigration policy debate in this country, reports the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). FAIR claims this outrageous behavior is part of a calculated st...
November 28, 2008
For more than six decades, the FBI has stationed agents and other personnel overseas to help protect Americans back home by building relationships with principal law enforcement, intelligence, and services around the globe and facilitating a prompt and continuous exchange of information.
Today, ...
November 29, 2008
As Indian forces for a third day continued to root out terrorists responsible for a wave of deadly attacks across Mumbai, the American Jewish Committee (AJC), which maintains an office in Mumbai and is in close contact with Indian government and Jewish community officials, issued the following state...
November 27, 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 that while global retail shrinkage as a percentage of total sales has declined slightly in the past 12 mo...
November 26, 2008
A physicist in Newport News, Va., has pleaded guilty today to charges that he illegally exported space launch technical data and defense services to the People´s Republic of China (PRC) and offered bribes to Chinese government officials.
The guilty plea was announced today by Dana Boente, A...
November 26, 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 least 78 people and wounded another 200, according to US embassy officiala.
The gunmen were specific...
November 25, 2008
While the reporters and editors at CNN profess to support working men and women, it appears that behind the scenes they've treated their own workers poorly.
The Honorable Arthur J. Amchan, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor Relations Board, issued a decision detailing how the Cable...
November 24, 2008
In fiscal year 2007, the Department of Homeland Security obligated about $12 billion for acquisitions to support homeland security missions. DHS's major investments include Coast Guard ships and aircraft; border surveillance and screening equipment; nuclear detection equipment; and systems to track ...
November 19, 2008
The National Legal and Policy Center, an organization that achieved success as a plaintiff in the 1993 lawsuit to open the meetings and records of Hillary Rodham Clinton's health care task force, criticized President-Elect Barack Obama for selecting Eric Holder as his Attorney General nominee. NLPC...
November 23, 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 the United States and the West by Al-Qaeda.
Recently a failed assassination attempt on the prime mini...
November 23, 2008
Sabotage, like any other weapon, offers its user an amplification and extension of his own strength, both to harm others and defend himself.Sabotage has the additional appeal of destroying much evidence of itself, and is usually hard to prove.
Sabotage offers the indigenous malcontent or the alie...
November 20, 2008
Denizens of our nation's newsrooms are all celebrating the nomination of two-term governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano, by President-elect Barack Obama to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes the law enforcement agencies responsible for protecting US borders and capturing ...
November 21, 2008
(The following report was obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police Firearms Committee.)
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 Offic...
November 22, 2008
(The following article is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
US government and other terrorism experts continue to report that Islamic extremism is on the rise and that the spread of Islamic extremism is the preeminent threat facing the United States. In a...
November 20, 2008
Hector Portillo, a member of the international MS-13 street gang, and seven others were charged in New York City with multiple crimes, including 29 counts of murder, attempted murder, assault, racketeering, and illegal use of firearms.
The charges were announced by Benton J. Campbell, United Sta...
November 18, 2008
With US, Afghan and Pakistani forces applying pressure on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the enemy "is running out of options for places to go," a senior US officer in the region said today.
Army Col. John M. Spiszer, commander of Task Force Duke, which is centered on the 1st Inf...
November 17, 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 spending plan that would provide bailout funds to states and localities.
In its latest effort to stop "...
November 17, 2008
The National Association of Chiefs of Police (NACOP) received the following report from the US Department of Defense in order to alert police commanders and security directors about a recent terrorism tactic development:
It's a measure of the enemy in Afghanistan that Taliban terrorists attacked...
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? Too many times, if you ask me. Well, either these government leaders are too ignorant to to hold office o...
November 15, 2008
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today regulations aimed at strengthening the security of the nation´s freight and passenger rail systems and reducing the risk associated with the transportation of security-sensitive materials.
"By striking a sensible balance of se...
November 12, 2008
A captain in the U.S. Army was sentenced today in federal court to one year in prison and three years of supervised release on charges of conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States, following an investigation by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Tomoaki Iishiba, 34, a nine-yea...
November 13, 2008
The US Department of Justice yesterday unveiled an innovative national public service announcement (PSA) campaign to educate parents about the potential dangers that their children face online and, for the first time, warns potential online predators that exploiting a child online is a serious feder...
November 14, 2008
Wake County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday became the first of four law enforcement agencies in North Carolina to receive new database link that will automatically check the criminal and immigration history of all individuals booked into the jail, according to a report submitted to the National Assoc...
November 11, 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 enforcement. In fact, the victory by President-Elect Barack Obama has led to some illegal alien advocate...
November 10, 2008
"Now that the elections are behind us, we begin a time of transition. During this time, it is important that all of us continue giving our best efforts to the American people and bringing the dedication and commitment to our jobs that we have brought to them from day one. It is also important that a...
November 09, 2008
An indictment was unsealed Friday morning in Brooklyn federal court charging Michael Coppola, a captain in the Genovese organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, with racketeering and racketeering conspiracy.
The predicate acts include the 1977 murder of Giovanni Larducci, also known as "John La...
November 07, 2008
Previously, I wrote a column regarding MoveOn.Org's $88 million contribution to Barack Obama's camapign. Now it's time to look at the contributions of a large and powerful labor organization with a history of organized crime affiliations:
The Teamsters, arguably the world's most powerful labor un...
November 06, 2008
After endorsing President-elect Obama last February, MoveOn.org Political Action's 4.5 million members contributed more than $88 million towards Barack Obama's presidential campaign, the organization announced yesterday. And more than 1 million MoveOn members worked in a trail-blazing field effort i...
November 05, 2008
Now that we know who will lead our nation beginning in January 2009, it's time to evaluate the problems President Barack Hussein Obama will face in the early days of his presidency.
While the Democrat Party hacks, the news media and the bureaucrats concentrated on the economy and the selfishness...
November 05, 2008
A Miami federal jury convicted Venezuelan national Franklin Duran, on charges of acting and conspiring to act as an agent of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela within the United States, without prior notification to the Attorney General of the United States, as required by law, according to report...
November 03, 2008
Jorge Flores-Rojas, 44, an "undocumented Mexican national," pleaded guilty last week in federal court in Charlotte, N.C., to two counts of sex trafficking of minor females and one count of transporting an adult female for the purpose of commercial sex, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Crimin...
November 02, 2008
(The following article is based on several reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
A multi-agency initiative to combat illegal exports of restricted military and dual-use technology from the United States has resulted in criminal charges against more than 145 defendant...
November 01, 2008
While presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain were campaigning in Pennsylvania, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that its fugitive operations teams based in Philadelphia detention and removal office arrested 37 fugitives, which included 14 with criminal records, during...
October 31, 2008
Since September 11, 2001, the United States has established tools to address the threat to the US financial system of money laundering and terrorist financing.
One such tool is Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit US financial ins...
October 30, 2008
In a bold move in front of members of the news media, Freedom Watch Chairman and Chief Legal Counsel Larry Klayman literally jumped out from behind a line of TV cameras and microphones on Friday, October 24, to serve a complaint on an OPEC oil minister.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of Klayman's ...
October 28, 2008
Middletown, CT resident Dennis Paris was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, five years of supervised release and $46,116 in restitution for his role in organizing and facilitating a prostitution ring that victimized minors and coerced multiple young women to engage in commercial sex acts against...
October 27, 2008
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and Federal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic announced this week the release of a report from the President's Identity Theft Task Force on progress the federal government has made in addressing identity theft since the Task Force's Strategic Plan was r...
October 26, 2008
An Afghan drug trafficker charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics with intent to support a terrorist organization was arrested, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J. Garcia and Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Michele M. Leonhart...
October 22, 2008
Four years after their 12-year-old daughter was impregnated by a 24-year-old man who took her for a secret abortion to cover up his crime, a San Bernardino County couple found out what happened and reported it to police. Without the parents' involvement, the abuser would never have been brought to j...
October 20, 2008
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation resulted in the extradition of two Colombian citizens from the Republic of Colombia this past week, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
Both suspects made their initial appearances in federal ...
October 19, 2008
Luis Hernando Gomez-Bustamante, a/k/a "Rasguno," one of the leaders of the Norte Valle Colombian Drug Cartel, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of leading a racketeering enterprise that engaged in murder, narcotics trafficking, money laundering and bribery.
Gomez-Bustamante entered the plea tod...
October 16, 2008
General Tommy Franks has joined the board of directors of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). Franks, the former Chief of the US Central Command, is best known for his leadership of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq.
"We are privileged to ha...
October 16, 2008
House Republican Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri applauded reports this afternoon that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a criminal investigation into whether the left-wing advocacy group ACORN has violated federal election law by fostering and promoting a national program of voter registrat...
October 18, 2008
(This report is based on material obtained by National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The FBI reported that 57 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 83 officers died in accidents while performing their official duties; and 59,201 officers suffered a...
October 15, 2008
During the last two presidential elections -- 2000 and 2004 -- the Democrats have used the Marxist strategy of "blame others of what you do." While the liberal-left and their news media comrades give credence to allegations of Republicans attempting to disinfranchise black and other minority voter...
October 14, 2008
Louisiana State Senator Derrick D.T. Shepherd pled guilty on Friday before US District Judge Carl Barbier on one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced US Attorney Jim Letten.
According to court papers, the defendant admitted that he laundered illegal proceeds for co-defendant...
October 13, 2008
With the current financial crisis revealing malfeasance and corruption within the financial and political arenas, many businesses are seeking to to initiate their own internal investigations to weed out corrupt business practices.
One such company that allows the private sector to investigate int...
October 12, 2008
(The following is based on reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt last week announced two new actions in the department´s ongoing activities to bolster the nation´s preparedness for a potential outdoor anthra...
October 10, 2008
During the week of September 22 to 26, the Ramey Sector Border Patrol Intelligence Unit sponsored a training session titled "Threat Mitigation" among different members of the Caribbean Border Interagency Group and members of the Puerto Rico law enforcement community.
The Courtyard Marriott Hot...
October 08, 2008
I'm happy to announce that the mainstream news media are beginning to cover the story of rampant voter fraud perpetrated by liberal organizations such as ACORN. I've been covering this story for years as part of my overall coverage of illegal aliens and immigration.
While Barack Obama is scolding A...
October 08, 2008
Yesterday, 22 federal defendants allegedly linked to the Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips street gang were arrested on firearms and narcotics charges, as federal agents and Los Angeles authorities executed arrest and search warrants this morning. Also, two state defendants were arrested during the course of...
October 07, 2008
Alberto Ruiz-Arroyave, aka El Primo, 46, a Colombian national extradited to the United States for his role in a $25 million arms for cocaine deal, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia or AUC, United States...
October 06, 2008
The new consolidated guidelines to govern the Federal Bureau of Investigation´s domestic operations will address in a comprehensive way the FBI´s investigation of crimes and threats to the national security and its collection of foreign intelligence; the FBI´s provision of assistan...
October 04, 2008
Cardinal Health Inc., one of the nation's largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal reporting provisions relating to its handling of certain controlled substances regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to a repo...
October 01, 2008
I'm not surprised that the GOP is allowing a partisan, left-wing pseudojournalist to be the moderator for a vice presidential debate, but some conservatives still get angry and sometimes shoot-from-the-hip in response to the media's liberal-left bias. Below is the reaction of one of the top conserva...
October 02, 2008
(The following is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Justice.)
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today announced nearly $240 million in grant awards that support communities and law enforcement in preventing crime. These grants ...
October 03, 2008
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nearly 300 gang members and gang associates here in the Los Angeles area over the last four months as part of a far-reaching law enforcement operation by ICE that generated more than 1,700 arrests nationwide, according to a report obtained by th...
September 30, 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 States.
Reports of ineligible persons registering to vote have raised concerns about state processes f...
September 30, 2008
(The following article is based on information obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's National Security Committee.)
The Energy Security Leadership Council (ESLC), a project of Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), yesterday released A National Strategy for Energy Security, ...
September 28, 2008
The Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter carrying military weapons defiantly demanded $20 million in ransom despite being surrounded by three foreign warships on Sunday.
The spokesmen for the pirates, believed to be members and associates of Al-Qaeda, were contacted via satellite co...
September 25, 2008
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, combating terrorism has been one of the nation's highest priorities. As part of that effort, preventing nuclear and radioactive material from being smuggled into the United States -- perhaps to be used by terrorists in a nuclear weapon or in a radiological di...
September 22, 2008
A leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced on Friday to 45 years in prison for his participation in a racketeering enterprise, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Edward M. Yarbrough of the Middle District of Tennessee announce...
September 21, 2008
Since 2001, the US Congress has provided the Department of Defense with about $807 billion in supplemental and annual appropriations, as of September 2008, primarily for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
The DOD's reported annual obligations for GWOT have sho...
September 20, 2008
The poppy trade that fuels terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan is a problem that must be addressed but doesn't have a military solution, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a teleconference for Internet journalists and bloggers.
Speaking at a dinner hosted by the Pacific Cou...
September 19, 2008
"Accuse others of what you do."
- Attributed to Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx
The Democrat political playbook calls for a "pre-emptive strike" and allegations of "voter suppression" where none exist. However, liberal-left organizations perform the Democrat Party's dirty work of registering illega...
September 18, 2008
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has invited Senator Joseph Biden and Governor Sarah Palin to participate in a nationally televised Vice Presidential Forum on Crime and Homeland Security. The forum, scheduled for Sunday, October 5 (with a backup date of October 12), will be h...
September 18, 2008
Warren Honeycutt, Founder and President of Get Honeycutt, Inc., announces the introduction of a complete virtual personal trainer system for men and women. This handheld device comes preloaded with audio and video training techniques demonstrated by Warren Honeycutt and his associate and adapted fo...
September 17, 2008
Eight members of the 662 Boss Piru gang, which purports to be a sect of the notorious, nationwide Bloods gang, have been charged by a federal grand jury in a 19-count indictment.
The indictment includes conspiracy to commit kidnapping in aid of racketeering activity, kidnapping in aid of racketee...
September 16, 2008
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, leaders of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and the Hispanic law enforcement community gathered Monday in Washington, DC, to pay tribute to the 637 Hispanic law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty throughout US histo...
September 15, 2008
A Defense Department task force has recommended the Air Force Space Command be re-designated as Air Force Strategic Command and be home to the service's nuclear mission.
Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger briefed the press on the task force's conclusions during a Pentagon news conference t...
September 13, 2008
In a stunning turn-around, a new poll taken after Sarah Palin's nomination as Vice President shows that grassroots conservatives overwhelmingly support John McCain for president at levels that may eclipse conservative enthusiasm in the 2004 presidential election!
The poll, conducted by Grassfir...
September 14, 2008
A citizen of Italy was returned to his homeland and turned over to Italian authorities on Wednesday by officers from the Philadelphia office of detention and removal after completing a 46-month federal prison sentence.
The case developed in April of 2005 when Giuseppe Baldinucci, 64, was arrested...
September 12, 2008
The Drug Enforcement Administration, San Diego Field Division Mobil Enforcement Team (MET) and Carlsbad Resident Office (CRO), in cooperation with the San Diego County District Attorney and San Diego Police Department, announced the culmination of two undercover narcotics operations targeting gang m...
September 11, 2008
Long before the 9/11 attacks, the Federation for American Immigration Reform warned that our unsecured borders and lax enforcement of our immigration laws posed a threat to our national security. We have advocated for specific reforms to minimize the risks to our nation and our citizens. On the seve...
September 10, 2008
The Radiological Threat Awareness Coalition (R-TAC) today released a national survey on homeland security preparedness, showing that at least 81% of those polled said the threat of a "dirty bomb" is serious, yet less than one third (32%) feel prepared for a terrorist attack.
The national survey...
September 09, 2008
(The following is based on material obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Council for American Islamic Relations has been trying in vain to stop a counter- terrorism program in Sarasota Florida, aimed at providing first responders with information on subjects such as buil...
September 07, 2008
The cleaning crews hadn't even started their work in St. Paul following the end of the Republican Convention, when the knee-jerk leftists at Amnesty International released their statement accusing police officers of using excessive force against the misfits and miscreants creating havoc outside of t...
September 06, 2008
Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, today announced the organization's endorsement of Senator John S. McCain III for the office of President.
"The FOP carefully considered the records and the responses of both candidates and, in our evaluation, Senator McCain wi...
September 04, 2008
More than 900 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation today following a three-week enforcement surge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Teams in California.
During the s...
September 03, 2008
(The following report is based on material obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
A 23-year-old Michigan man was charged last week in federal court for illegally possessing Molotov cocktails, which he allegedly intended to use at the Republican National Convention.
Matthew ...
September 02, 2008
Universal Protection Service, the largest provider of security services to the commercial real estate market in California and one of the nation's largest uniform protection companies, participated with the San Francisco Fire Department and the United States Army 95th Civil Support Team to conduct a...
September 01, 2008
The Center for Empowered Living and Learning (The CELL) held a reception yesterday in Denver to introduce its inaugural exhibit, entitled "Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: Understanding the Threat of Terrorism."
The CELL is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to educating citizens on the...
August 29, 2008
Bernard "Bernie" Ward, 57, a San Francisco resident who worked as a radio talk show host and was a frequent Fox News Channel and CNN guest representing the liberal-left viewpoint, was sentenced on Thursday to serve 7 years in federal prison.
The sentence includes a lifetime of supervision once he...
August 28, 2008
The US Navy, US Coast Guard and SRI International -- a private security firm -- are deploying a suite of advanced port security technologies, trained personnel, and are executing tactical procedures as part of a homeland security experiment in the waters of Tampa Bay through the end of August.
Co...
August 27, 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 place a multilayered, risk-based system for securing cargo traveling on passenger aircraft.
As re...
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 Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and Jim Letten, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisi...
August 24, 2008
The first defendant to be sentenced in the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) case charging 14 members of the violent Texas Syndicate prison gang with conspiring to participate in a violent enterprise responsible for murders, attempted murders, conspiracies to commit murder, robbery, d...
August 23, 2008
Coalition forces picked up two suspected associates of the Kataib Hezbollah criminal network during operations this morning in Baghdad's New Baghdad district, military officials reported during a teleconference with bloggers and Internet journalists.
Acting on intelligence tips, coalition forces...
August 22, 2008
(This article is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police's National Security Committtee.)
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a set of security recommendations for the transportation of certain quantities of hazardous materials across th...
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 weapon of mass destruction near the U.S. Capitol in January 2008, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columb...
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 fire that occurred Sunday, August 17, 2008, at 200 Kennedy Street in Robbins, NC. The NRT responded at...
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 during a conference call yesterday with bloggers and online journalists.
Faced with threats from Al-Qaeda and sim...
August 19, 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 Officer and murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, US Attorney McGregor W. Scott announc...
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 the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Homeland Security Department's Transportation Security Adm...
August 16, 2008
(The following article is based on reports and material obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. The material presented herein is not classified information.)
The Transportation Security Administration uses undercover, or covert, testing to approximate techniques that terrorists ...
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 images of Russian tanks pouring into Georgia is a reminder that Putin's Russia is not to be ignored by ...
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 based on an ICE critical infrastructure investigation that revealed that the illegal aliens had used fraud...
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 Congress requested the Government Accountability Office to analyze DHS's attrition, efforts to recru...
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 purposes.
Compromises of sensitive information at numerous federal agencies have raised concerns about ...
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 criminals last week as part of the agency's Operation Community Shield initiative, which targets violent...
August 10, 2008
A new 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 States.
Reports of ineligible persons registering to vote have raised concerns about state processes for ...
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 member under operation Community Shield, according to a report submitted to officials of the National Association of Chiefs ...
August 07, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cradle-to-Grave. That´s Campus Crest´s unique approach to maintaining its student housing assets. Campus Crest Communities, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is a national developer of first-class student housing across the United States.
Not only does Campus Crest de...
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 visas would help in curtailing rampant illegal immigration at the Mexican border, but investigators bel...
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 capabilities are primarily found at DOE's two key emergency response facilities -- the Remote Sensing Laborator...
August 05, 2008
Hely Mejia Mendoza, known better by his alias "Martin Sombra," was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Friday on seven counts of terrorism and weapons charges arising out of his participation in the hostage-taking of three American citizens, Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Th...
August 05, 2008
"We are all here on earth to make this a better place and improve the human condition. When you have had the opportunity in your life to be successful, that comes with the responsibility to reach out and help others. This is one of edicts we live by," said Campus Crest Real Estate Management Preside...
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 and inhibiting the spread of extremist ideology.
Funds obligated for TSCTP in fiscal years 2005 thro...
August 04, 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) since its inception in 1997.
The program was designed to coordinate federal, state and local law enf...
August 03, 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 natives in Port Au Prince aiding relief efforts in the beleaguered Caribbean republic, would be held fo...
August 03, 2008
Going beyond traditional student housing property management and helping students prepare for life—that´s the approach of The Grove, the brand of student housing properties built and operated by Campus Crest Communities, a vertically-integrated student housing company based in Charlotte,...
August 02, 2008
In 2007, the US Department of State reported that some foreign diplomats are suspected of abusing the household workers they brought to the United States on A-3 or G-5 visas.
The US Congress directed the Government Accounting Office to determine the number of A-3 or G-5 visa holders who have all...
August 01, 2008
Immediately following President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy speech, Beltway insiders knew exactly where to go for analysis of the proposed "surge" of troops in Iraq.
People who wish to know the facts about defense issues would be hardpressed to find an organization more trustworthy and informa...
July 30, 2008
The end of the Cold War meant a significant change in the nature of the foreign threats to US security. The principal worry of most Americans is no longer a devastating military offensive from abroad, but rather more insidious assaults which hit closer to home, threatening lives and property and cre...
July 27, 2008
In 2006, Denys Ray Hughes, 59, of Phoenix, AZ, was found guilty of Attempted Production of a Biological Toxin for Use as a Weapon, Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device and Possession of an Unregistered Silencer, by a federal jury.
The evidence at his trial showed that Hughes grew ...
July 26, 2008
Oil rivals cocaine as one of Colombia's principal exports. The Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline transports almost 20 percent of Colombia's oil production. The pipeline originates in the Department of Arauca in northeast region of Colombia. It carries oil nearly 500 miles to the Caribbean port of Cove...
July 25, 2008
Jesus Perez-Laguna, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, S.C., on charges stemming from a sex trafficking ring involving at least one teenage girl. Perez-Laguna was sentenced to over 14 years imprisonment and ordered to pay $52,500 in restitution to his victims. After ...
July 24, 2008
Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, the two Border Patrol agents shamelessly prosecuted by the U.S. government for shooting and wounding a Mexican drug smuggler, Oswald Aldrete-Davila, on February 17, 2005, have not been forgotten by many Americans -- such as attorney's from Judicial Watc...
July 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 public court documents filed by the US government in Colorado and in other judicial districts around the ...
July 21, 2008
Nevermind about Senator Barack Obama's photo-op excursion to Afghanistan and Iraq, the people to whom Americans should listen are the military officers actually on the field of battle. In fact, Obama sounds as if he's parroting the commanders when he made his comments regarding Pakistan standing up ...
July 19, 2008
(This article is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police. The writer is the organization's public information officer.)
The recent deployment of Tasers to State Police troopers for use in confrontational
situations is helping to ensure the safety of the public...
July 18, 2008
While most of the focus of federal law enforcement today is on counterterrorism, federal police agencies must still contend with more traditional anti-crime operations including emerging organized crime gangs.
Criminal enterprises represent a near and long-term threat to our nation. The criminal ...
July 17, 2008
Recently, Mexican military officials claimed they seized five-and-a-half tons of powdered cocaine from a commercial aircraft that landed in Mexico following a a trip from Venezuela. The street value of the drugs was estimated to be upwards of $100 million.
Mexican cops reported that the cocaine w...
July 16, 2008
Gregg William Bergersen, age 51, of Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced in the Eastern District of Virginia to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to disclose national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it, according to a report obtained by th...
July 15, 2008
The counterintelligence function involves protecting the country, as well as intelligence agencies, from the activities of foreign intelligence services. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has principal responsibility for countering the activities of foreign intelligence services within the United ...
July 14, 2008
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 policymakers and lawmakers are critical of the analysis they receive, and both intelligence consumers a...
July 12, 2008
There is a tremendous amount of concern in much of Europe about the news of Iran's testing of ballistic missiles, according to Riki Ellison, president of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance.
Ellison stressed a number of issues during his recent speaking tour in the United States and Europe.
...
July 11, 2008
Book Hill Partners and the Homeland Defense Journal released the results of a survey of 122 homeland security experts on priorities for the next administration in protecting the American people and homeland.
The results of the survey -- including the fact that 83 percent expect a disaster/terror...
July 10, 2008
With the recent testing of missiles by the Iranian military, the world has been put on notice that the Islamofascist nation will continue to be the fly in the ointment for world peace.
The United States National Security Strategy recently acknowledged that this nation faces challenges from Iran, ...
July 09, 2008
Many, many Americans who consider themselves to be politically conservative are voicing their utter dismay at the choices they face in the election of a new President this year.
Friends and colleagues have told me just how tired they are of always voting for what they consider the better of two e...
July 07, 2008
After a 1975 fire at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama threatened the unit's ability to shut down safely, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued fire safety rules for commercial nuclear units.
However, nuclear units with different designs and different ages have had difficulty meeting ...
July 05, 2008
Under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), citizens from 27 countries can travel to the United States visa free. Terrorism concerns involving VWP country citizens have led some to suggest eliminating or suspending the program, while the executive branch is considering adding countries to it.
Legislati...
July 03, 2008
The Coast Guard's Deepwater Program, under the Department of Homeland Security, has experienced serious performance and management problems.
Deepwater is intended to replace or modernize Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and the communications and electronic systems that link them together. As of f...
July 02, 2008
Defendants Hassan Saied Keshari and Traian Bujduveanu were arrested on June 20 and 21 on charges of conspiring to export military aircraft parts to Iran, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
The two suspects are charged in a federal criminal complaint ...
June 30, 2008
Last week, 96 street gang members and associates were arrested as a result of a state-wide public safety initiative in New Jersey, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
Each of those arrested were targeted for their membership, participation or associati...
June 29, 2008
Seventy members and associates of the Drew Street clique of the Avenues gang have been named in a federal racketeering indictment unsealed on June 25 that alleges a long series of narcotics-related offenses and violent crimes -- including murder, attacks against police officers, witness intimidation...
June 27, 2008
US Diplomats, Legal Experts Discuss Political Prisoners in Venezuela
by Jim Kouri, CPP
Diplomatic leaders and legal and human rights experts presented unique perspectives on Latin America's political landscape and democracy during a recent academic discussion held at the University of Miami, acc...
June 25, 2008
[The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.]
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 o...
June 22, 2008
Rep. William Jefferson's Family Indicted by Feds in Criminal Conspiracy Case
Betty Jefferson, age 70, an elected tax assessor in New Orleans, along with her brother Mose Jefferson, age 66, and her daughter, Angela Coleman, age 53 -- all residents of New Orleans, Louisiana -- were charged via a 31...
May 27, 2008
More than 900 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation on Tuesday following a three-week enforcement surge by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Teams in California.
During th...
May 23, 2008
A US Army contract translator was sentenced today to 121 months of imprisonment for illegally possessing national defense documents, and using a false identity to
procure his United States citizenship and to gain access to classified military materials. In addition, the court issued an order stripp...
May 25, 2008
Since 2001, the U Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
DOD's reported annual obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from ...
May 22, 2008
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Tennessee returned an 18-count indictment
yesterday charging J. Reece Roth, a Professor Emeritus at The University of Tennessee, and Atmospheric Glow Technologies Inc. (AGT), a Knoxville-based technology company, with conspiring to defraud the U.S. Ai...
May 21, 2008
The Department of State's Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) program's objectives are to provide partner nations with counterterrorism training and equipment, improve bilateral ties, and increase respect for human rights.
State's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT) provides policy ...
May 19, 2008
Thirty-eight individuals with ties to international organized crime have been charged in two separate indictments involving computer and credit card fraud schemes, Deputy Attorney General Mark R. Filip, Romanian Prosecutor General Laura Codruta Kovesi, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Calif...
May 10, 2008
A major international arms dealer -- Viktor Bout, a/k/a Boris, a/k/a Victor Anatoliyevich Bout, a/k/a Victor But, a/k/a Viktor Budd, a/k/a Viktor Butt, a/k/a Viktor Bulakin, a/k/a Vadim Markovich Aminov -- was indicted for, among other things, conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons ...
May 08, 2008
Gary Sinise and Robert Duvall will lead a star-studded festival to be held May 14-18, 2008 at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC.
Overall, the five-day festival will present both classic and premier films honoring the nation's men and women in uniform. For the full festival a...
May 09, 2008
Carlos Mario Jimenez-Naranjo, a/k/a Macaco, has been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher announced yesterday.
Jimenez-Naranjo faces drug-related charges in the District of Columbia and the Southern District of...
May 03, 2008
To some, Chuck Baldwin is the consummate Christian minister. To others, he's a one-man think-tank studying, researching and analyzing the human condition within today's American society.
One minute he's leading a church service for one a large Christian congregation in Florida. Next minute, you'l...
May 01, 2008
Federal law enforcement officials revealed on Tuesday that they the arrested of Ben-Ami Kadish on charges that he participated in a crimonal conspiracy to disclose to the Government of Israel documents related to the national defense of the United States and, in connection with that unauthorized dis...
April 28, 2008
As if taking a page out of former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's playbook, the Chinese military has decreased troop levels by more than 200,000 men and women, the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army announced last week.
While liberals, Democrats and members of the news med...
April 25, 2008
On Wednesday, US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new federal strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to the US security and stability.
The Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime was developed foll...
April 22, 2008
Since 2002, destroying the terrorist threat and closing the terrorist safe haven have been key national security goals.
For example, the United States has provided Pakistan, a key ally in the war on terror, more than $10.5 billion for military, economic, and development activities. Pakistan's Fe...
April 20, 2008
Richard A. Viguerie, publisher of ConservativeHQ.com, appears to have had the same reaction as many conservatives to Barack Obama's performance and his subsequent complaints regarding the ABC News debate in Philadelphia between Hillary Clinton and Obama: Barack's performance lacked any sort of dig...
April 18, 2008
Prosocutors in the case against the self-described mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and five of his co-conspirators have amended the charge sheet against the detainees to further clarify their activities, a senior Pentagon official announced today in a teleconference for In...
April 18, 2008
When Forbes Magazine released their list of the 10 most miserable cities in America, Charlotte's Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory couldn't come up with a better excuse than "I think they need drug testing at Forbes."
Conservatives in North Carolina say that reaction is vintage McCror...
April 17, 2008
During a segment of Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, former CBS TV newsman now media critic, Bernard Goldberg, stated clearly and consisely, "The news media are corrupt." His fellow guest Jane Hall, formerly of the L.A. Times and now a respected journalism professor concurred.
They were la...
April 14, 2008
Unauthorized individuals, companies, terrorist organizations, and other countries continue their attempts to obtain sensitive items related to the defense of the United States. The latest investigation into the sale of stolen military equipment points to the Internet as one place that defense-relat...
April 15, 2008
Since 2001, Congress has provided the Department oons in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
DOD's reported annual obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in fiscal year 2001 to about $139.8 billion in fiscal year 2007. To continue GWOT operations, the Presi...
April 12, 2008
Chief Deputy Republican Whip Eric Cantor for the US House of Representatives fiercely condemned former President Jimmy Carter's plans to meet with Khaled Mashal, leader of the terrorist group Hamas, in Damascus, Syria on April 18th, 2008. Rep. Cantor, who is Jewish, released an official statement to...
April 12, 2008
The Future Combat System (FCS) program -- which comprises 14 weapons systems and a state-of-the-art information network -- is the centerpiece of the Army's effort to transition to a lighter, more agile, and more capable combat force.
The substantial technical challenges, the Army's acquisition s...
April 10, 2008
A couple of months ago, when the US Defense Department proclaimed their desire to finally bring war crimes charges against six detainees for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the goal was to jump-start the Bush Administration's military tribunal mechanism. Sadly, m...
April 09, 2008
Conservative icon Tom Delay and TCV Media CEO Nathan Tabor announced the launching of DeLay's new web site TomDeLay.com. The unveiling of the new web site coincides with the release of the former Republican lawmaker's new book, No Retreat, No Surrender: One American's Fight.
DeLay's new Internet ...
April 07, 2008
There are many police and law enforcement officials who are concerned with the growing trend of using military-trained mercenaries to train and work with local police officers in the United States, but there are many who believe the events of September 11, 2001 dictate the need for a new paradigm.
...
April 08, 2008
Three months ago, Gregory J. Zanetti was a stockbroker and financial advisor in New Mexico. Today, he is an Army National Guard brigadier general who helps lead a multi-branch team of 2,200 personnel in what he describes as the "most misunderstood assignment in the military."
"It is a mission mi...
April 06, 2008
The Sunday morning news shows -- on cable and broadcast television -- covered the bitter-sweet farewell between arguably the two most powerful leaders in the world: President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
While President Bush may have looked into Putin's eyes and seen his soul, I'v...
April 02, 2008
Former professional wrestler Harrison Norris Jr., 42, a/k/a "Hardbody Harrison," was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for committing multiple violations of federal sex trafficking and forced labor statutes in connection with a scheme to force women into prostitution. Norris was a champion w...
April 01, 2008
Gregg William Bergersen, residing in Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty on Monday to a one-count of conspiracy to disclose national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it. Bergersen was arrested on February 11, 2008 on a criminal complaint charging this same offense.
Justice De...
March 31, 2008
The end of the Cold War meant a significant change in the nature of the foreign threats to US security. The principal worry of most Americans is no longer a devastating military offensive from abroad, but rather more insidious assaults which hit closer to home, threatening lives and property and cre...
March 29, 2008
US military forces, and ground forces in particular, have operated at a high pace since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the support of ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Between 2001 and July 2007, approximately 931,000 US Army and Marine Corps service members deployed for ...
March 28, 2008
Since the start of the Global War on Terrorism, the Pentagon has taken steps to expand the role of the United States Special Operations Command and its forces. In response, the Command has transformed its headquarters to coordinate counterterrorism activities, while the Defense Department has increa...
March 26, 2008
Fleeing North Koreans -- especially Christians -- are finding that the Chinese are no big help in providing asylum from the brutality and state-sanctioned killing in North Korea.
Kim Jong Il's government wields unrestricted power in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and his minions conti...
March 25, 2008
Christians living in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or North Korea, have suffered government-sanctioned persecution since the brutal communist regime came to power.
However, according to a recent human rights report, North Korean Christians are experiencing more brutality and violenc...
March 25, 2008
The Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the National Nuclear Security Administration, is responsible for, among other things, designing nuclear weapons.
Over the past decade, security personnel documented numerous security, safety, and project management weaknesses at NNSA's nuc...
March 21, 2008
On Friday, the mainstream news media breathlessly announced that Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico endorsed Barack Obama in his run for the Democrat nomination for President of the United States.
Putting aside how Richardson stabbed his benefactor in the back -- he'd be just another politica...
March 20, 2008
Many Americans are wondering when will the US Justice Department get around to prosecuting US Congressman William J. Jefferson for the alleged corruption he's perpetrated while in office.
Jefferson, a Democrat from Louisiana, was indicted last year by a federal grand jury on charges including br...
March 18, 2008
The owner of an international electronics business has pled guilty to one-count arising from a conspiracy to illegally export controlled microprocessors and electronic components to government entities in India that participate in the development of ballistic missiles, space launch vehicles, and fig...
March 17, 2008
Since 2001, Congress has appropriated nearly $700 billion for the global war on terrorism. The majority of these funds have supported U.S. efforts in Iraq. Congressional oversight is crucial to improve performance, ensure accountability, and protect US programs from fraud, waste, and abuse.
Sinc...
March 15, 2008
Since September 11, 2001, the need to secure US borders has increased in importance and attracted greater public and Congressional attention.
The Department of Homeland Security has spent billions of dollars to prevent the illegal entry of individuals and contraband between ports of entry --gove...
March 14, 2008
The National Gang Targeting, Enforcement & Coordination Center, or GangTECC, began operations in the summer of 2006 as the national anti-gang task force created by the former Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales.
Under the direction of the former Attorney General, GangTECC became a multi-agency ce...
March 13, 2008
Cecil "Cece" Suwal, the 23-year-old madam of an international prostitution ring run by her boyfriend, a 62-year-old Israeli widower named Mark "Michael" Brener, are at the heart of the scandal that brought down the governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer.
According to local cops in Cliffside Park, N...
March 11, 2008
As a task force of US battleships steamed towards the Middle East in the spring of 2001 on a mission to patrol the Persian Gulf, a sailor aboard one of those vessels was pursuing an entirely different mission.
His name was Hassan Abu-Jihaad, and he was serving as a signalman aboard the USS Benfo...
March 09, 2008
In November 2005, the Department of Homeland Security established the Secure Border Initiative (SBI), a multiyear, multibillion-dollar program to secure US borders.
One element of SBI is the US Customs and Border Protection's SBI program, which is responsible for developing a comprehensive borde...
March 07, 2008
The son of a prominent former conservative governor is slamming the current occupant of South Carolina's State House for his abandoning of conservative principles in dealing with labor organizations.
Businessman and political consultant Carroll Campbell supported his father's successor, Mark Sanf...
March 06, 2008
Somalia has lacked a functioning central government since 1991. In December 2006, the Ethiopian military intervened in Somalia to support Somalia's transitional government, opening what many considered a window of opportunity to rebuild the country and restore effective governance.
The United St...
March 03, 2008
A twenty-four year old Wheaton, Illinois resident was arrested for making e-mail threats against the University of Illinois-Chicago campus. Mahtab Shirani was nabbed on Tuesday by members of the Chicago FBI´s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), according to John W. Richardson, Chief of the Univ...
March 01, 2008
In spite of all the talk in both houses of congress about revamping or restructuring the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), there's a new Hurricane Katrina scandal brewing in Washington.
Several news organizations, including the Cable News Network (CNN), have uncovered irrefutab...
February 28, 2008
US military forces, and ground forces in particular, have operated at a high pace since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the support of ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Between 2001 and July 2007, approximately 931,000 US Army and Marine Corps service members deployed for ...
February 26, 2008
There are 37 research reactors in the United States, mostly located on college campuses. Of these, 33 reactors are licensed and regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Four are operated by the Department of Energy and are located at three national laboratories. Although less powerful tha...
February 25, 2008
A chemist employed by a corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, involved in researching, developing and supplying fire-proof coating and intumescent products has been indicted and charged with theft of trade secrets and computer fraud, according to United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle and FBI...
February 22, 2008
Congressman Richard G. Renzi, from Arizona's first congressional district, and his associates James W. Sandlin, 56, of Sherman , Texas and Andrew Beardall, 36, of Rockville, Md., Renzi's business associate were indicted by federal authorities on Friday, according to a Justice Department report obtai...
February 20, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security began operations in March 2003 with missions that include preventing terrorist attacks from occurring within the United States, reducing U.S. vulnerability to terrorism, minimizing damages from attacks that occur, and helping the nation recover from any attacks.
...
February 18, 2008
"Therefore victory in war is not repetitious, but adapts its form endlessly."
- Sun Tzu
The Art of War
There were secret meetings in restaurants, encrypted e-mail messages using a mysterious shorthand, suitcases crammed full of stolen documents.There were covert payoffs: a pocket stuffed wi...
February 17, 2008
A federal grand jury on Friday indicted State Senator Joseph Coniglio of New Jersey on nine counts of mail fraud and extortion in connection with an influence-peddling scheme connected to a $66,000-a-year consulting arrangement with Hackensack University Medical Center, according to the US Justice D...
February 15, 2008
The Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the National Nuclear Security Administration, is responsible for, among other things, designing nuclear weapons.
Over the past decade, security personnel documented numerous security, safety, and project management weaknesses at NNSA's nuc...
February 13, 2008
Jose Rodriguez Nieves, a/k/a "Menor," a/k/a "Cuba," was found guilty late Friday of charges related to his leadership of a highly lucrative drug organization responsible for distributing hundreds of kilograms of heroin in the Bronx from 1995 to January 2006.
Drug Enforcement Administration Speci...
February 12, 2008
A member of the violent street gang Sureno 13 was arrested here Saturday by Greeley, Colorado, Gang Task Force officers, with assistance from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents.
Renato Rodarte-Bueno, 33, of Mexico, was arrested at a Greeley, Colorado, apartment about on Februa...
February 10, 2008
In 2003, the Federal Protective Service was transferred from the General Services Administration to the Department of Homeland Security and is currently tasked with providing physical security and law enforcement services to about 8,800 facilities owned or leased by GSA.
To accomplish its missio...
February 08, 2008
In a dramatic blow to traditional organized crime families operating in the New York City metropolitan area, an 80 indictment charging 62 defendants associated with the Gambino, Genovese, and Bonanno organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra, the construction industry, or its supporting unions -- i...
February 06, 2008
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif, author of the fencing provisions of the Secure Fence Act of 2006, has introduced new legislation in the House of Representatives to require the construction of double-layered fencing along the U.S. border with Mexico within six months, according to a memo sent to the Nat...
February 05, 2008
Fourteen members of a South Florida-based Bloods gang with direct ties to the national Bloods criminal organization have been charged federally in connection with their illegal gang activities, according to US Justice Department officials and the FBI's report to the National Association of Chiefs of...
February 04, 2008
President Bush's fiscal year 2009 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) represents $50.5 billion in funding, which is an increase of 6.8 percent over the 2008 fiscal year level -- excluding funds provided in emergency supplemental funding.
The request targets five areas t...
February 03, 2008
United States Attorney Johnny Sutton and FBI Special Agent in Charge Ralph Diaz announced the indictment of 23 San Antonio residents, all of whom are in leadership positions in the Texas Mexican Mafia, for violating the federal Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute.
January 31, 2008
Political columnist and media strategist Rachel Marsden is scheduled to be emceeing at February's CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) conference being held in Washington, DC beginning on Thursday, February 7, 2008.
"I will be emceeing at CPAC on Friday, Feb 8th, from 11:30-1pm. But w...
January 30, 2008
Two men who threatened members of the Miami-Dade Police Department's Special Investigation Gang Unit were arrested here last Tuesday following a joint operation of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and officers from the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Rudy Villanueva and Tony Logan, both ...
January 29, 2008
Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda, a/k/a Simon Trinidad, a senior member of the US State Department-designated foreign terrorist group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC, was sentenced to a prison term of 60 years by a federal judge in Washington, DC on Monday for his role in a...
January 26, 2008
Judicial Watch, the public interest group created to investigate and prosecute suspects in government corruption cases, recently released a secret a Department of Homeland Security and US Border Patrol report titled, "Mexican Government Incidents: 2006 Fiscal Year Report."
The report was obtaine...
January 25, 2008
The sister-in-law and nephew of a former Orange County, California engineer convicted of orchestrating a scheme to smuggle sensitive defense information to China face deportation following their arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Fuk Hueng Mak Li, 50, and her son Billy Yui Mak, ...
January 23, 2008
To address concerns about unemployed or underemployed Soviet-era weapons scientists in Russia and other former Soviet Bloc nations, the US Department of Energy established the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention or IPP program in 1994. The general idea was to engage former Soviet weapons scient...
January 22, 2008
On Tuesday, January 22, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released their newly formulated National Response Framework (NRF), the successor to the National Response Plan.
The NRF, which focuses on response and short-term recovery, articulates the doctrine, principles and architecture...
January 21, 2008
A Texas businessman, who employed an illegal alien charged with capital murder in connection with the 2006 shooting death of Houston Police Department Officer Rodney Johnson, was arrested Wednesday and charged with harboring an illegal alien here. This case was investigated by US Immigration and Cus...
January 19, 2008
In the midst of this presidential race, many GOP faithful appear to have forgotten that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and his friend Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) were planning last December to introduce a new immigration bill that is even more liberal than their past "amnesty" bill. They're calling it...
January 18, 2008
KANSAS CITY, MO -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Missouri has returned a superseding indictment that charges the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) and several of its former officers with eight new counts of engaging in prohibited financial transactions for the benefit of US-des...
January 17, 2008
The 2006 United States National Security Strategy stated that this nation faces challenges from Iran, including Iran's proliferation efforts and involvement in international terrorism.
To address these concerns, the United States employs a range of tools, including diplomatic pressure, a militar...
January 14, 2008
Former Law & Order star endorses GOP presidential candidate.
January 15, 2008
They've severed the fingers of their rivals with machetes...brutally murdered suspected informants, including a 17-year-old pregnant federal witness...attacked and threatened law enforcement officers...committed a string of rapes, assaults, break-ins, auto thefts, extortions, and frauds across the U...
January 11, 2008
When Attorney General Janet Reno deployed federal law enforcement agencies to Waco, Texas to arrest the Branch Davidian leader David Koresh, one of the the tactics used was to constantly blast loud music 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Eventually, men, women and children died from a brutal at...
January 09, 2008
Republicans in Name Only, or RINOs, are a great asset to the Democrat Party and the news media. The liberals know they have little if any credibility, therefore when they wish to make a point they mention that Republicans also want what they want.
But by Republicans they mean RINOs. Democrats be...
January 09, 2008
(Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton made headlines on Monday with a display of being close to tears while she campaigned in New Hampshire. Her friends in the media especially those on CNN attempted to put a positive spin on her demeanor. Perhaps Americans should refresh their memories of Bill a...
January 06, 2008
Following eight weeks of trial, a federal jury in Central Islip, New York, returned a verdict last week convicting Colombo organized crime family acting boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico and administration member John "Jackie" DeRoss of murder in aid of racketeering and witness tampering.
Specif...
January 05, 2008
Samar Khalil Spinelli, 39, a Captain in the US Marine Corps, pleaded guilty this past December in a Detroit federal court to conspiring with former FBI Agent and CIA employee Nada Nadim Prouty and Elfat El Aouar, the wife of fugitive restauranteur Talal Chahine, to commit citizenship fraud and pass...
January 03, 2008
Officials with the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that deportation officers assigned to the Baltimore Office made a record number of arrests in fiscal year 2007.
The Baltimore Field Office area of responsibility covers all of Maryland. In the Baltimo...
January 02, 2008
While most of the politicians vying for their party's nomination for President of the United States pay lip service to the nation's law enforcement officers, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) is actually doing something to earn the respect and gratitude of America's cops, according to many police officers and or...
December 29, 2007
A citizen of Ecuador was captured by the New York City Police Department and charged with rape, criminal sex act & endangering the welfare of a child. He was convicted of rape and sentenced to 10 years probation. The victim was a twelve year old girl.
"ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] ...
December 28, 2007
More than 20 Southern California gang members awaiting release from area jails and state prisons are facing new criminal charges today as a part of "Operation Winter Warning," an expanded effort to target incarcerated foreign national gang members for federal prosecution.
Since the operation bega...
December 27, 2007
Four Venezuelans and an Uruguayan national were charged on December 20 by a federal grand jury on charges of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ("Venezuela") within the United States, without prior notification to the Attorney General of the United States,...
December 25, 2007
Santa Claus may have checked his list to see who was naughty or nice before delivering Christmas presents, but for North Carolina's politicos it's not up to Saint Nick -- it's up to the voters.
While the political campaign teams claim their polling results show their candidates leading, according...
December 23, 2007
(This article is based on a US government report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The US Customs and Border Protection is responsible for keeping terrorists and other dangerous people from entering the country while also facilitating the cross-border movement of millions...
December 20, 2007
A Crespatown, Maryland man was sentenced on Friday to 50 years in prison for two counts of sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography.
William Edward Wray, II, was sentenced before US District Judge Richard D. Bennett to 50 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised rel...
December 19, 2007
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and malfeasance, announced that it filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New York taxpayer in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against New York Governor Eliot Spitzer over a new policy implemented on ...
December 17, 2007
The March Forth With Hope Foundation provides financial assistance to families battling cancer or other life-threatening diseases. The Foundation was established by Stuart and Shelby Stout in memory of their daughter, Hope Stout, shortly after she lost her courageous fight with cancer.
The story ...
December 17, 2007
(This article is based on a government study obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The abuse of anabolic steroids by teenagers -- that is, their use without a prescription -- is a national health concern.
Anabolic steroids are synthetic forms of the hormone testosterone...
December 14, 2007
WASHINGTON - As a result of a 22-month investigation, three Colombian nationals have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and alien smuggling, Julie L. Myers, Assistant...
December 12, 2007
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, federal agencies have faced the challenge of protecting sensitive information from terrorists and others without a need to know while sharing this information with parties who are determined to have such a need.
One form of protection involves iden...
December 10, 2007
The United States Department of Energy maintains emergency response capabilities and assets to quickly respond to potential nuclear and radiological threats in the United States. These capabilities are primarily found at DOE's two key emergency response facilities -- the Remote Sensing Laboratories ...
December 10, 2007
Toxicity is a familiar word to most everyone. Everyone has toxicity and anyone who desires optimal health should take this subject very seriously. Toxicity -- bursting into our consciousness -- has led to the rapid development of a vast amount of cleansing programs in the marketplace.
Where does...
December 10, 2007
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 more agile and responsive modular brigade-based force will require a significant investment through fiscal...
December 07, 2007
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the New York City Department of Probation announced the arrests of 22 child predators and criminal alien sex offenders in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan. Wednesday's initiative is a part of the ongoing Operation Predator initiative and a national...
December 05, 2007
Lawmakers in Washington need to be alarmed and alert as they consider the nominee to be the next attorney general. From an objective external perspective the United States Department of Justice seems to be adrift and to be quickly losing its way in the routine prosecution of ordinary transnational ...
December 04, 2007
The Government Accountability Office's Forensic Audits and Special Investigations team, which was created in 2005 as an interdisciplinary team consisting of investigators, auditors, and analysts, conducts covert tests at the request of the Congress to identify vulnerabilities and internal control we...
December 02, 2007
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress has provided about $542.9 billion, as of May 2007, to the US Department of Defense for the Global War on Terrorism. That figure doesn't include the amount spent on domestic security operations and the creation of the Department of Homeland Sec...
November 29, 2007
An Ohio man has been sentenced to serve ten years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, according to an announcement on Tuesday by Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Nuradin M. Abdi, 35, a Somali national...
November 28, 2007
"I shudder to think how millions of California children will be led astray, how marriage will be destroyed, and how immorality will step on the neck of morality if Arnold Schwarzenegger signs five anti-family bills into law. The 'Terminator' has less than two weeks to sign or veto very bad bills!" s...
November 27, 2007
In the United States, Tuberculosis infection and disease occur most often among people born in areas of the world where TB is common, such as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In most cases, these foreign-born persons become exposed to and infected in their country of birth and bring the contagious d...
November 24, 2007
In 1990, National Association of Chiefs of Police treasurer, Debbi Chitwood, suggested that a program be put into place where age-appropriate new gifts be selected, wrapped and sent to survivor children at Christmas time and at the time of each child's birthday in honor of their mother or father who...
November 23, 2007
In several speeches he gave across the country, former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton revealed that President George W. Bush and his administration are buckling under pressure from this nation's Internationalists in the current controversy over Mexico and the International Court of ...
November 20, 2007
The latest news not being covered by the mainstream news media is President George W. Bush's reassignment of some 1,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to work as US Customs officers.
News of this reassignment began to leak out after a press conference by Julie L. Myers, Assista...
November 19, 2007
The United States Senate is preparing to vote for a bill that will authorize the feds to turn over hundreds of millions of dollars to radical feminists. It's believed that Democrats and Republicans will attempt to "bribe" female voters with huge handouts that have little basis in fact.
According ...
November 17, 2007
In a biting letter, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) blasted President George W. Bush and his administration for treating terrorists better than they treat the two convicted Border Patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.
Rep. Rohrabacher called on the Bush administration to conduct a th...
November 15, 2007
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced that it filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New York taxpayer in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against New York Governor Eliot Spitzer over a new policy implemented on September 21, 20...
November 13, 2007
ATLANTA -- Must-See TV has moved to the Gospel Music Channel (GMC) where music fans will get a weekly dose of everything Christian/gospel music in the new primetime series The Kitchen Sink. The first weekly series of its kind—and the first series to be produced in the new GMC Studios in Atlanta—will...
November 13, 2007
The man who allegedly oversaw drug-dealing and other activities of the largest “clique” of the 18th Street Gang was among 12 people arrested on charges that include the distribution of crack cocaine.
Sergio Pantoja, 31, who is known on the street as “Tricky,” is the lead defendant in an eight-cou...
November 09, 2007
James Guillen, also known as Toro, age 21, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty last week -- after a jury was selected -- to conspiracy to conduct and participate in racketeering enterprise activities of a branch of the MS-13 gang, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rose...
November 08, 2007
Since 2003, the Congress has obligated nearly $400 billion for US efforts in Iraq, of which about $40 billion has supported reconstruction and stabilization efforts.
Congressional oversight of this substantial investment is crucial as the Bush Administration requests additional military and econ...
November 06, 2007
A man alleged to be the second-highest ranking member of the Mexican Mafia's criminal enterprise in the Coachella Valley was arrested by law enforcement authorities in Mexico at the request of the FBI, announced Eric Velez, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles.
Tony Gonz...
November 04, 2007
Agron Abdullahu pleaded guilty on Halloween to conspiring to provide firearms and ammunition to illegal aliens who allegedly plotted to kill U.S. soldiers at various installations, including the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced in Camden, New Jersey.
...
November 02, 2007
After a trial lasting about two weeks, a jury in federal district court returned guilty verdicts against Freddie Sandoval, 23, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Angel Mazariegos, 24, of Doraville, Georgia, and Luis Nandy, 27, of Atlanta, Georgia, on federal charges relating to their violent criminal activi...
October 30, 2007
(The following article is based on a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Within the Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Security Administration's mission is to protect the nation's transportation network.
Since its inception in 2001, TSA has deve...
October 28, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) maintains a consolidated watch list of known or appropriately suspected terrorists and sends records from the list to agencies to support terrorism-related screening.
To accomplish the objectives, the US Congress reviewed doc...
October 26, 2007
A Chinese national who lives in Connecticut has been indicted by a San Diego federal grand jury for conspiring to purchase and export military-grade accelerometers used in "smart bombs" and missiles from the United States to the People's Republic of China.
Qing Li, 36, of Stamford, Conn., is cha...
October 24, 2007
(This article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Two South American men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Immigration ...
October 22, 2007
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives today presented a proposed statewide partnership plan to the sheriffs in attendance at the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association's (NCSA) fall meeting. This is the first in many conversations between federal and local officers aimed at affo...
October 22, 2007
(The following is based on a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Officers with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) investigate violations of immigration laws and identify aliens who are removable from the Un...
October 18, 2007
Baz Mohammad, 51, an Afghan heroin kingpin who is the first defendant ever extradited to the US from Afghanistan, was sentenced this week to 16 years imprisonment for managing an international narcotics-trafficking organization that imported millions of dollars of heroin into the US, according to th...
October 16, 2007
In January 2007, President George W. Bush stated that the high levels of violence in Iraq had overwhelmed the political gains that the Iraqis had made and required a new US strategy for stabilizing the country.
The new strategy recognized that until the Iraqi people have a basic measure of secur...
October 14, 2007
The possibility that terrorists and criminals might exploit border vulnerabilities and enter the United States poses a serious security risk, especially if they were to bring radioactive material or other contraband with them.
Although Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has taken steps to secur...
October 12, 2007
BOSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partnered with Boston-area law enforcement officers to arrest fifty nine foreign nationals who now face federal criminal charges or deportation, as part of Operation Community Shield, a nationwide effort to combat violent street gang activity.
...
October 11, 2007
When Pastor Eric Bahme and his wife left his church and home in Seattle, where he served as pastor for close to 15 years, and settled in the Portland, Oregon, he took a giant step in faith.
Pastor Bahme said he was given a vision for church planting by Jesus Christ and never looked back. By the ...
October 09, 2007
More than 1,300 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation following the largest special enforcement action ever carried out by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fugitive Operations Teams anywhere in the ...
October 08, 2007
Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational ministry committed to helping take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations. The organization cooperates with millions of Christians from churches of many denominations and hundreds of other Christian organizations around the world to help Christi...
October 03, 2007
(The following article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police Public Information Office.)
In general, a fusion center is a collaborative effort to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity. Recognizing that fusion centers a...
September 28, 2007
Diversity visas provide an immigration opportunity to aliens from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Diversity visa applicants must apply online, be selected by lottery, be interviewed, and be determined to be eligible before obtaining a diversity visa.
At the requeste...
September 26, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) is responsible for addressing the threat of nuclear smuggling. Radiation detection portal monitors are key elements in our national defenses against such threats.
DHS has sponsored testing to develop new monitors, kno...
September 24, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security's recent 4-year anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress DHS has made.
The creation of DHS was one of the largest federal reorganizations in the last several decades, and the Government Accountability Office has reported that it was an en...
September 22, 2007
The overall goal of the U.S. National Drug Control Strategy, which is prepared by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), is to reduce illicit drug use in the United States.
One of the strategy's priorities is to disrupt the illicit drug marketplace. To this end, since fi...
September 21, 2007
(This article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
While the battle over providing illegal aliens with driver's licenses rages in state capitals and Washington, DC, North Carolina created the first "North American Union" driver's license, complete with a...
September 18, 2007
A growing number of Americans believe that the US government school system has declared war on white, male students. In fact, many believe that young boys are treated more harshly than teachers who sexually exploit children.
While Americans are constantly told about "zero tolerance" for misbehavi...
September 16, 2007
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 visas would help in curtailing rampant illegal immigration at the Mexican border, but investigators believe...
September 13, 2007
The National Association of Former Border Patrol Agents recently released their position paper on all aspects of the illegal immigration issue. Over 250 former Border Patrol members of all ranks signed the document, which received scant mention by the mainstream news media.
The position paper add...
September 11, 2007
The crime of identity theft undermines the basic trust on which our economy depends. When a person takes out an insurance policy, or makes an online purchase, or opens a savings account, he or she must have confidence that personal financial information will be protected and treated with care. Ident...
September 10, 2007
The government of Iraq has failed to meet 15 of 18 benchmarks contained in the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007.
The Act requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the status of the achievement of these benchm...
September 06, 2007
Six members of a Guatemalan family and three associates have been indicted for their roles in a sex trafficking ring that recruited young women in Guatemala with false promises of high-paying jobs, smuggled the victims into the United States, and forced them to work as prostitutes to pay smuggling f...
September 04, 2007
Jose Ramon Hinojosa Santos, the head of an international drug ring that shipped heroin and cocaine to the United States, Western Europe, and Canada, was extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic late Sunday evening.
He was arraigned Monday afternoon before United States Magistr...
September 01, 2007
Two University of South Florida (USF) students have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, for transporting explosives materials without permits, the Department of Justice announced on Friday.
The two-count indictment unsealed Friday charges Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed and...
August 28, 2007
Three US national strategies, developed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, directed US law enforcement agencies to focus on the prevention of terrorist attacks. The strategies called for agencies to intensify their efforts to help foreign nations identify, disrupt, and prosecute terrorists.
Follow...
August 26, 2007
Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty recently endorsed fellow Law & Order star Fred Thompson for President of the United States.
During a telephone conversation with this writer, Moriarty said:
"Whoever does occupy the White House will not overturn Roe v. Wade, nor will he or ...
August 23, 2007
Efforts to combat terrorism have become an increasingly important part of government activities. These efforts have also become important in the United States' relations with other countries and with international organizations, such as the United Nations.
The Department of State is charged with...
August 19, 2007
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Fort Worth, Texas Safe City Commission Crime Stoppers jointly announced the arrest of a 41-year-old convicted child sex offender who had been deported for that crime, and was also wanted for parole violations.
Hilario Soto-Hernandez, a citi...
August 19, 2007
During his brief time on this earth, President Ronald Reagan uttered dozens of memorable quotes. Arguably one of the most important Reagan quotations is, "Thou shall not speak ill of another Republican."
Obviously, that commandment has not been heeded in recent years by many Republicans, especial...
August 16, 2007
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 (ECTFs).
The concept of the ECTF network is to bring together not only federal, state and local la...
August 13, 2007
WASHINGTON – A fugitive US-designated terrorist, who is the subject of a $5 million US reward and is believed to be at large in the Philippines, has been indicted on terrorism-related charges in the Northern District of California along with his brother in the US, who allegedly provided funds and eq...
August 10, 2007
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 more agile and responsive modular brigade-based force will require a significant investment through fiscal...
August 08, 2007
In October 2003, an envelope marked "Caution: Ricin Poison" was discovered at an airmail facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Ricin is a poison that, in certain forms, can cause death.
The U.S. Postal Service has emphasized to its employees to be on the alert for "suspicious mail" that may po...
August 06, 2007
Human trafficking is a transnational crime whose victims include men, women, and children and may involve violations of labor, immigration, antislavery, and other criminal laws.
To ensure punishment of traffickers and protection of victims, Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act ...
August 02, 2007
Travel documents are often used fraudulently in attempts to enter the United States. The integrity of US passports and visas depends on the combination of well-designed security features and solid issuance and inspection processes.
The US Congress directed the Government Accountability Office to...
August 01, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC - A third individual was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering arising from a scheme involving bribery, conspiracy and money laundering related to Department of Defense contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, according to a report released by Assistant Attorney General...
July 28, 2007
Alvin Woody, a Mooresville, North Carolina pharmacist, and four additional defendants from Vermont, Wisconsin, New York, and California have been indicted on drug distribution and money laundering charges in connection with an alleged unlawful prescription drug operation, according to Gretchen C.F. ...
July 26, 2007
Since 2001, Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
DOD's reported annual costs for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 b...
July 24, 2007
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Friday that the governments of Mexico and the United States are resuming the Interior Repatriation Program this summer to ensure the safe, effective and humanitarian return of Mexican nationals illegally in the United States to their places of ...
July 20, 2007
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 Congress requested the Government Accountability Office to analyze DHS's attrition, efforts to recru...
July 18, 2007
(This article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III announced last Friday a series of comprehensive measur...
July 15, 2007
The total number of aliens detained each year by the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased from about 95,000 in fiscal year 2001 to almost 285,000 in 2006.
The care and treatment of these detained aliens is a significant challenge to ICE. The Government ...
July 11, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently arrested You Zhi Li, Yang Shen, and Jun Hu, on charges of Involuntary Servitude.
The investigation was initiated on Wednesday, 6/27/2007, when a Chinese national female escaped from a house where she was being held, and made contact with the Las Vegas...
July 08, 2007
Oil rivals cocaine as one of Colombia's principal exports. The Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline transports almost 20 percent of Colombia's oil production. The pipeline originates in the Department of Arauca in northeast region of Colombia. It carries oil nearly 500 miles to the Caribbean port of Cove...
July 07, 2007
A new conservative voice has emerged from the Keystone State. Republican Ronald Francis recently threw his hat in the ring for a seat in the US Congress representing Pennsylvania's 4th District.
The former Allegheny County councilman already has picked up a significant endorsement for his campai...
July 05, 2007
Twenty-two known Nuestra Familia/Nuestra Raza/Northern Structure/Norteno gang members and associates have been nabbed as a result of a nearly two year investigation by the Stockton Violent Crimes Task Force (SVCTF), a FBI-led Safe Streets Task Force which consists of agents from the FBI and officers...
June 30, 2007
Bonnell Hughes, 57, of Crossville, Alabama, entered a guilty plea to eight counts of a federal indictment. Hughes was one of six men indicted in May 2007 in connection with an explosives recovery in Northeast Alabama.
"Hughes, who held the rank of captain in the Free Militia, was involved in a c...
June 30, 2007
One of the US National Drug Control Strategy's priorities is to disrupt the illicit drug market. To this end, the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security provide ships and aircraft to disrupt the flow of illicit drugs, primarily cocaine, shipped from South America through the Caribbean Sea and ...
June 26, 2007
Since 2005, the United Nations has been attempting to reform its management processes, in part to help ensure that resources are used effectively and efficiently. Some of these reforms focus on improving oversight and accountability at the United Nations.
Although the six UN internal audit office...
June 23, 2007
More than 5.5 billion pounds of explosives are used each year in the United States by private sector companies and government entities. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has the federal authority to regulate explosives and to license privately owned explosives storage facilitie...
June 21, 2007
The mean-mouthed, lesbian bully who made the ABC daytime gabfest The View her own talking-points memo is now pressuring CBS Television to give her a shot at hosting a hit game show.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the producers of CBS show "The Price is Right" are considering Rosie O'Donnell ...
June 20, 2007
While posing as a diehard conservative, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) was fingered by well-known watchdog group Judicial Watch for a $550,000 allocation hidden in a transportation bill that would fund an obscure North Carolina teapot museum.
According to Judicial Watch, in its online publication Cor...
June 18, 2007
The owner of the Los Angeles-based Numero Uno supermarket chain, his brother and two associates alleged to be part of a racketeering conspiracy have been taken into custody during a two-day operation that also resulted in the seizure of approximately $1.25 million in cash and more than 60 vehicles.
...
June 14, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office was established with the appointment of the first Chief Privacy Officer in April 2003, as required by the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
The Privacy Office's major responsibilities include reviewing and approving privacy impact assessments (PIA)...
June 12, 2007
For many years, the Government Accounting Office has reported that weaknesses in information security are a widespread problem with potentially devastating consequences --such as intrusions by malicious users, compromised networks, and the theft of personally identifiable information -- and has iden...
June 10, 2007
The evacuation of nearly 15,000 American citizens from Lebanon during July and August 2006 was one of the largest overseas evacuations of American citizens in recent history.
The US Department of State has the lead responsibility for evacuating American citizens from overseas locations in times ...
June 08, 2007
A federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, has charged leaders of the violent street gang known as MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, with federal racketeering crimes, including two men who allegedly ordered murders inside the United States from their prison cells in El Salvador, Attorney General Alberto...
June 05, 2007
United States Congressman William J. Jefferson, Democrat from Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges including bribery and racketeering for allegedly using his office to corruptly solicit bribes and for paying bribes to a foreign official, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fis...
June 03, 2007
Syed Hashmi, a/k/a "Fahad," arrived in New York late Monday evening after being extradited from the United Kingdom on federal charges of providing material support to Al- Qaeda. This is the first time that the United Kingdom has extradited an individual to the United States on terrorism charges.
...
May 31, 2007
Two defendants -- one soldier and one capo of New York's Genovese Organized Crime Family -- pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court, before United States Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman, to conspiracy to commit murder and extortion.
According to documents filed in Manhattan federal court and the...
May 28, 2007
Since 2001, the United States has appropriated over $15 billion to help secure, stabilize, and reconstruct Afghanistan. In February 2007, the administration requested $12.3 billion in additional funding to accelerate some of these efforts to prevent the conflict-ridden nation from once again becomin...
May 26, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigation relies on a critical network to electronically communicate, capture, exchange, and access law enforcement and investigative information.
Misuse or interruption of this critical network, or disclosure of the information traversing it, would impair FBI's ability...
May 23, 2007
Since 2001, the US Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
DOD's reported annual costs for the GWOT have shown a steady increase from a...
May 20, 2007
Fernando Gutierrez-Cancino, a key participant in the Cali Cartel's efforts to launder its vast cocaine proceeds, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 40 months in prison on money laundering charges, according to the federal law enforcement officials in New York City.
Gutierrez-Cancino was extradit...
May 18, 2007
It's old news that Presidente Vicente Fox exported Mexico's poorest citizens into the United States for a number of reasons: It relieved him of the responsibility of providing social and healthcare services for them; it provides his country's economy with an influx of US cash when these illegal work...
May 17, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for coordinating the federal government's homeland security communications with all levels of government, the private sector, and the public.
In support of its mission, the department has deployed a Web-based information-sharing applicatio...
May 14, 2007
The Transportation Security Administration's most visible layer of commercial aviation security is the screening of airline passengers at airport checkpoints, where travelers and their carry-on items are screened for explosives and other dangerous items by transportation security officers.
Betwe...
May 11, 2007
An Iranian-born United States citizen was sentenced here yesterday in US District Court to two years in prison and six months of home confinement for illegally exporting US military aircraft parts to Iran via associates in Germany and the United Arab Emirates.
Reza Tabib, 52, of Irvine, CA, plead...
May 09, 2007
A 17-month FBI undercover investigation has led to charges against six men who allegedly tried to amass a small arsenal for a planned attack on soldiers at the US Army base at Fort Dix in New Jersey.
The six men—including three residing in the US illegally—were arrested Monday night by FBI agent...
May 08, 2007
Five radical Islamists -- three of them brothers -- have been arrested and charged with plotting to kill as many soldiers as possible in an armed assault at the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey, according to agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A sixth defendant is charged with aiding...
May 07, 2007
Five years after 9/11, the international community's conflict with transnational terrorists continues. Cooperative international efforts have produced genuine security improvements -- particularly in securing borders and transportation, enhancing document security, disrupting terrorist financing, an...
May 05, 2007
A federal jury convicted Jose Hipolito Cruz Diaz, a.k.a “Pirana,” 28, of Lanham, Md.; Omar Vasquez, a.k.a “Duke,” 28; and Henry Zelaya, 20, of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving murder, robbery, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenst...
May 03, 2007
Since combat operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. forces have been subjected to frequent and deadly attacks from insurgents using various weapons such as improvised explosive devices (IED), mortars, rocket launchers, and increasingly lethal ballistic threats.
Since 2003, to provide pro...
May 01, 2007
While hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens take to the streets of major US cities to protest their treatment by the US government, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 148 illegal aliens, criminals and immigration fugitives during a four-day enforcement operation in Dallas.
Ca...
April 29, 2007
Federal agencies are facing emerging cybersecurity threats that are the result of increasingly sophisticated methods of attack and the blending of once distinct types of attack into more complex and damaging forms.
Examples of these threats include spam (unsolicited commercial e-mail), phishing ...
April 28, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement from 10 other countries conducted over 90 searches worldwide as part of "Operation Site Down," designed to disrupt and dismantle many of the leading criminal organizations that illegally distribute and trade in copyrighted software, movies, mus...
April 25, 2007
(The following is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Homeland Security.)
As the agency with the broadest law enforcement authority within the Department of Homeland Security, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is said to be uniq...
April 24, 2007
A United States citizen, who trained to fight jihad along with elements of Al Qaeda to establish an Islamic state in Somalia, has been convicted of receiving training from a foreign terrorist organization, according to a Justice Department announcement on Friday.
At a hearing on Friday, April 20,...
April 23, 2007
When two American missionaries were kidnapped last July in Haiti, FBI negotiators were called in to secure their release. The missionaries, both North Carolina natives in Port Au Prince aiding relief efforts in the beleaguered Caribbean republic, would be held for four days as their captors demanded...
April 20, 2007
Abdelrahman Farhane, a/k/a "Abderr Farhan", was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 13 years in prison on Monday. On November 9, 2006, Farhane pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with participating in a conspiracy to commit money laundering, the object of which was to provide m...
April 16, 2007
There are numerous news stories regarding criminal acts by illegal aliens. In just the last few weeks, for example, Mexican illegals attacked US National Guard troops who retreated ON AMERICAN SOIL because our political leaders in Washington refuse to allow those troops to carry and use weapons.
...
April 14, 2007
An Ohio man has been indicted and arrested for conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) and providing material support and resources to terrorists.
Christopher Paul, a/k/a “Paul Kenyatta Laws,” a/k/a “Abdulmale...
April 11, 2007
Internal security is vital to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's efforts to protect the United States. As the agency responsible for counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cyber, and major criminal investigations, the FBI is a high-priority target for virtually every hostile and many otherwise fr...
April 09, 2007
Haniffa Bin Osman 55, a citizen of the Republic of Singapore, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and money laundering.
According to the plea agreement, from April to Sept. 29, 2006, Osman conspired with Haji Subandi...
April 06, 2007
The counterintelligence function involves protecting the country, as well as intelligence agencies, from the activities of foreign intelligence services. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has principal responsibility for countering the activities of foreign intelligence services within the United ...
April 04, 2007
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 public court documents filed by the US government in Colorado and in other judicial districts around the ...
April 02, 2007
A U.S. Army soldier was found guilty on Tuesday of alien smuggling charges, following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST).
El Paso's BEST team members include ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Patrol; ...
March 31, 2007
The National Strategy for Victory in Iraq articulates the desired end-state for US operations in Iraq: a peaceful, united, stable, and secure Iraq, well integrated into the international community, and a full partner in the global war on terrorism.
Developing capable Iraqi security forces is a c...
March 29, 2007
Globally, alien smuggling generates billions of dollars in illicit revenues annually and poses a threat to the nation's security. Creation of the Department of Homeland Security in March 2003 has provided an opportunity to use financial investigative techniques to combat alien smugglers by targeting...
March 29, 2007
The government's interest in using technology to detect terrorism and other threats has led to increased use of data mining. A technique for extracting useful information from large volumes of data, data mining offers potential benefits but also raises privacy concerns when the data include personal...
March 26, 2007
James Steven Griles, the former deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior, has pleaded guilty to obstructing the U.S. Senate's investigation into the corruption allegations surrounding former Washington lobbyist Jack A. Abramoff.
Griles admitted that he knowingly and willfully lied and ...
March 25, 2007
A federal grand jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has returned a two-count indictment charging Hassan Abujihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, age 31, of Phoenix, Arizona, with material support of terrorism and disclosing previously classified information relating to the national defense.
The in...
March 23, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security established the US Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program to collect, maintain, and share data on selected foreign nationals entering and exiting the United States at air, sea and land ports of entry.
These data, including biometr...
March 21, 2007
[The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.]
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 o...
March 19, 2007
A San Fernando Valley man known for his appearances on Farsi-language media outlets was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in federal prison for orchestrating an immigration fraud scheme that filed fraudulent employment visa applications on behalf of scores of foreign nationals seeking to come to the ...
March 17, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for addressing the threat of nuclear smuggling. Radiation detection portal monitors are key elements in our national defenses against such threats. DHS has sponsored R&D and testing activities to develop a "next generation" portal monitor, known as ...
March 11, 2007
The legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager once wrote of Rep. Duncan Hunter:
"Congressman [Hunter] is the best candidate for President of the United States of America that I know -- he has integrity, tenacity, courage, and diplomacy. He is intelligent and thoughtful, does his research, and acts on it....
March 03, 2007
Mala Salvatrucha, or MS-13, member Walter Noel Barahona, also known as "Lil Loco," 23, a Maryland resident, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to conspiracy to conduct and participate in the racketeering activities of a branch of the MS-13 gang.
Of 22 alleged MS-13 gang members indicted in ...
January 23, 2007
Immigration fraud is yet another method used by criminals and terrorists to gain entry into the United States illegally to carry out their agendas.
The Identity and Benefits Fraud Unit, an investigative component of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is the agency responsible for detecting...
January 22, 2007
While most of the focus of federal law enforcement today is on counterterrorism, federal police agencies must still contend with more traditional anti-crime operations including emerging organized crime gangs.
Criminal enterprises represent a near and long-term threat to our nation. The criminal ...
January 22, 2007
Well, it's official: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced she will run for president in 2008. The hyperventilating denizens of our nation's newsrooms are reporting this story as if there was any doubt Hillary wanted to rule over the American people.
Hillary's campaign workers posted a videot...
January 22, 2007
Castle Rock, Colorado -- While the news media are in celebratory mode over New York's Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announcing her intention to seek the Democrat Party nomination for President of the United States in 2008, conservatives will perhaps also celebrate some good news in the coming days:...
January 22, 2007
The July 2005 London subway bombings and July 2006 railway attacks in Mumbai, India dramatically revealed the vulnerability of passenger rail and other surface transportation systems worldwide to terrorist attack and demonstrated the need for increased focus on the security of these systems.
The...
January 18, 2007
Mexico continues to be the source or entry point for the vast majority of the narcotics that are consumed in the US. Mexico is the leading transit country for cocaine and heroin consumed in the US. It is also the leading source country for marijuana and now methamphetamine.
Occasionally, the fed...
January 18, 2007
Former Vice President Al Gore scours the countryside looking for support for a possible presidential run and attempts to emulate bible-thumping preachers while preaching a message of the need for "big government" to save the planet. Meanwhile, Gore hobnobs with the Hollywood elite many of whom would...
January 18, 2007
United Nations Undersecretary General Benon Sevan of Cyprus and Ephraim Nadler, a/k/a "Fred Nadler," of New York City were indicted on charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.
From mid-2000 until March 2003, the Iraqi gov...
January 17, 2007
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the subsequent the global war on terrorism have triggered the largest activation of National Guard forces since World War II.
As of last year, over one-half to two-thirds of the National Guard's 500,000 personnel had been activated for overseas warfi...
January 16, 2007
An illegal alien cop-killer, who escaped capture by returning to Mexico and evading capture for almost four years, is now in US law enforcement custody. This killing ignited outrage across the United States.
In the pre-dawn hours Thursday morning, US deputy marshals and agents of Mexico’s Agencia...
January 16, 2007
As Americans remember the horror of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington more than five years ago, the US borders are practically as porous as ever. Yet Americans get few answers during the heated debate. What many hear are abstractions about tightening border security with no mention of...
January 16, 2007
Following public outcry over illegal alien drivers commiting vehicular homicides, sixty illegal alien criminals, mostly DUI ex-convicts, were arrested in North Carolina by federal agents during a three-day operation, according to a statement released by officials from Immigration and Customs Enforce...
January 16, 2007
Convicted terrorist Shahawar Matin Siraj was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his role in conspiring to plant explosive devices at the 34th Street subway station in Manhattan in August 2004, just prior to the start of the Republican National Convention at nearby Madison Square Garden.
T...
January 12, 2007
Thirteen alleged members of the street gang called La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Tennessee on charges that they conspired to participate in a violent RICO enterprise responsible for killings and other violent crimes in Nashville.
...
January 12, 2007
Law enforcement officers from communities unaffected by gangs until the 1980s or early 1990s often find themselves scrambling to obtain training relevant to what are called hybrid youth gangs in the 21st century. These include gangs with large memberships of illegal aliens from Mexico (Mexican Mafia...
January 12, 2007
A well-known actor and filmmaker is speaking out on abortion, illegal immigration, radical Islam, and the New World Order. He says Progressives are destroying America.
Golden Globe, Emmy, and Tony Award winning actor, writer, and musician as well as conservative patriot, Michael Moriarty recently...
January 09, 2007
As the United States reviews its plans to secure, stabilize, and rebuild Iraq, the Government Accountability Office submitted several reports for Congressional consideration in developing its oversight agenda for the 110th Congress and analyzing the President's revised strategy for Iraq. On Wednesda...
January 09, 2007
The first week since New Year's Day has been one of gleeful celebration as the Democrats and their news media cohorts congratulated one another for wresting power from the corrupt and meanspirited Republicans.
Even Representative William "Cold Case" Jefferson elicited a standing ovation from his ...
January 08, 2007
While the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, may not send out press releases celebrating the capture, imprisonment and deportation of an imam, Americans should be aware that some clerics from the "religion of peace" may require closer scrutiny by law enforcement.
The US government la...
January 07, 2007
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? Too many times, if you ask me. Well, either these government leaders are too ignorant to to hold office ...
January 06, 2007
"Ambassador Negroponte's position is one of the newest in the government, and one of the most demanding. Our nation is at war, and John [Negroponte] is making sure that those whose duty it is to defend America have the information we need to make the right decisions. He's ensuring that our intellige...
January 05, 2007
In a story that should have rang alarm bells in very newsroom across the nation, armed Mexican entered the United States and attacked unarmed National Guard troops working at a border patrol post near the US-Mexican border. The troops had to retreat to safety.
Not surprisingly, the news story rec...
January 05, 2007
United States deportation officers on Wednesday night deported an Israeli citizen back to the Jewish State after he served a six-month prison term in New York for conspiracy to export military technology to the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah.
Tomer Grinberg, 33, was found guilty in US Di...
January 04, 2007
Now that the Democrats are in control of both houses of congress, Americans can look forward to their leadership putting their own interests ahead of the safety and security of citizens during the war on terrorism. In her recent column, Ann Coulter, in her usual hyperbolic style, called the Democra...
January 03, 2007
Terrorism is the most significant threat to our national security. In the international terrorism arena, over the next five years, it's believed that the number of state-sponsored terrorist organizations will continue to decline, but privately sponsored terrorist groups will increase in number.
H...
January 02, 2007
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security had announced that arrests during the first two years of Operation Predator, an initiative aimed at foreign nationals who prey on children, have exceeded 6,000.
The majority of the arrests under Operation Predator -- roughly 85% -- have involve...
January 01, 2007
On New Year's Day, Newsweek columnist and Democrat Party water-carrier (am I being redundent?) Eleanor Clift appearing on the Fox News Channel gave her opinion of whom was better equipped to run as a Democrat for President in 2008.
Ms. Clift, who looked as if she was decomposing as she spoke, sai...
December 31, 2006
The domestic violence rate has declined since 1993, according to a report by the US Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
In 1993, nonfatal intimate partner violence was 5.8 victimizations per 1,000 US residents. By 2004, the last year studied by BJS, the violence rate fell to 2.6 ...
December 30, 2006
Accused child rapist Kenneth John Freeman, 44, has been added to the United States Marshals Service’s list of 15 Most Wanted Fugitives.
Freeman is wanted on multiple counts of child rape in the first degree, as well as federal charges of manufacturing, possessing, and distributing child pornogra...
December 29, 2006
At one point, the Duke University rape case received more media attention than the war on Iraq, the Iran nuclear threat and even the baseball steroid scandal. It even got as much media attention as Rose O'Donnell-Donald Trump brouhaha.
It's a huge story not because it's about an alleged rape -- t...
December 28, 2006
Chalk up another victory for the terrorists' Fifth Column -- the Council on American-Islamic Relations. After much prodding and capitalizing on phony incidents of racial profiling, CAIR has achieved something few Americans have achieved -- they got airport security officials to back off.
The Tran...
December 27, 2006
Rep. John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, proclaimed himself neutral -- "I don't take sides for or against Hezbollah; I don't take sides for or against Israel," he said -- there appears to be problems of Hezbollah activities within his and fellow traveler Rep. John Conyer's own backyard.
A Dearborn...
December 26, 2006
The latest scuttlebutt on Capitol Hill is that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and his friend Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) are planning to introduce a new immigration bill that is even more liberal than their past "amnesty" bill. They're calling it a fast-track to citizenship for illegal aliens.
US B...
December 25, 2006
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union embarked on the most massive military buildups in history. Part of President Reagan's strategy for winning was to entice the Soviets into a competition it could never even hope to win. A communist economy by its very nature is ill-equipped ...
December 23, 2006
A top Mexican Mafia member, who controlled Hispanic street gangs that operated across Orange County, CA, was sentenced on December 18 to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to violating federal racketeering and narcotics laws.
Peter Ojeda, 64, was sentenced by Unit...
December 22, 2006
A Chinese national was charged last week with stealing military trade secrets and using them in demonstration and sales proposals to the Peoples Republic of China, the Malaysian Air Force, and the Thailand Air Force.
Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 42, is charged with stealing military combat and commerc...
December 21, 2006
Three violent gang members were sentenced recently to life in federal prison without the possibility of parole for participating in a six-year hate crime conspiracy that led to the assault and murder of African-Americans in Los Angeles, according to the US Justice Department.
The convicted kille...
December 21, 2006
In an effort by the US authorities to show the nation that hiring illegal aliens is serious business, two corporate executives at a California fence building company pleaded guilty last week to the hiring of illegal alien workers, following a multi-year federal investigation
As part of the guilt...
December 18, 2006
In 2003, a violent conflict in Darfur, Sudan, broke out between rebel groups and government troops and government-supported Arab militias. While few would dispute that many thousands of Darfur civilians have died, less consensus exists about the total number of deaths attributable to the crisis.
...
December 18, 2006
In another twist in an already questionable criminal case, DNA testing in the infamous Duke lacrosse rape case found no genetic material from any of the accused males on the woman's body or on her clothing, but analysts found DNA from several unknown male on the accuser's body.
This finding dire...
December 16, 2006
In one of the largest Internet fraud cases in US history, federal fraud charges were filed on Thursday against 21 defendants who allegedly participated in an international fraud scheme in which victims were led to believe that they were purchasing items that were listed for sale on the Internet, typ...
December 15, 2006
A Gold State Mother is urging American troops to snub Sen. John Kerry during his visit to Iraq. "I'm asking our men and women in Iraq to not allow themselves to be forced to pose with Kerry during his photo ops," said Debra Bastian, who lost her son in Iraq in 2005.
"This man is a disgrace. He sh...
December 14, 2006
In another twist in an already questionable criminal case, DNA testing in the infamous Duke lacrosse rape case found no genetic material from any of the accused males in the woman's body or on her clothing, but analysts found DNA from several unknown male on the accuser's body.
This finding dire...
December 14, 2006
Law enforcement and intelligence experts are scratching their heads in disbelief upon discovering that the next House Intelligence Committee Chairman doesn't possess even a basic understanding of terrorism or terrorist groups. In fact, he's never heard of Hezbollah.
Representative Silvestre Reyes...
December 14, 2006
With the Democrat Party feeling their oats after gaining control of both houses of congress, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus.
In a direct affront to the Bush administration he spent an hour Wednesday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, ask...
December 14, 2006
The Islamic terrorists Fifth Column in the US -- no, not the news media, the other Fifth Column -- the Council on American-Islamic Relations is once again at the forefront of mischief-making in their goal of undermining US efforts in combating terrorism.
CAIR is encouraging Muslims to file civil ...
December 12, 2006
Several police organizations are up in arms over a taxpayer funded college honoring a cop-killer and domestic terrorist.
"The cowardly school administration at the City College of New York have allowed a student community room to be named in honor of a domestic terrorist and cop-killer," said of...
December 12, 2006
Kofi Annan's Farewell Tour
by Jim Kouri, CPP
As part of Kofi Annan's farewell tour of the United States, the outgoing United Nations Secretary General decided to take a few more slaps at the US and the Bush Administration. Annan appeared at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, on Mond...
December 11, 2006
A Dutch national linked to a major Phoenix-area Ecstasy smuggling scheme made his initial appearance in federal court in Phoenix, AZ following his extradition from the Netherlands last week.
Thirty-one year old Marvin Burnet of Amsterdam, was one of six defendants indicted in connection with the ...
December 11, 2006
While awaiting a federal indictment in an extensive bribery case, Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson easily beat his political opponent in a contentious runoff election on Sunday. But Jefferson may have put himself in the position of facing criminal bribery charges as a congressman rather than a pri...
December 11, 2006
Federal law enforcement officers arrested 35 fugitive aliens and other immigration violators in a weeklong operation in Massachusetts. The enforcement action is the latest under Operation Secure Streets, a national initiative targeting illegal aliens with prior convictions for driving under the infl...
December 11, 2006
In a biting statement sent to the Republican National Committee, English First said that it seeks to defeat the nomination of U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R- Florida) for the post of Republican National Committee General Chairman.
"Sen. Mel Martinez is Spanish for Harriet Miers -- someone unqualifi...
December 08, 2006
A 26-year-old corrections officer was arrested on Canadian child pornography charges in Toronto Friday afternoon after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents responded to an enforcement tip provided by operators working for an adult phone sex line based in central California.
Matthew Hughe...
December 08, 2006
The latest paramour of the denizens of the mainstream media is obviously Senator Barack Hussein Obama, Illinois Democrat. With their superficial sensibilities, the entire big media -- including Fox News Channel -- appear to want to give Sen. Obama a collective lap-dance. Like lovesick school girls t...
December 08, 2006
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed homes and displaced millions of individuals. While the Federal Emergency Management Agency continues to respond to this disaster, the Government Accountability Office's previous investigation identified significant control weaknesses -- specifically in FEMA's In...
December 08, 2006
While Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) isn't scheduled to takeover as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee until January 2007, he already sounds as if he's the man in charge of oversight of our nation's law enforcement and courts. And considering his history of being kicked off the Senate Intellig...
December 06, 2006
It didn't take long before the new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. John Conyers started making noises on how they can further undermine efforts to protect Americans from terrorist attacks.
Speaker-elect Pelosi (D-CA) is co-sponsoring th...
December 06, 2006
(This article is based on an FBI Strategic Plan submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police.)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) on Monday announced the opening of a new laboratory and office suite for the for...
December 04, 2006
"The government should not be allowed to force a small business, homeowner, or any other private property owner from his or her land. While the decision has been made in Washington, my Constitutional Amendment would protect the property rights our Founders intended, preventing state government and l...
December 04, 2006
The good news recently is that Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) will not head the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. To many, Republicans and Democrats alike, it's a mystery why soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi would even entertain the thought of having a impeached judge with con...
December 02, 2006
Federal agents on Wednesday arrested six illegal aliens who possessed security badges allowing them access to restricted areas within the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and onto the tarmac. The illegal aliens were working for T.C. Drywall, Inc., based in Alpharetta, GA according to Immigra...
December 01, 2006
The thought of putting smiles on the faces of over 1,000 young children who've lost a father or mother in the line of duty has become a reality thanks to many generous Americans who've helped make Christmas a joyful time for these kids.
In 1990, National Association of Chiefs of Police treasurer,...
November 30, 2006
The GAO discovered that of the naturalization applications adjudicated in 2005, about 30,000 --or about 4 percent of them -- may have been adjudicated without access to the aliens' files.
An investigation by the Government Accountability Office revealed that the US government processed about 30,...
November 29, 2006
The National Association of Former Border Patrol Agents recently released their position paper on all aspects of the illegal immigration issue. Over 250 former Border Patrol members of all ranks signed the document, which received scant mention by the mainstream news media.
The position paper add...
November 29, 2006
A four-count federal indictment was delivered by a grand jury against a US citizen and a Pakistani national illegally in the country on an expired student visa for a conspiracy to aid the Taliban, according to a US Attorney in Houston.
Kobie Diallo Williams, also known as Abdul Kabeer and Abdul K...
November 28, 2006
The possibility that an adversary may use chemical or biological weapons against US forces makes it important for weapons systems to be able to survive such attacks.
In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, Congress mandated that the Department of Defense submit a plan to ...
November 28, 2006
An Iranian citizen and permanent resident was arrested last Tuesday night at Detroit Airport after airport officers found rifle scopes, stun guns, and numerous other prohibited items in his luggage for his trip to Tehran, Iran.
The items were discovered Sunday by Customs and Border Protection i...
November 27, 2006
Customs and Border Protection Bureau officials conceded that Border Patrol agents crossed into Mexico while pursuing drug smugglers, but they also said the incursion was only about 27 feet and the agents acted while in hot pursuit of armed drug traffickers.
Law enforcement officials this writer ...
November 26, 2006
A successful terrorist attack on a Department of Energy site containing nuclear weapons material could have devastating effects for the site and nearby communities. The DOE's Office of the Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, which is responsible for DOE operations in areas such as e...
November 25, 2006
A grand jury indicted Noshir Gowadia, a Northrop Grumman engineer, for allegedly selling military secrets to China, Israel, Germany, and Switzerland.
Gowadia, an Indian-born engineer who worked for 18 years at Northrop Grumman is possibly facing the death penalty if convicted. The federal grand...
November 25, 2006
Terrorist groups need significant amounts of money to organize, recruit, train, and equip adherents and recruits. The disruption of terrorist financing by the United States can raise the costs and risks and impede their success.
US efforts to combat terrorist financing abroad include a number of...
November 24, 2006
In spite of recent news stories sensationalizing police use of stun guns, domestic and international threats have generated a growing interest in the use of less-than-lethal weapons by government and law enforcement agencies and other entities such as commercial airlines and private security compani...
November 23, 2006
As methamphetamine abuse continues its scourge of the country, state and federal elected officials have worked over the last two years to pass laws restricting sales of over the counter products containing pseudoephedrine.
An Associated Press (AP) story reported that the federal anti-meth law was...
November 22, 2006
Some Democrat Party lawmakers claim the volunteer military may become dangerously stretched thin by events occuring in Iran, North Korea and Syria. They believe the answer to acquiring more troops is to reinstate the draft.
Congressman Charles Rangel says that once he's chairman of the House Ways...
November 22, 2006
When a troubled high school sophomore went on a shooting rampage on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota in early 2005, the FBI called up its specialists. Agents and analysts were quickly deployed to work with local law enforcement officials to secure the scene and figure out why a student k...
November 20, 2006
"It's a done deal," said the smiling Arizona Senator, John McCain, after he met with the President George W. Bush and got what he wanted: a ban on interrogation techniques he and other liberals believe are inhumane or degrading.
Earlier this year, President Bush and Senator McCain finally agreed...
November 19, 2006
While President George W. Bush's approval ratings are low in the United States, he is held in high esteem in by the citizens of Israel.
The Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Danny Ayalon, who will be leaving his post shortly, plans to build a center for advancing freedom in the Middle Eas...
November 19, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service through its control centers (MegaCenters) helps provide for the security and protection of federally owned and leased facilities.
To address issues surrounding this task, the Government Accountability Office reviewed FPS's performa...
November 18, 2006
The man known as "America's Mayor," Rudolph Giuliani, is putting together a group of donors who will raise money for his campaign should he decide to run for president in 2008.
Although the former New York City Republican mayor has still not declared he is running for president, he did meet with...
November 17, 2006
A professor and former dean at the University of San Francisco’s School of Education agreed on Thursday to plead guilty to one count of possessing child pornography following an investigation a federal investigation.
Dr. William T. Garner, 66, who also co-founded USF’s Center for Instruction and ...
November 17, 2006
The heads of two major intelligence agencies -- the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency -- were called to testify before the US Senate's Armed Services Committee on Thursday. The committee's senators stated they were interested in having the intelligence chiefs give their imp...
November 16, 2006
"When I come to Washington, I feel despair. When I'm in Iraq with my commanders, when I talk to my soldiers and Iraqi leadership, they are not despairing," said General John Abizaid, the head of US Army's Central Command or CENTCOM.
Abizaid was responding to military expert Sen. Hillary Clinton, ...
November 15, 2006
Four aliens were sentenced in connection with a hostage taking and alien smuggling operation. The suspects were arrest on June 26 in Austin, Texas.
Fernando Lopez-Ugarte, 21, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. On Aug. 31, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit ...
November 15, 2006
(With Rep. John Murtha seemingly destined to become the majority leader in the House of Representatives, I thought it appropriate to dig up an article published on December 3, 2005. I added a couple of updates to the article.)
One of the mysteries these days is the about-face of a supposed Democr...
November 14, 2006
One of the obvious shortcomings of the blue-ribbon panel, Iraq Study Group, is the reliance on politicians and the absence of military command officers who've actually led troops on the fields of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In reaction to this politically-motivated study group, General Peter...
November 13, 2006
A counterterrorism task force arrested a resident of Woodland Hills, California, on suspicion of mailing a series of threatening letters containing white powder to celebrities, politicians, media figures and journalists
Chad Conrad Castagana, 39, was arrested on Saturday by members of the Los An...
November 13, 2006
Terrorist attacks on chemical facilities could severely damage the US economy and public health. About 15,000 facilities produce, use, or store large amounts of chemicals that pose the greatest risk to human health and the environment. While the Environmental Protection Agency formerly had the lead ...
November 11, 2006
The scuttlebutt circulating in Washington, DC is that Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings may become the next chairman of the House of Representative's Intelligence Committee. The Congressional Black Caucus has been pressuring the new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to appoint blacks to key leadership positions ...
November 10, 2006
The new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) plans to block committee appointments that elevate Democrat moderates and conservatives into important chairmanships, according to Insight Magazine's sources within the Democrat National Committee.
Their sources claim that...
November 10, 2006
A Hawaii man of Indian descent was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he sold missile-related national defense secrets to the People's Republic of China.
A federal grand jury in Honolulu returned an 18-count indictment against Noshir S. Gowadia, age 62, of Maui, charging him with perform...
November 09, 2006
Without indepth analysis or examination of what caused the loss of control in the House of Representatives and possibly the US Senate, a moderate Republican group is blaming GOP defeats on Conservatives.
"Tonight the American people made it clear that our party’s decision to ignore the middle of ...
November 08, 2006
On Wednesday morning Americans awoke to the news that Rep. Nancy Pelosi was elevated to the powerful position of Speaker of the House of Representatives by the voters. While the news media and pundits played down its importance, the issue of illegal aliens and lax border security proved devastating ...
November 07, 2006
A team of British scientists from the Newcastle University and Kings College in London, England have asked the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority for a three-year license to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs, according to the Times of London.
The researchers claim that t...
November 06, 2006
Deputy United States Marshals teamed up with thousands of fellow federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to conduct the largest ever round up of fugitive sex-offenders, wanted gang members, and violent felony offenders, according to an indepth report submitted to the National Association ...
November 06, 2006
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, is once again under scrutiny by elections officials, the public, and the press for apparent voter registration fraud in Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
These accusations are only the most recent in the group's notorious histo...
November 06, 2006
An abortion doctor says he is seeking a full investigation of Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly following statements in which the commentator claimed to have private abortion information on the Kansas physician.
Dr. George Tiller's lawyer told the AP his client will ask the...
November 05, 2006
As the November elections approach, the overwhelming majority of Americans are totally unaware that their homeland as they know is being dramatically changed -- and not for the better. Both major political parties have leaders who believe in internationalism. And Americans are selling out their vote...
November 04, 2006
Federal and local law enforcement officers fanned out across southern Arizona and several other states searching for more than 50 people allegedly linked to a far-reaching human smuggling organization that brought large numbers of illegal aliens into the United States across remote eastern sections ...
November 03, 2006
While sex scandals involving political and church leaders -- Mark Foley and Jimmy Swaggart come to mind -- is one of the media's favorite news stories to cover. It's surprising that a new scandal is getting meager attention. Perhaps the media's full-court press to hand the Democrat Party a huge vict...
November 03, 2006
In an effort to hurt Republicans on November 7, the New York Times published a story accusing the Bush Administration of posting Iraqi documents that suggest Saddam Hussein's Iraq was close to building an atomic bomb.
Congressional Republicans had urged the Bush White House to post on a governmen...
November 02, 2006
A New York City man who led an interstate prostitution enterprise including recruiting and prostituting minor girls in several US cites pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court, according to Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the DoJ Criminal Division and US Attorney Christopher J. Chri...
October 31, 2006
Research and development of cyber security technology is essential to creating a broader range of choices and more robust tools for building secure, networked computer systems in the federal government and in the private sector. As quickly as US government agencies upgrade security on their cyber sy...
October 30, 2006
In 2005, taxes owed with collection potential had grown to $132 billion. That number may climb in 2006, with perhaps $150 billion owed by taxpayers in default.
The Internal Revenue Service has not pursued some tax debt due to limited resources, manpower constraints and higher priorities. As a re...
October 29, 2006
The United States' intelligence community is undergoing the most extensive -- perhaps even radical -- transformations since the Office of Strategic Services gave way to the Central Intelligence Agency. Recognizing that people are the critical element in transformation initiatives is key to a success...
October 28, 2006
Battered child syndrome is a tragic and disturbing phenomenon. Unfortunately, it is a crime that is often successfully hidden by its perpetrators. Law enforcement has an important role to play in uncovering cases of battered child syndrome and gathering evidence for their successful prosecution. Man...
October 26, 2006
Two Egyptian nationals who enslaved a 10-year-old girl and forced her to work as a domestic "slave" at their Orange County residence will serve some time in federal prison.
Abdel Nasser Youssef Ibrahim, 57, and his ex-wife, Amal Ahmed Ewis-abd El Motelib, 43, were sentenced on Monday morning by ...
October 25, 2006
Nineteen suspected Chinese drug gang members were arrested in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland and one defendant was arrested in Canada. To date, law enforcement officers have seized more than 50,000 Ecstasy pills worth more than $1 million, over $100,000 in cash, and a number of firearms during...
October 23, 2006
With President George W. Bush signing legislation that will require American seaports to use radiological detection as part of protecting the US from a nuclear attack, the hard part of fulfilling the President's mandate is at hand.
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, combating terrorism has ...
October 21, 2006
Many American citizens are confused over the proliferation of Mexican Matricula Consular ID cards, that are thought to be bonafide identification documents. They shouldn't feel so bad about their confusion -- it seems the US government, state, and local governments share that confusion.
Several s...
October 21, 2006
From 1998 until 2006, W.G. Van Dorian worked as an attorney in Criminal Law and Immigration Law in The Netherlands and Aruba. As such, Van Dorian came into close contact with terrorism and religious extremism. After the recent murders of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh and Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn...
October 20, 2006
More than 125 individuals have been arrested nationwide, including 17 in New Jersey, on charges for subscribing to websites depicting hardcore child pornography involving children as young as infants engaged in sexual activities with adults, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie and Immigration and ...
October 19, 2006
Every year, food stamp recipients exchange hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits for cash instead of food with retailers across the country, a practice known as trafficking. From 2000 to 2005, the Food Stamp Program has grown from $15 billion to $29 billion in benefits.
During this period ...
October 18, 2006
{The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.}
The almost legendary MI5 British counterintelligence service is said to be deeply concerned over an increase in spying by Chinese operatives in the United Kingdom. Although intel...
October 17, 2006
While the mainstream news media are hard at work covering the Rep. Mark Foley "Pagegate" scandal or helping the Democrats to achieve their dream of capturing control of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Federal Reserve Bank is working with the Mexican government to make it easier for ille...
October 16, 2006
The growth of technology has changed our lives dramatically. Computers were viewed as a luxury or even an extravagance 30 years ago. We relied on television, newspapers, and radio as primary sources of news and information. Cables, modems, and online services were virtually nonexistent.
Today, c...
October 16, 2006
On Friday, 56 suspects were indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering charges within Puerto Rico, Colombia, St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles, the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic.
The arrests are reportedly part of the Immigration & Customs Enfor...
October 14, 2006
The Democrats are on fire this election season. They smell victory -- or perhaps that smell is Senator Harry Reid's land deals. Or could it be the smell of voter fraud?
In their effort to gain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, they are doing anything and everything includin...
October 13, 2006
Many police officers and prosecutors are becoming increasingly frustrated by their inability to investigate and prosecute cases against emerging crime gangs such as MS 13 (Mara Salvatrucha) successfully when key witnesses refuse to provide critical evidence or to testify because they fear retaliatio...
October 12, 2006
"America's strength is rooted in America's independence and we must always be wary of attempts to compromise our sovereignty. Nathan Tabor's new book accurately describes many of the problems at the United Nations and his warning of the challenges we face through our membership in the UN should not ...
October 12, 2006
Adam Yehiye Gadahn, who appears frequently in Al-Qaeda propaganda videotapes, became the first person charged with treason in the War on Terrorism on Wednesday. He is also being charged with providing material support to terrorists.
United States authorities say that they don't know his whereabo...
October 12, 2006
Denys Ray Hughes, 59, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Court Judge Earl H. Carroll to 87 months in prison for the Attempted Production of a Biological Toxin for Use as a Weapon, and Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device, and Possession of an Unregiste...
October 11, 2006
In the aftermath of the senseless murder of young children attending an Amish school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, school safety is once again being discussed within the Beltway. As details of the murder of the school children were revealed to Americans across the country, the topic of school safety h...
October 10, 2006
Lately, there appears to be more and more stories of names being erroneously placed on the federal government's Terrorism Watch List. Last Sunday, CBS TV's 60 Minutes aired a segment on some of the list's shortcomings and the difficulties being experienced by innocent American travelers.
The con...
October 09, 2006
A 47-year old truck driver on trial for murdering two Toledo women, confessed to killing another two women. He also told authorities that he was involved with killing a fifth woman.
In exchange for "copping" a guilty plea, Dellmus Colvin will not face execution. He was instead sentenced to two l...
October 09, 2006
The United States has worked for decades to achieve a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through initiatives such as the 1993 Oslo Accords and the more recent 2003 Roadmap for Peace.
During fiscal years 1993 through 2005, the United States provided more than $2 billion in assistance ...
October 08, 2006
While the insanity over the Mark Foley scandal continues within the Beltway and the news media are egging on the Democrats to demand that Speaker of the House Denny Hastert step-down from his position, another story is being ignored. Perhaps the person who should be stepping down from his government...
October 08, 2006
A United States citizen was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), by attending an MEK training camp in Iraq.
Zeinab Taleb-Jedi was indicted by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York. Tal...
October 05, 2006
The latest news coming to us from south of the border is that the Mexican government is threatening to go to the United Nations with their complaints about the building of a fence and other security measures. It will be interesting to see how much power the UN exerts over US policy especially when i...
October 04, 2006
A top lieutenant to a Mexican Mafia member who controlled Hispanic street gangs across Orange County pleaded guilty today to federal charges, admitting that he conspired with others to violate federal racketeering laws.
Thirty-three year old Marco Diaz of Santa Ana, CA, became the 28th defendant ...
October 04, 2006
Joseph Francis, founder, CEO and sole shareholder of two California companies doing business under the name "Girls Gone Wild," has pleaded guilty to charges that he failed to create and maintain age and identity documents for performers in sexually explicit films produced and distributed by Girls Go...
October 03, 2006
A fugitive who's accused of being a drug trafficking and money laundering kingpin from Colombia's Norte Valle Cartel has been extradited to the United States this week.
Jhon Eidelber Cano-Correa arrived in New York Friday night, September 22, where he was formally placed under arrest by immigrat...
October 03, 2006
Terrorists using unconventional weapons, also known as nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological (NBCR) weapons, could cause devastating losses. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) of 2002, as well as the extension passed in 2005, will cover losses from a certified act of terrorism, irrespe...
October 02, 2006
While the Democrats are creating political hay out of the sex scandal involving Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL), the Democrats were not as outraged when a member of their own party had a sexual liaison with a House of Representative's page. In fact, the Democrat involved in a homosexual affair with a page ac...
September 30, 2006
GOP presidential hopeful John Cox blasted the Iranian and Venezuelan leaders for their statements and behavior during their recent appearances and speeches at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
The John Cox for President campaign released a statement by John Cox:
"In the last t...
September 29, 2006
A West African man was arrested in San Diego last Tuesday by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service for attempting to illegally export various handguns and high-capacity magazines to the Ivory Coast.
The Ivory Coast has suffered from widesp...
September 28, 2006
Sometimes I envy liberal Democrats. Unlike conservatives, they are permitted to have it both ways. Who permits them to have such a political advantage? Those sanctimonious geniuses working in the mainstream news media.
Why do I say that? Well, there are so many cases it's hard to begin. Take the...
September 28, 2006
(with Nathan Tabor)
A once valuable part of the conservative movement appears to be on it's last legs, with state chapters cutting ties and $2 million of debt.
On Monday, officials from the Christian Coalition of Georgia announced their formal notice for a name change.
In a letter sent to ...