July 19, 2008

by Jim Kouri
(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 and officers themselves, Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller said [...]

July 18, 2008

by Jim Kouri, CPP
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 activities of these enterprises are increasing in scope and magnitude as [...]

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 was discovered inside over a hundred suitcases marked “private.” [...]

July 16, 2008

Barack Obama, the most far-left major party candidate to ever run for the presidency, is now attempting to reposition himself towards the center. However, his words occasionally betray him and reveal to voters his not-so-hidden nature. Just recently, at a campaign stop in Georgia, he shared with his audience yet another method by which they [...]

Watching a program about humanity’s furry friends and the multitude of ways people and other animals interact, I learned about an incident that stuck heavily in my mind long after the program was over.
The show talked about a dog that had long been known for appropriating items and taking them to his own toy [...]

Jim Kouri, CPP
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 the National Association of Chiefs of [...]

July 15, 2008

by Jim Kouri, CPP
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 States in order to protect both classified US Government information and proprietary information held [...]

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 and producers often share a frustration over its perceived [...]

July 13, 2008

Conservative talk show host superstar and attorney Mark Levin’s Landmark Legal Foundation, the organization that uncovered massive abuse of federal tax, election and labor laws by the nation’s largest teacher’s union, has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service, alleging flagrant and widespread violations of the Internal Revenue Code by the Colorado Education Association [...]

July 12, 2008

Some, but by no means all, contributors to this website have a pronounced nostalgia for earlier historical periods. The 1950s in particular are an era many recall fondly. Some would like to see us return to prevailing mores and ideals of that period.
I myself have a special liking for some TV shows that might be [...]

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/terrorist attack — were released at a Homeland Defense [...]

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, including Iran’s proliferation efforts and involvement in international [...]

July 9, 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 evils. In this election cycle, [...]

July 8, 2008

“What is this type of writing doing in the Bible?” a shocked young girl once asked when she came across the Song of Solomon. She had not expected to find such explicit, albeit poetic, descriptions of sexual relationships in the Bible.
The Song of Solomon has been described as “pornography” but it is really one of [...]

July 7, 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 these rules and several have sought exemptions to them. In [...]

Armistead Maupin published an essay in the July 1, 2008 “Advocate” that was entitled “Calling A New Army of Lovers.” In this essay, Maupin lamented, “gay rights has always been the disposable card of liberal politics.” He applauded the California Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage and criticized Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and [...]

July 5, 2008

Under the Visa Waiver Program, 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.
Legislation passed in 2007 led the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to [...]

July 3, 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 fiscal year 2008, over $4 billion has been appropriated for Deepwater. The Coast Guard [...]

July 2, 2008

by Jim Kouri, CPP
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 with conspiring to [...]

July 1, 2008

Suppose someone says, “There’s a bunch of winos on that street corner.” You approach the indicated area. You expect to see a group of women in ragged dresses passing around a bottle of wine that is perhaps still in its brown paper bag. Or at least that is what you expected to see prior to [...]