Author: Jim Kouri, CPP
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July 24, 2008
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 yesterday. “Tasers already have proven to be highly …
July 23, 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.
July 22, 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. …
July 21, 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 …
July 20, 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 States in …
July 19, 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.
July 18, 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, …
July 17, 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 …
July 16, 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.
July 14, 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 …
July 11, 2008
Thanks to feckless political leaders in California, the terms “mom and dad” are now completely banned in the public school system and teachers are being ordered to use euphemisms for those terms.
July 10, 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 …
July 9, 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 …
July 7, 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. …
July 6, 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.
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