CONGRESSIONAL HEARING: IRANIAN SLEEPER CELLS THREATEN U.S.
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So many hearings, so little action.
Kindly forward this e-mail to your senators and congressional representatives
and to as many folks as you can and then ask that those to whom you send this
forward it along to everyone they can- I am attempting to create a “Bucket
Brigade of Truth!
Please remember to listen to my radio show, “The Michael Cutler Hour” on
BlogTalk Radio on Friday evenings at 7:00 PM, Eastern Time, and find podcasts of
my previous programs at:
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My article for FrontPage Magazine today is predicated on the information that
was presented during a recent Congressional hearing conducted by the House
Subcommittee on Terrorism concerning terror cells in the United States. This is
a topic that should alarm every American- but the information is not new.
Indeed, I testified about this threat to national security / public safety
during a number of the hearings at which I testified and is an issue of concern
that has been discussed by other witnesses who have appeared before
Congressional hearings in the House and Senate in the wake of the terror attacks
of September 11, 2001.
What is the point to Congress conducting hearings if no action is taken? Once
diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, a rational person would immediately
seek a cure to the ailment that could take his/her life. Time is not on the
side of the person facing such a diagnosis.
Congress has been repeatedly warned about the threats posed by sleeper agents
and sleeper cells and then hit the “snooze button” and go back to sleep! Time
is on the side of the terrorists not America.
In fact, since President Trump was elected, if members of Congress do act, many
act to block any and every initiative of the Trump administration to protect us
from the clear and present threat of terrorism.
All too frequently obstruction has not only come from Congress (both houses and
from both parties) but from judges and mayors and governors of “Sanctuary
Cities” and “Sanctuary States!”
Once again I am compelled to ask- What the hell will it take to get our
“leaders” to act to protect America and Americans?
Ignorance is not bliss. Knowledge is power so my article provides some cold
hard facts for you to consider and hopefully share with others.
If you like my article I ask that you make a point of posting it on FaceBook
and other social media and forward this e-mail to as many folks as you can. It
is important to dispel the lies and nonsense about the true nature and
significance of effective immigration law enforcement in this particularly
perilous era.
Being “Pro-Enforcement” is not “Anti-Immigrant.” Indeed, advocates for
immigration anarchy are actually taking an “Anti-Immigrant” position by
obfuscating the line that separates lawful immigrants from illegal aliens. To
provide a bit of clarity, while we are indeed a “Nation of immigrants” America
is not a nation of trespassers. The difference between an immigrant and an
illegal alien is comparable to the difference between a houseguest and a
burglar.
Americans must be willing to stand their ground and not be intimidated by the
false accusations- far too much hangs in the balance! We must speak out against
mayors and governors who create “Sanctuary Cities” and “Sanctuary States.”
Many people have come to complain that we have become too “Politically Correct”
to speak the truth about important issues. My view is that the artful use of
language that has been described as examples of political correctness are in
fact, examples of Orwellian “Newspeak.”
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CONGRESSIONAL HEARING: IRANIAN SLEEPER CELLS THREATEN U.S.
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So many hearings, so little action.
May 11, 2018
Michael Cutler <https://www.frontpagemag.com/
It has been said that the first step to solving a problem is to acknowledge the
existence of the problem. It has also been said that where there is a will,
there is a way.
The nexus between immigration and terrorism is well established, however, the
currently fashionable denial of that nexus by globalists from both parties has
prevented the application of remedies to address the vulnerabilities in the
immigration system that terror sleeper cells are known to exploit --
particularly the lack of resources for the interior enforcement of our
immigration laws.
On April 17, 2018 the House Committee on Homeland Security, Counterterrorism
and Intelligence Subcommittee
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mmittee> , chaired by Congressman Peter King of New York, conducted a hearing
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An Examination Of Iran’s Global Terrorism Network."
The Subcommittee’s website posted this paragraph in announcing the hearing:
Iran, a State Sponsor of Terrorism, continues to invest in proxy
terrorist and militant organizations that threaten the Homeland and US interests
and engage in activities that impede US counterterrorism goals. This hearing
will examine trends in Iran’s external operations and capabilities and consider
the near-term and long-term security implications of Iranian support for Shia
militants and terrorist groups operating in the Middle East, Afghanistan and
Latin America.
The prepared testimony of one of the witnesses, Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi of the
Foundation for Defense of Democracies, included this excerpt:
In recent years, Hezbollah’s Latin American networks have also
increasingly cooperated with violent drug cartels and criminal syndicates, often
with the assistance of local corrupt political elites. Cooperation includes
laundering of drug money; arranging multi-ton shipments of cocaine to the United
States and Europe; and directly distributing and selling illicit substances to
distant markets. Proceeds from these activities finance Hezbollah’s arms
procurement; its terror activities overseas; its hold on Lebanon’s political
system; and its efforts, both in Lebanon and overseas, to keep Shi’a communities
loyal to its cause and complicit in its endeavors.
This toxic crime-terror nexus is fueling both the rising threat
of global jihadism and the collapse of law and order across Latin America that
is helping drive drugs and people northward into the United States. It is
sustaining Hezbollah’s growing financial needs. It is helping Iran and Hezbollah
consolidate a local constituency in multiple countries across Latin America. It
is thus facilitating their efforts to build safe havens for terrorists and a
continent-wide terror infrastructure that they could use to strike U.S. targets.
I urge you to watch the video of the hearing and read the prepared statements
of all four expert witnesses, although you should not do this before bedtime, if
you value a good night’s sleep.
The Washington Free Beacon published a report
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disconcerting headline, Iranian-Backed ‘Sleeper Cell’ Militants Hibernating in
U.S., Positioned for Attack.
Generally “sleeper cells” are comprised of “sleeper agents,” that is to say,
foreign nationals (aliens) who enter the United States either legally or
illegally maintain a very low profile while they go about their deadly
preparations and await instructions to carry out deadly terror attacks inside
the United States.
While the four expert witnesses at this hearing were not in complete agreement
about all of the issues discussed, particularly expressing somewhat divergent
perspectives on U.S. participation in the Iranian nuclear agreement, they all
agreed about the threats posed to U.S national security by Iranian sleeper
agents and the ability for additional enemy combatants to easily infiltrate into
the U.S. to carry out deadly terror attacks.
Now that President Trump has, understandably, withdrawn from the Iran agreement
we can’t ignore the possibility that at some point, Iran may activate its
sleeper cells in the United States.
However, concerns about terror sleeper cells poised to strike in the United
States are anything but new.
Shortly after the terror attacks of 9/11 politicians and journalists frequently
made reference to the threat posed by sleeper agents. However, as efforts
mounted by various globalist organizations and immigration anarchists ramped up,
the term “sleeper” disappeared almost as quickly as the term “alien” had been
expunged from the vernacular in the immigration debate, along with any reference
to the 9/11 Report. The obvious goal has been to obfuscate the nexus between
immigration and terrorism. Hence, the disingenuous term “homegrown” frequently
describes alien terrorists who, since entry into the United States, acquired
lawful immigration status, including United States citizenship.
Page 263 of the 9/11 Commission Report
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concerns that al-Qaeda sleeper cells were likely embedded in the United States.
Here is the relevant paragraph:
Clarke mentioned to National Security Advisor Rice at least
twice that al Qaeda sleeper cells were likely in the United States. In January
2001, Clarke forwarded a strategy paper to Rice warning that al Qaeda had a
presence in the United States. He noted that two key al Qaeda members in the
Jordanian cell involved in the millennium plot were naturalized U.S. citizens
and that one jihadist suspected in the East Africa bombings had “informed the
FBI that an extensive network of al Qida ‘sleeper agents’ currently exists in
the US.” He added that Ressam’s abortive December 1999 attack revealed al Qaeda
sup- porters in the United States. His analysis, however, was based not on new
threat reporting but on past experience.
Not only did Richard Clarke make note of the presence of "sleeper agents"
agents in the United States, but also that "two key al Qaeda members in the
Jordanian cell involved in the millennium plot were naturalized U.S.
citizens[.]"
That naturalized citizens had been involved in terror plots illustrates
failures of the vetting process and background investigations that, by law, are
supposed to demonstrate that applicants for U.S. Citizenship possess “Good Moral
Character.”
In the years after the attacks of 9/11 we have seen other naturalized citizens
participate in terror attacks, including one of the Tsarnaev brothers who
committed the savage attacks at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. They had
all likely committed fraud in their applications for visas and various
immigration benefits that went undetected.
The 9/11 Commission Report
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9/11 and Terrorist Travel
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warned about how international terrorists used immigration and visa fraud as
primary methods of entry and embedding into the United States.
A succession of hearings conducted in both the Senate and House of
Representatives have also focused on the threats posed to America and Americans
by international terrorists. I have testified before a number of those hearings
and I have raised concerns about sleeper agents and how they have exploited
vulnerabilities in the immigration system.
My recently published booklet, Immigration Fraud, Lies That Kill
<http://www.thesocialcontract.
explores the issue of immigration fraud in great detail, particularly where such
fraud undermines national security and public safety, facilitating the entry and
embedding of sleeper agents.
My recent article
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ael-cutler> , Jihadis and Drug Cartels At Our Border focused on the threats
posed to American national security by the presence of terrorists in Latin
America primarily in terror training camps in the Tri-Border Region of Brazil
operated by Hamas and Hezbollah and likely includes members of al-Qaeda and
perhaps ISIS and by the constant flow of Iranian Quds Forces into Caracas,
Venezuela from Tehran.
According to information provided by expert witnesses at the hearing, globally,
Hezbollah and Iranian Quds Forces are comprised of more than an astounding
200,000 well-trained, well-equipped and “battle-hardened” members.
Yet, inexplicably, America’s borders still serve as little more than “speed
bumps” to human traffickers and drug smugglers (often these criminals are one
and the same). We continue to have an ever-expanding Visa Waiver Program that
should have been terminated the afternoon of September 11, 2001 and an abject
lack of resources to enforce the immigration laws from within the interior of
the United States, while Sanctuary Cities Endanger - National Security and
Public Safety
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> .
Even after the publication of the 9/11 Commission Report and other such
reports, even after a seemingly endless succession of hearings about the sleeper
agents and an extensive list of failures of the immigration system, and even
after deadly terror attacks around the United States, nothing of consequence has
been done to fix the dysfunctional immigration system.
America still has yet to hire more ICE agents and other personnel to conduct
investigations and field operations from within the interior of the U.S. even
though the 9/11 Commission identified a lack of effective interior enforcement
of the immigration laws as vital to combat terrorism.
Congress has yet to provide funding for construction of a wall to secure our
southern border to stop the flow of drugs and international transnational
criminals and gang members into the United States.
The only conclusion that can today be reached, is not that our “leaders” are
not aware of the threats- but they obviously don’t give a damn!
Since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 I have testified before more
than 15 Congressional hearings on immigration and have often thought that
Congress should stop holding “hearings” and begin holding “listenings!”
My mom used to say, “Actions speak louder than words.”
Election Day is coming and with it, the opportunity for us to act, in our own
best interests and those of our nation.
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ABOUT MICHAEL CUTLER <https://www.frontpagemag.com/
Michael Cutler is a retired Senior Special Agent of the former INS (Immigration
and Naturalization Service) whose career spanned some 30 years. He served as an
Immigration Inspector, Immigration Adjudications Officer and spent 26 years as
an agent who rotated through all of the squads within the Investigations Branch.
For half of his career he was assigned to the Drug Task Force. He has testified
before well over a dozen congressional hearings, provided testimony to the 9/11
Commission as well as state legislative hearings around the United States and at
trials where immigration is at issue. He hosts his radio show, “The Michael
Cutler Hour <http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
BlogTalk Radio. His personal website is http://michaelcutler.net/.
The findings and recommendations of the 9/11 Commission must be the starting
point for any discussion about immigration legislation. That commission
determined that a lack of border security, including the visa process. and fraud
in the immigration benefits program, enabled terrorists to enter and embed
themselves in the United States, as they went about their deadly preparations.
Immigration is not a single issue but a singular issue that impacts nearly
every challenge and threat confronting the United States today! Simply stated,
the immigcredible sacrifices of Americas men and women who serve in our
military!
If our government's failures to protect American jobs by securing our nation's
borders and effectively enforcing our immigration laws concerns you or
especially if it angers you, I ask you to call your Senators and Congressional
"Representative. This is not only your right- it is your obligation!
All I ask is that you make it clear to our politicians that we are not as dumb
as they hope we are!
We live in a perilous world and in a perilous era. The survival of our nation
and the lives of our citizens hang in the balance.
American Lives Matter!
This is neither a Conservative issue, nor is it a Liberal issue- simply stated,
this is most certainly an AMERICAN issue!
You are either part of the solution or you are a part of the problem!
Democracy is not a spectator sport!
Lead, follow or get out of the way!
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(while show is Live)ration laws were enacted to save lives and protect the jobs of American
workers. In point of fact, our borders and our immigration laws are America’s
first line of defense and last line of defense against international terrorists
and transnational criminals.
It is not “Anti-Immigrant” to be “Pro-American!"
Our armed forces are charged with securing America’s borders externally while
the DHS is supposed to secure those same borders from within. The failures of
the DHS to live up to its half of the equation are undermining the efforts,
valor and in
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