Heads on swivel! There is very real concern about sleeper cells and lone individuals retaliating for Iran here in the United States.
American counterterrorism agencies are quietly monitoring suspected sleeper cells on U.S. soil in the wake of joint U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran, stepping up surveillance amid heightened fears of possible retaliation from Iran-linked operatives or sympathizers.
Federal and local law enforcement have also boosted on-the-ground security in major U.S. cities as part of a precautionary posture, even though no specific, credible threats have been publicly identified.
The move comes on the heels of a Saturday morning operation, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, that resulted in the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials in a coordinated U.S.–Israeli military campaign.
Security experts warn that the fallout could extend beyond the Middle East.
“If ever there’s going to be a Hezbollah cell or a Hamas cell act in the United States in a violent way, it’s now,” Chris Swecker, a former assistant FBI director, told Fox News.
“Both organizations are Iranian-backed all the way. Both organizations have had a presence in the United States since the 1980s,” he added.
Swecker said U.S. authorities have long been aware of domestic networks and sympathizers.
While too many will say that this is overreaction, especially those on the left with their heads firmly buried in the sand, the concerns are absolutely valid. There is precedent for this.
Nidal Hassan is one such radicalized case. Oh, but he wasn’t part of a sleeper cell! SO?? He was radicalized. And soldiers lost their lives as a result.
Was the Texas shooter who shot up Buford’s, killing two and injuring 14, this weekend part of a sleeper cell? We don’t know that for certain yet, but his background history raises a metric ton of red flags.
Senegalese national Ndiaga Diagne, 53, may have been motivated by the joint attack by Israel and the US when he pulled up to Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden in Austin on Sunday wearing a “Property of Allah” shirt and started shooting, killing two people and wounding 14 others, officials have said.
After Diagne was shot dead by Austin police officers, a search warrant executed at his home revealed an Iranian flag and pictures of Iranian leaders, sources with direct knowledge told CBS News.
In fact, his background should’ve led to his deportation a very long time ago if it weren’t for the giant holes in our immigration policies.
Today we are dealing with four years of zero borders, NGO’s running unchecked, and a flood of illegals in this country. How many are here illegally because of economics and how many are here with terrorist ill intent towards this Republic?
We’ve documented some here. But those who authorities have caught are not even the tip of the iceberg. Add to that the liberal judges who love illegal alien criminals and we do have a massive national security problem on our hands.
The terrorist threat posed by Biden’s failed open borders is real and persistent.
— NCTC Director Joe Kent (@NCTCKent) December 11, 2025
Americans should know this: President Trump is using every counterterrorism capability we have to hunt narcoterrorists, dismantle criminal gangs and cartels, and restore safety across our nation. https://t.co/lbflUbXkxU
18,000 out of the MILLIONS who flooded in during the Biden Administration. That’s the ones the DHS has been able to find. But now, the Democrats have ensured the DHS hands are tied with this government shut down.
What are they doing right now? Screaming into the void about how Trump has broken the law with this strategic targeted attack on Iran. An attack that has thankfully cut the heads off the Medusa beast that has been paying for terror across the world for fifty years. Obama’s Iran Deal with the lottery payout of $1.7 billion in pallets of cash added to Iran’s ability to fund terror. It’s a fair bet that some of that cash went to funding the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
Oh wait, we aren’t supposed to be concerned about sleeper cells or lone individuals attacking U.S. citizens. That concern is misguided and mean according to all the “experts.”
Wait so Iran is not our enemy but you’re also mad at Donald Trump for activating their sleeper cells in our country?
— James Klüg (@realJamesKlug) March 2, 2026
One has to presume that some of the 18,000 identified include the Iranians DHS has apprehended in the last two months. How many more are out there? It’s a highly reasonable question that many have been asking for years now. It’s even more important to ask now that we’ve turned the Ayatollah and the Iranian terrorist leadership into dust.
We have lots of experts and Democrats telling us that we aren’t supposed to celebrate or be glad that the head of the Iranian terror snake is now dead. That Trump should’ve kept on the diplomatic track and done what? Given them more pallets of cash and let them continue to fund their terror and underground nuclear programs? Let mosque leadership and family members here in the US call for loyalty to Khamenei and not be concerned??
The daughter of the mosque’s leader reposted a pledge that “resistance fighters” would be born to avenge against the “demonic transgressive empire” America. pic.twitter.com/022t8Hdase
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) March 2, 2026
I REMEMBER the Iran Hostage Crisis. America lived with it for 444 days while Iranian terrorists paraded Americans through the streets. I remember Carter dithering for those same 444 days. I remember the Beirut bombings and all the other major attacks since then. We also should not forget that Iran’s terror funding was responsible for building the IED’s that maimed and killed too many of our soldiers during the Iraq and Afghanistan war.
So for anyone to think that there isn’t anything to be concerned about regarding potential sleeper cells or individuals acting on their own to ‘help’ Iran, pull your heads out of your wide behind.
For FIFTY YEARS Iran has been extremely clear. They want the United States obliterated and will take any measure to do so. They’ve showed us that time and again.
Heads on swivel isn’t just a warning. It should be a factor of life right now.
Feature Photo Credit: US Iran shadow figure via iStock, cropped and modified
BlackwingOne says: If you haven’t purchased and read Kurt Schlichter’s “The Attack”, do so now. It might give people an idea of just how easy it is for terrorists, both home-grown and infiltrated across the Biden-open-borders, to kill as many Americans as possible.
I’m not too worried living in NW Wyoming that some bunch of Islamo-Marxists are going to all-of-you-snackbar here since about half the population of the TinyTown™ where we live is armed ALL THE TIME. The other half have their rifles in their trucks.
But if somebody is living, as we did for 60 years, in the Heart of the Hive™ and has not yet gotten a carry permit, training, and practice, there is no time like the present. If you don’t know how to shoot, take some classes and learn to be safe. Get additional training on how to carry a firearm, then get your carry permit and an appropriate firearm, and practice how to carry it and shoot it.
I’ve had a carry permit for over 20 years, and the only time my pistol has been out of the holster is either at the range or to clean it. I earnestly hope that it stays that way and that I NEVER have to use it in defense of self or others, but if something terrible does happen, I will be mentally prepared and physically equipped to deal with it.
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