Iranian 'sleeper cells' inside America have ex-CIA director alarmed

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Iranian 'sleeper cells' inside America have ex-CIA director alarmed
A man on an e-scooter passes a giant billboard, where U.S. President Donald Trump appears, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

President Donald Trump got a warning from Iran that it has sleeper cells in the U.S. that could act in retaliation for his air strikes over the weekend — and a former CIA director is alarmed.

NBC News' national security and military correspondent Courtney Kube told MSNBC on Monday that in the days leading up to Trump's decision to bomb Iran, the country sent him a private message that those on American soil were not as immune from its retaliation as Trump might believe.

While Iran doesn't possess long-range missiles or bombers that could hit inside the U.S., it warned of "sleeper cells" operating inside the country, two U.S. officials and another person with knowledge told NBC.

"The warning was conveyed to Trump by an intermediary during the G7 summit in Canada," the report continued, citing the three sources.

"Now, of course, this was before President Trump decided to very quickly leave the G7 early on Monday, saying that he needed to come back to DC because he needed to deal with this evolving and tense situation in the Middle East, particularly with the strikes between Israel and Iran," Kube added.

Former CIA Director John Brennan said that he doesn't think Iran will want to "alienate the regional neighbors such as the Gulf states, whether it be Qatar, Saudi Arabia or the UAE."

The U.S. has several bases in the region that could be potential strike sites for Iran, but it would also mean bombing inside one of those neighboring countries.

"Iran has tremendous capability, if they choose, to exercise it, in terms of terrorism, they are the leading state sponsor of terrorism, and they do have assets and sources basically in, you know, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia and so on," said Brennan. "And whether or not they have sources here in the United States or assets that could be used to carry out these attacks, I think, is a question. And I know the FBI, DHS, and state and local officials now are looking very closely at any individuals who may be affiliated with the Iranian regime."

When asked about the number of sleeper cells that may be in the country, top Trump advisor Tom Homan confessed he didn't know.

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Trump just reached a 'moment of demarcation' that signals the end is near: biographer

President Donald Trump has reached a "moment of demarcation" that signals the end of his presidency is near, according to one of the president's biographers.

Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, noted during a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," a podcast he co-hosts with Joanna Coles of The Daily Beast, that Trump has had a "rough couple of weeks" as his losses continue to pile up. Wolff pointed to issues such as Congress curtailing his war powers in Iran, and his seeming inability to escape the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

"I've more and more understood this and appreciated this, and I think it's an important moment. It's a moment of demarcation," Wolff said. "It's a 'two things can be true at the same time' moment. Trump is going to continue to be mendacious and dangerous and damaging to all kinds of things, but at the same time, very clearly, as clearly as can possibly be, this Trump enterprise is coming apart. And I think we're right at the center."

"And it all sort of brings this together in his falling poll numbers, the fact that he is in trouble on all of the foundational policies of his administration — that he could fix the economy," Wolff said. "Immigration was his issue, the issue that was fueling him instead of the issue that is causing him now so many problems, so many problems with his base, the health care issues also causing him problems. It's one problem after another after another that he cannot surmount."


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Trump stuns analyst during 'pathetic moment' in the Oval Office: 'All completely untrue'

President Donald Trump stunned a political analyst on Thursday during a "pathetic moment" in the Oval Office.

Trump held a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday, where he announced a new $700 billion initiative to boost coal production using the Defense Production Act. One reporter asked Trump about communism during the press conference, a topic that Trump seemed excited to discuss because he had just written a Truth Social post about it, according to David Pakman, host of the liberal political commentary show "The David Pakman Show."

"You had some stern words for communism on your Truth Social ..." the reporter began.

"I just wrote that. Did you like it? Did you think it was well written?" Trump giddily replied. "You want to read it? Do you have it? It's on Truth Social."

Trump then launched into an aside about how he's given bigger speeches than Martin Luther King Jr.

Pakman was taken aback by the affair, and shared his reaction in a new YouTube video.

"It's all completely untrue," Pakman said. "And who cares about the truth at the end of the day? Minor details."

More bizarre antics resurface about Trump's controversial pick for spy chief: report

Trump's pick to temporarily take over as the country's top spy chief had a bizarre past, according to reports that dug up his old antics.

Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte used to host an event where people were slapped with sex toys, according to reporting by The Daily Beast. He was also accused of influencing Trump's posting of a Christ-like image of himself earlier this year, The Beast added.

Pulte, who's also the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, appeared at an event with internet influencer PP from "ThePPShow" and was awarded a novelty trophy saying "Bill Pulte F—" on one side and "Only the Young" on the other side, according to The Daily Beast, which noted it was in part a reference to a Taylor Swift song.

In a resurfaced video of the event, Pulte blurted out “I like only the young,” before exclaiming that the trophy “looks pretty bad—” as it was handed to him. He then dropped it after getting “too excited,” he said in the video.

He was pressured off the board of Pulte Homes, his grandfather's company, because of his self-promotion, the New York Times reported.

Pulte, who used to hold shares of Bed Bath & Beyond, wore bulletproof vests, saying he was afraid that anti-Bed Bath & Beyond forces might try to kill him, the Beast reported. He tried to claim the company wasn't really bankrupt and could still be saved in 2023, but the company went bankrupt anyway that year, The Bulwark reported.

The FHFA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence didn't respond to The Daily Beast's request for comments.

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