The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as “an operational trigger” for “sleeper assets."
    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I’m gonna be honest, I don’t even think Iran has any foreign sleeper cells or connections they can even use. Most of their diaspora are liberals that support the overthrow of the government, and they never made any ideological appeal for terrorism like Al Qaeda or ISIS.

      As hilarious as it is, the CIA is probably struggling to find a foreign Iranian who would even care enough to bother lol.

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      Surely Iran wouldn’t hit an election facility necessitating a federal takeover of elections right?

      • Mirshe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Federal takeover, no. Now, federalizing National Guard units and having them and ICE police polling places in swing states to make sure “people vote correctly”?

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    Not surprising. This would be the moment to do it.

    If they want to destroy America, the Bin Laden gambit is proven to work.

  • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    It’s a long shot, but it would be nice if these sleepers and the leadership activating them understood that there’s a very specific demographic of Americans that wish ill on Iran and Muslims where the rest are disgusted by the current actions and have support for most Iranians and Muslims. It would at least narrow down their potential targets if there were going to be something that happens.

    Be better than the US, Iran. Don’t blow up a school. Look at voter maps and find the redist locations if you want to hurt this doing the most hurting.