I warned the FBI about Iran’s sleeper cells in 2017. Nobody listened — now Washington is panicking

On Oct. 23, 2026, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Iranian plots to kill Americans abroad had reached advanced stages.
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