It
is well established that Iran is moving quickly to develop its
nuclear program that its leaders claim is intended simply to generate
electricity.  It is clear that Iran’s intentions are far more
sinister- to develop nuclear weapons along with intercontinental
missiles that could reach Israel, Europe and even the United States.

While
the United States and other countries are attempting to block Iran’s
continuing efforts to accumulate enough nuclear material to construct
atomic bombs by imposing economic sanctions on Iran, Israel appears
to be poised to take a more direct approach and launch a military
attack to prevent Iran from becoming a member of the so-called
“Nuclear Club.”

Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president has made it crystal clear that he
desires to obliterate Israel and the United States and consequently a
nuclear Iran would pose a huge threat to both Israel and the United
States.

If Israel was to launch a military
attack against the Iranian nuclear program, this attack would not be
without precedence. On September 6, 2007 the Israeli military
destroyed a nuclear reactor in Syria and in 1981 Israel destroyed the
Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq shortly before it was to have begun
operating.

Ahmadinejad
has made it clear that any attack on its nuclear program would result
in retaliation against the United States as well as Israel. This
threat has to be taken seriously. A number of credible news
organizations has been reporting on these issues and, in fact, on
September 2, 2012 ABC News aired an investigative report in which
Martha Raddatz was interviewed by George Stephanopoulos. The report
about this situation was posted on the ABC News website with the
ominous title:

“Exclusive:
Israel Warns US Jews: Iran Could Strike Here”

Here is the link to that news report
including a video of that interview:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/israel-warns-us-jews-iran-strike/story?id=15506257&nwltr=blotter_featureHed

Here is an important excerpt from the
written segment of the ABC News report:

What is significant is that one of the
participants in this plot was identified as a member of the Qods,
Iranian shock troops. As you will see shortly, the Pentagon now
believes that there are, in fact an increasing number of such troops
stationed in Venezuela.

One of the points made by Ms Raddatz in
the video portion of the report, is the possibility that Iran might
have “sleeper agents” already in place in the United States. The
issue of sleeper agents has been discussed on a number of occasions
including during a Congressional hearing in which Robert Mueller, the
Director of the FBI warned about the potential for sleeper agents to
enter the United States and embed themselves much the same way that
the 19 terrorists who attacked our nation on September 11, 2001 did.

WHETHER THE ATTEMPTED
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REID-KENNEDY IMMIGRATION BILL WILL RESULT IN AN
ADMINISTRATIVE AND NATIONAL SECURITY NIGHTMARE

Here
is a link to the transcript of that hearing, in its entirety:

http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju30548.000/hju30548_0f.htm

Here is a link to a video of a segment
of my remarks at that hearing:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4127670560538123883&ei=FlKLSq-4LYLrlQentKnDCw&q=michael+cutle&hl=en&client=firefox-a

Clearly the issue of
sleeper agents is not new, yet by not enforcing our nation’s
immigration laws and not securing our nation’s borders, our
government has, in my judgement, increased our nation’s vulnerability
exponentially and all the while we have been assured by both the Bush
administration as well as the current administration that our borders
are secure!

In addition to the
potential that sleeper agents may already be present in the United
States, additional enemy combatants are pre-positioned in Venezuela.
In support of this disturbing statement I offer a link to a
Washington Times news report that was published on April 21, 2010
that was entitled,

“Iran
boosts Qods shock troops in Venezuela”

Here is a link to that
report:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/21/iran-boosts-qods-shock-troops-in-venezuela/

This news report was predicated on a
Pentagon report to Congress on Iran’s military. Here is an excerpt
from the Washington Times Article that succinctly sums up the
situation:

The
report gives no details on the activities of the Iranians in
Venezuela and Latin America. Iranian-backed terrorists have conducted
few attacks in the region. However, U.S. intelligence officials say
Qods operatives are developing networks of terrorists in the region
who could be called to attack the United States in the event of a
conflict over Iran’s nuclear program.

What must be understood is that if
Middle Eastern soldiers are able to spend a number of years in a
country in Latin America, totally immersed in the language and the
culture of Latin America, they could easily pass themselves off as
being Latinos. Mohammed could easily be transformed to appear as
Miguel.

Furthermore, there are terrorist
training camps located in the Tri-Border Region where Brazil,
Argentina and Paraguay abut. These camps are reported to have
terrorists who are members of Hezbollah and likely Hamas and a
Al-Qaeda. Again, these individuals would likely assist with efforts
against the United States should Iran launch attacks against the
United States. All they would have to do is make their way across
the Mexican border concealing their identities and intentions by
posing as Latinos- a role that they could easily assume given their
fluency in Spanish or Portuguese, if they were living in Brazil.

Incredibly, however, just over one week
ago, President Obama called for expanding the Visa Waiver Program to
include citizens of Brazil. An effectively administered visa process
can provide a serious layer of protection for our nation but
apparently even now, in this post 9/11 world, trade and commerce
trump national security!

It has been said that an effective spy
(or terrorist) is someone who would not attract the attention of a
waiter or waitress at a “greasy spoon diner.” In point of fact,
a spy or terrorist might well be hiding in plain sight by working as
a waiter or waitress. As I have noted on a number of occasions, the
day before a terrorist participates in a terrorist attack he (she) is
likely to go to his job where he may have been hiding in plain sight
for months or even years. This is precisely how a sleeper operates.

I can tell you from first hand
experience based on my 30 years with the INS, effective enforcement
of our nation’s immigration laws can help secure our nation by adding
randomness to our ability to uncover criminal or terrorist plans.
Our immigration laws are intended to protect our nation from the
threats posed by transnational criminals and terrorists- this is
protection we can ill afford to do without in this particularly
perilous era.