Trump administration boosts monitoring
of possible Iran-backed cells in U.S.,
as Trump weighs strikes, sources say
Posted By: Dreadnought, 6/19/2025 8:49:05 PM
As President Trump is contemplating potential U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, law enforcement officials have stepped up surveillance of Iran-backed operatives in the United States, multiple sources told CBS News. FBI Director Kash Patel has increased efforts to monitor possible domestic sleeper cells linked to Hezbollah — a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization backed by Iran — since Israel's Operation Rising Lion offensive began earlier this month, U.S. officials said. Both the White House and FBI declined to comment. The threat from Iranian operatives has worried current and former administration officials since Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was assassinated on Mr. Trump's orders in January 2020.
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Judge Orders Trump Admin to Release Anti-Israel
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Activist Mahmoud Khalil from Immigration Detention 15 replies
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liberal judge’s order to block immigration laws 17 replies
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Judge Orders Trump Admin to Release Anti-Israel
Activist Mahmoud Khalil from Immigration Detention 15 replies
Activist Mahmoud Khalil from Immigration Detention 15 replies
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil, an anti-Israel activist at Columbia University who has been in immigration detention for three months as the administration looks to deport him for his role in orchestrating demonstrations on the school’s campus.
Khalil, a legal permanent U.S. resident who has not been charged with a crime, was detained under a law that allows for the deportation of people who oppose U.S. foreign policy objectives.
Judge Michael E. Farbiarz previously ruled that the law did not justify Khalil’s detention