This post has relevance for two themes we follow at COTTonLINE: National security and the decline of California. Writing at Townhall, Kevin McCullough reports California alone has opted out of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. He notes the JTTF is:
The primary engine for federal, state, and local cooperation in detecting and disrupting terrorism. And they did it proudly, in the name of “civil liberties.”
What makes this act more than political street theater is the very real possibility of Iranian sleeper cells. These may have infiltrated into the US in anticipation of the sort of action we just took on their nuclear weapon program. When activated, these would commit acts of terror and/or sabotage.
Expect such cells to be based in CA where the local authorities are committed to non-cooperation with federal law enforcement and counter-terrorism programs. Their refusal endangers not only Californians, it endangers us all, for it provides the moles a safe haven within which to plot their evil deeds, wherever in the country those may occur.
