Last month, Fox News reported that more than 700 Iranian nationals — some flagged for terrorism concerns — had been admitted into the United States during the Biden years by US immigration authorities. Arrested while crossing our border with Mexico, they were later released by the administration into the sprawl of American life.
But while political chatter continues to orbit the border — who crossed, when and how — the more urgent threat is hiding in plain sight.
It doesn’t wear foreign colors or carry a forged passport. It wears a uniform. It carries a badge. It has credentials. And it has access.
Army intelligence officer Joseph Daniel Schmidt, who operated against American security interests despite passing strict security clearances.
The danger isn’t who’s trying to get in. The danger is who American authorities have already let in — and who they’ve long since stopped watching.
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