A Bad Omen

Last week, two men were arrested in the USA on charges of spying for Iran.  Both are Iranian nationals, although one had dual US-Iranian citizenship.  According to the indictment, for the most part, the two men were spying on an anti-government Iranian group active in the USA.  The men attended rallies against the Iranian government and took pictures and gathered information about others who were there.  Then they passed the info on to Teheran.  That's bad enough.  Worse, however, is that the two men also surveyed various Jewish religious buildings in various cities to determine what security measures were employed at each site.  These included synagogues and community centers.  There is no reason for the Iranians to gather intel about security measures at Jewish religious institutions unless they are considering taking further actions at such locations.  The idea that the Iranians are considering launching attacks on Jewish sites in the USA is chilling. 

It's good that the Justice Department caught these guys, but one has to wonder how many more Iranian spies are here working in the USA.