{"id":2333547,"date":"2024-08-29T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-takes-credit-for-taylor-swift-terrorism-plot-arrests-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:50:09","slug":"cia-takes-credit-for-taylor-swift-terrorism-plot-arrests-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-takes-credit-for-taylor-swift-terrorism-plot-arrests-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA takes credit for Taylor Swift terrorism plot arrests &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcia-takes-credit-for-taylor-swift-terrorism-plot-arrests-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2333547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The CIA has claimed responsibility for \u200dpreventing a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-fumes-at-underlings-about-second-crimea-bridge-attack\/\" title=\"Putin angrily confronts subordinates over &#039;second&#039; Crimea bridge attack.\">terrorist\u200d attack<\/a> on Taylor \u200bSwift&#8217;s Eras Tour \u200cconcerts \u2062in Vienna. During a recent Intelligence and National Security Summit, \u200bCIA Deputy Director David\u2063 Cohen disclosed that \u2064the agency alerted Austrian authorities about\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-to-judgement-three-crucial-questions-remain-unanswered-about-capitol-siege\/\" title=\"Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege\">planned attack<\/a> by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/london-metropolitan-polices-asian-hate-crime-group-connected-to-alleged-chinese-spy-report\/\" title=\"London Metropolitan Police&#039;s Asian Hate Crime Group Connected to Alleged Chinese Spy: Report\">group connected<\/a> to ISIS. \u2062As a\u2062 result, Austrian authorities made several arrests based on the\u2062 intelligence \u2064provided.\u2064 Cohen\u200b emphasized the\u2064 seriousness of the threat, stating that the group aimed to kill \u200bthousands of \u2064attendees, including \u2062many Americans. Swift&#8217;s concerts in\u200d Vienna, originally scheduled for August 8-10, were canceled following these warnings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">CIA takes credit for Taylor Swift terrorism plot arrests<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726568\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CIA<\/a> took credit for thwarting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-concerned-about-adversaries-exploiting-southern-border-vulnerabilities\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers worried about exploitation of southern border vulnerabilities by adversaries.\">planned terrorist attack<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Taylor Swift<\/a>&rsquo;s Eras Tour earlier this month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>During the annual Intelligence and National Security Summit on Wednesday,&nbsp;CIA Deputy Director David Cohen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?538010-1\/fbi-cia-military-officials-speak-intelligence-national-security-summit#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> the agency initially warned Austrian authorities that a terrorist attack on Swift&rsquo;s Vienna concerts was in the works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Austrians were able to make those arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do,&rdquo; he announced.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They planned to kill a huge number of people, tens of thousands at this concert including, I&rsquo;m sure, many Americans,&rdquo; Cohen added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Swift is on a worldwide tour that commenced in Glendale, Arizona, in March 2023. The singer canceled planned concerts for Aug. 8-10 in Vienna after Austrian authorities warned her they had uncovered an ISIS terrorist plot targeting her shows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift embraces Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won 25-22. (AP Photo\/John Locher)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Having our Vienna shows canceled was devastating,&rdquo; Swift said in an Aug. 21 Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-8sKGYymIC\/?igsh=MTZ6YW13d215bTlwZA%3D%3D&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear,&rdquo; she added, &ldquo;but I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swift, who is the winner of 14 Grammy Awards, is currently dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. More than 150,000 fans bought tickets to see her in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian authorities have arrested three suspects in connection to the plot. One of them, an 18-year-old Iraqi citizen, was apprehended on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726568\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726568\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CIA has claimed responsibility for preventing a planned terrorist attack on Taylor Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour earlier this month. At the annual Intelligence and National Security Summit on Wednesday, CIA Deputy Director David Cohen revealed that the agency alerted Austrian officials about a potential attack targeting Swift&#8217;s concerts in Vienna. &#8220;The Austrians were able to make those arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do,&#8221; he stated. He emphasized that the attackers intended to kill a large number of people, potentially tens of thousands at the concert, including many Americans. Swift is currently on a global tour that began in Glendale, Arizona, in March 2023. Following warnings from Austrian authorities regarding an ISIS plot against her shows, she canceled her scheduled performances for August 8-10 in Vienna. In an Instagram post on August 21, Swift expressed her devastation over the cancellations but also gratitude towards law enforcement for preventing loss of life: &#8220;Thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.&#8221; The singer has won 14 Grammy Awards and is currently dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Over 150,000 fans had purchased tickets for her Vienna shows. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the plot; one of them is an 18-year-old Iraqi national who was taken into custody on August 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2333548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eras.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4283,7362,32394,6039],"class_list":["post-2333547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arrests","tag-cia","tag-taylor-swift","tag-terrorism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eras.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}