Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“The CIA says the suspects in the foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna wanted to kill ‘a huge number’ of people at the event. The intelligence provided by the agency to Austrian authorities allowed them to disrupt the plot and save ‘hundreds of lives’, CIA’s deputy director David Cohen said on Wednesday. Mr Cohen highlighted that there were ‘tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans’. He added that the suspects’ plans were ‘advanced’. Three male teenage suspects were arrested in connection with the foiled attacks, allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group. Speaking at an annual intelligence summit outside Washington, DC, Mr Cohen said the day of the arrests was a ‘good day for Langley’, referring to the CIA headquarters. ‘And not just for Swifties in the office’.” (08/29/24)