CIA provided intelligence to Austrian authorities that allowed them to disrupt a plot that could have killed thousands of people at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna this month, the agency’s deputy director said on Wednesday. David Cohen said the agency had provided information about four people connected to Islamic State who were planning an attack.Some of the individuals arrested were found with bomb-making material and had access to the venue.
“They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,” Cohen said He expressed no doubt that attacking the Eras Tour concert and killing a large number of concertgoers was the goal of the plot. He did not say how CIA learned about the plot.
“They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,” Cohen said He expressed no doubt that attacking the Eras Tour concert and killing a large number of concertgoers was the goal of the plot. He did not say how CIA learned about the plot.
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