CIA Says It Busted Teen Terror Cell Targeting Taylor Swift in Vienna
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency tipped Austrian authorities to information that helped them arrest suspects who planned a terrorist attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna earlier this month.
“Within my agency and others there were people who thought that was a really good day for Langley and not just the Swifties in my workforce,” David Cohen, the CIA’s deputy director, said at the Insa intelligence conference on Wednesday.
Cohen didn’t offer specific details about what intelligence the CIA shared concerning the plot against Swift’s Vienna concerts, but it marked the first time a U.S. official confirmed the country’s involvement in breaking up the terrorist plot.