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There's an Update on That Secret Service Bust in New York
Townhall.com ^ | October 03, 2025 2:20 PM | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 10/03/2025 12:10:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Just ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City two weeks ago, the Secret Service announced a major intelligence bust.

"The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials, which represented an imminent threat to the agency’s protective operations," the Secret Service announced in a statement at the time. "In addition to carrying out anonymous telephonic threats, these devices could be used to conduct a wide range of telecommunications attacks. This includes disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks and facilitating anonymous, encrypted communication between potential threat actors and criminal enterprises. While forensic examination of these devices is ongoing, early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement."

"These devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the global meeting of the United Nations General Assembly now underway in New York City. Given the timing, location and potential for significant disruption to New York telecommunications posed by these devices, the agency moved quickly to disrupt this network," the agency continued, noting an ongoing investigation.

Now, we know who the culprit was. 

"Federal agents discovered additional locations and more equipment as they work to determine the ultimate goal of what the U.S. Secret Service said was a China-linked plot that could have crippled every cell tower in the nation's largest city, jammed 911 calls, and unleashed chaos on communications networks," ABC News reports

"Agents from Homeland Security Investigations found an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a location in New Jersey, law enforcement sources told ABC News. That's double the 100,000 SIM cards, along with hundreds of...

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TOPICS: China; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: followup

1 posted on 10/03/2025 12:10:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Kick every Chinaman and Chinawoman out of the country.


2 posted on 10/03/2025 12:11:29 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump, “Xi, old buddy, WTF is going on here?”


3 posted on 10/03/2025 12:11:44 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So we’ll reward China by letting them run our 5G network with Hauwei hardware. No problem there.


4 posted on 10/03/2025 12:16:49 PM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Now that byedone is no longer passing info, they’re getting desperate.


5 posted on 10/03/2025 12:20:14 PM PDT by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT!)
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6 posted on 10/03/2025 12:31:24 PM PDT by struggle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

China needs to be taken down a bit.


7 posted on 10/03/2025 12:37:23 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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".... between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement."

If they are "known", why haven't they been disappeared?

8 posted on 10/03/2025 12:46:51 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Tell It Right
Agreed, ESPECIALLY Chinese nationals including students who are here to SPY, SABOTAGE and STEAL anyway.

Get SERIOUS about this, Trump !!!

9 posted on 10/03/2025 1:06:58 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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It was not too long ago we were hearing about vast amounts of farmland near military bases being scooped up by the Chinese.


10 posted on 10/03/2025 1:09:43 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: Tell It Right
Chinaman and Chinawoman

How can you tell the difference? Are you a biologist?

11 posted on 10/03/2025 1:17:12 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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