September 27, 2025 • 20 mins
1. Secret Service Bust of a Swatting Network
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The Secret Service announced it uncovered a massive telecommunications network in the New York tri-state area.
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The operation involved over 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers allegedly controlled by foreign threat actors and criminals.
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Purpose: To conduct swatting attacks (false emergency calls) targeting prominent conservatives such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sen. Rick Scott, and Nikki Haley.
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Risks:
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Could overwhelm cell towers and disrupt communications across New York City.
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Potentially linked to attempts to disrupt the UN General Assembly by crippling local telecom infrastructure.
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The Secret Service emphasized the professional sophistication of the network and said investigations are ongoing with no arrests yet.
2. Dallas ICE Facility Shooting
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A 29-year-old gunman attacked an ICE facility in Dallas at ~6:40 a.m., killing one detainee, injuring two others, and then taking his own life. No ICE agents were killed.
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Evidence shows the shooter:
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Researched ballistics and violent political content (including the “Charlie Kirk shooting video”).
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Used apps that track ICE agents’ movements, which officials say act as a “hit list” for attackers.
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Left notes describing a plan to maximize harm to ICE personnel while sparing detainees. He described ICE agents as “collecting a dirty paycheck” and sought to terrorize them — which investigators classify as terrorism.
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Officials (including ICE leaders) blame anti-ICE rhetoric from media and political figures for fueling hostility and violence against federal agents.
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The shooting is framed as part of a broader pattern of attacks on ICE in Texas.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Call it where they did? You go and take them up,
Dott Is this more about duck decor is it about revenge?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's about justice. Really, it's not revenge, it's about it's
it's also about the fact that you can't let this
go on. They are sick, radical left people and they
can't get away with it.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Good Saturday morning to you.
Speaker 5 (00:27):
Ben Ferguson with you, and these are some of the
stories that you may have missed that we talked about
this week on the forty seven Morning Update.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
First up, the Secret Service.
Speaker 5 (00:35):
Coming out in a shocking report taking down a telecommunications
threat that was near the UN General Assembly. It's also
had connections to the swatting calls that were coming in
against Conservatives. Also, there have been many lines have been
told by the media over the last several weeks, whether
(00:56):
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what Jim Kimmel actually said, and now them trying to
cover up the motive behind the ice attack in Dallas.
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It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Story number one Secret Service is now announcing that they
have busted a massive network that has been used in
(03:37):
swatting attacks against Republicans.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Now, if you don't know what swatting is, I'll explain
it this way.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
It's where you call in a fake crisis situation, a
fake hostage situation. To the address of where a conservative lives,
specifically antelected official or conservative commentator, to then put their
life at risk with a mass of response, a swat
team is sent in. The Secret Service has now announced
(04:05):
they have uncovered this vast network of over one hundred
thousand SIM cards and three hundred servers as well in
the New York area, believed to be used by foreign
nation state threat actors and criminals for swatting calls targeting
prominent conservatives, including Marjorlely Taylor Green. The amount of hardware
(04:28):
sees in the bus could be used, they say, to
Hamper Sell Service in New York City and the US
Secret Service uncovering This massive network of more than one
hundred thousand SIM cards and three hundred servers was located
within a thirty five mile radius in New York City.
The operation, believed to be run by foreign nation state
threat actors and criminals, was uncovered during an investigation to
(04:53):
a surge of squatting calls targeting high ranking government officials,
including members of Congress and and members of the Trump administration.
Now targets of swatting calls reportedly included Representative Green, Senator
Rick Scott Nikki Hayley and the Secret Services Advanced Threat Unit,
in collaboration with various law enforcement agencies, trace those squatting
(05:16):
calls to several locations in the New York tri state area.
Upon further investigation, they found a sophisticated network of SIM
servers capable of generating enormous amounts of phone traffic while
rapidly switching out simcards to evade detection.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
I want you to take a listen to Matt McCool.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
He is a Special Agent in charge of the Secret
Services New York Field Office, and the network, as he
described it, posed an imminent threat to the agency's protective operations.
They said the servers were strategically positioned around New York
cellular network infrastructure so that it could overwhelm the cell towers,
(05:57):
disrupt cell service, and put the entire city of New
York at risk. Take a listen in his announcement today.
Speaker 6 (06:06):
My name is Matt McCool and I'm the Special Agent
in charge of the Secret Service New York Field Office.
We are making this announcement as a matter of public interest,
given timing, amount and concentration of material recovered during a
recent Secret Service protective intelligence investigation following multiple telecommunications related
imminent threats directed towards senior US government officials this spring,
(06:30):
the US Secret Service began a protective intelligence investigation to
determine the extent and impact these threats could have on
protective operations. This was a difficult and complex effort to
identify the source of these fraudulent calls and the impact
on the Secret Service protective mission. During this period, we
leverage technical assistance and support of federal partners, including Homeland
(06:53):
Security investigations, the Department of Justice, and the Office of
the Director of National Intelligence. We also received phenomenal support
from our state and local law enforcement partners, to include
the NYPD. The investigation led us to the New York
tri state area, where investigators discovered tens of thousands of
co located and network saiular devices capable of carrying out
(07:16):
nefarious telecommunications attacks. These devices allowed anonymous, encrypted communications between
potential threat actors and criminal enterprises, enabling criminal organizations to
operate undetected. This network had the potential to disable cell
phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in
New York City. These devices were concentrated within thirty five
(07:39):
miles of the global Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly,
now underway in New York City. Given the timing, location
and proximity, and potential for significant disruptions to the New
York telecoms system, we moved quickly to disrupt this network.
To be clear, these recovered devices no longer pose a
threat to the New York tri state area. We will
(08:02):
continue working towards identifying those responsible and their intent, including
whether their plan was to disrupt the UN General Assembly
and communications of government and emergency personnel during the official
visit of world leaders in and around New York City.
Forensic examinations of the equivalent of one hundred thousand cell
phones worth of data is underway. Early analysis indicates cellular
(08:25):
communications between foreign actors and individuals that are known to
federal law enforcement. Given the sensitivity and complexity of this investigation,
we are not able to go into specifics at this time.
This is an open and active investigation and we have
no arrest to announce today. Rather, this announcement is designed
to safeguard critical infrastructure and responsibly provide the public what
(08:48):
we can at this time. The Secret Service will continue
to run down all leads until we fully understand the
intent of the operation and identify those responsible.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Truly incredible there from Matt mcoole, special Agent in charge
of the Secret Service in New York's Field office. The
pictures that have been released of these rooms that have
been filled with these servers and the simcards and to
overrun the cell towers was a level of sophistication that
is of professionals. This is not amateur and part of
(09:19):
the reason why I think they're making it so clear
how big of an issue this was and what was
happening now. Story number two, the FBI director Cash Pttel
is now coming out and saying that the alleged Dallas
Ice sniper did searches on ballistics and the Charlie Kirk
shooting video as well as the shot that he took
(09:41):
on Thursday. The director indicated that the alleged sniper who
opened fire on the Dallas Ice facility had multiple searches
not only on ballistics but also for the video of
Charlie Kirk being assassinated. Patel posting to Act saying quote,
the FBI headquarters has been working twenty four to seven
(10:01):
to seize devices, exploit data and process ridings obtained on
location and in the subject's person, residence, and bedroom. He
then provided updates on what the agency found, including their
discovery that the alleged sniper conducted multiple searches of ballistics
and the Charlie Kirk shot video between nine twenty three
(10:26):
and nine twenty four. Pattel also noted that between eight
nineteen and eight twenty four, the alleged sniper searched apps
to attract the presence of ICE agents. Now, this is
shooting that occurred Wednesday morning at around six forty am.
It has left one victim dead, two others injured. No
(10:46):
ICE agents were wounded in the attack. The alleged shooter,
a twenty nine year old, took his own life. Now,
Trump said that he will sign an executive order to
dismantle violent left wing groups. I want you to hear
more from the investigators that are on the ground, and
(11:06):
one of them making it very clear that this is
something that has to stop. Take a listen to the
ICE Executive Associate director talking more about the Dallas shooter.
Speaker 7 (11:19):
The shooter used the ICE tracking apps. Anyone who creates
or distributes these apps that has designed to spot track
and locate ICE officers are well aware of the dangers
that they are exposing to law enforcement. It's a casting
call to invite bad actors to attack law enforcement officers.
It's no different than giving a hitman the location of
(11:40):
their intended target, and this is exactly what we saw
happen in Dallas yesterday. The media has been amplifying these apps,
even as we warned them it would only lead to
more attacks on law enforcement. We truly wish we didn't
have to say I told you so, but here we are.
(12:03):
ICE continues to prioritize the safety and security of our personnel,
detained aliens, and facilities. We will do everything possible to
increase security to counter the increased wave of these lethal attacks. Again,
we call on those who foreman violence and vilify our
(12:24):
law enforcement officers to cease the dangerous rhetoric. We also
call on law abiding Americans everywhere to report any suspicious activity.
The individual that was out there yesterday shooting at our
agents and our officers was trying to take the lives
of law enforcement people doing their job. Instead, he killed
(12:46):
two or killed a detainee, and shot to others. That
is something that's unacceptable. The rhetoric that's out there on
social media the rhetoric that is being said by some
community leaders in other states needs to stop. There's been
(13:07):
an increase in violence against ICE agents, not only in
Texas and Dallas, but across the country in violent protests. Again,
I ask everybody just stop.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
I told you so. This is exactly what the White
House and so many other conservative leaders and elective officialism
been saying. You do not publicize apps that show you
where law enforcement is. You're giving people a hit list.
And we also now know more about the multiple notes
that were left by the shooter. The acting US Attorney
(13:44):
Nancy Larson read those notes, and I want you to
hear what the shooter said.
Speaker 8 (13:49):
I want to point out that one of these notes
for papers, the sniper explicitly states, yes, it was just me.
That's statement appears to be correct at this point in
the investigation. Notably, these loose notes included a game plan
of the attack and target areas at the facility. He
(14:12):
called the ICE employees people showing up to collect a
dirty paycheck. He wrote that he intended to maximize lethality
against ICE personnel and to maximize property damage at the facility.
He hoped to minimize any collateral damage or injury to
(14:33):
the detainees and any other innocent people. It seems that
he did not intend to kill the detainees or harm them.
It's clear from these notes that he was targeting ICE
agents and ICE personnel. The tragic irony for his evil
plot here is that it was a detainee who was
(14:54):
killed and two other detainees that were injured when he
fired into the sally for it. He also hoped his
actions would give ICE agents real terror of being gunned down,
and he did this to induce constant stress in their lives.
(15:14):
He hoped his actions would terrorize ICE employees and interfere
with their work, which he called human trafficking. And this
what he did is the very definition of terrorism.
Speaker 5 (15:32):
You listen to the words of this shooter and it's
very clear that this shooter wanted to kill ICE agents.
The question you have to ask yourself is why. It's
actually very simple. It is because he has been indoctrinated
(15:53):
by the radical left to hate the ICE agents. Now
where did that hatred come from? Well, it is the
Democratic Party, from Gavin Newsom to Chuck Schumer to Nancy
Pelosi to Barack Obama to Joe Biden. Up and down,
including the media. They have been demonizing and attacking ICE agents.
(16:17):
We know that and there are real consequences for this.
It's all so scary that this is happening in real
time yet again, and Democrats are refusing to acknowledge it.
It's part of what I had to say about this
shooting on CNN on Abby Phillips Show, and I want
you to hear what the left was saying.
Speaker 9 (16:40):
This is extremely disturbing that there's another one of these
types of shootings. I think we've got to deal with
this as a country first of all, but I also,
just for starters, I'm curious, how does it help to
have the vice president say that.
Speaker 10 (16:54):
Because the third one in Texas.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
I mean, if you know people that.
Speaker 10 (16:57):
Work in law enforcement, my family does, no ICE agents
in Texas. This is the third attack we've seen in
Texas in the same district. As the man in charge
today was saying, like, this is the second time he's
had to have a press conference today.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Who was killed today? What was killed today?
Speaker 11 (17:14):
So you're saying since it was, you're saying, since it wasn't.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
It was people that were killed.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Don't put the words in my mouth.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
You asked a question.
Speaker 11 (17:21):
You're saying, is that what ICE agents have been killed
that therefore that's what ivoid conversation.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
No, No, that's not what I'm saying about. That's gaslighting.
I'm asking you a simple question because when jd Vance
went up there, when Jadvans went up there.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
And when you're not a good argument from you.
Speaker 11 (17:33):
First of all, people innocent people got shot today and
you're like, what wasn't ICE.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Agents that got shot?
Speaker 1 (17:38):
What I'm saying, I'm saying that the division that you
all are sewing in this country.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
I'm not sewing anything. I'm saying that all law enforced.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
So of the simple fact.
Speaker 11 (17:46):
Yes, even new someone on TV last night, you shoot
he said he all ICE agents are authoritarian.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
You don't think that that is someone to do that.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
ICE agent should have should be able to come home
every single night.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
So don't then I am.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Acting like it. First and second, the fact that you
and jd Vance and every other Republican can go on
here're not shooting people.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
We're not shooting people.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Left shooting people, and.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
That is the low.
Speaker 11 (18:10):
I have a friend that got shot and assassinated two
weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Okay, I'm a.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Little bit hot on this one because you guys.
Speaker 11 (18:15):
Have been irresponse works, but once it's coming out from.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
People on the left. Once Savin Newson went.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
On TV last night, hold on.
Speaker 11 (18:22):
Gavin Newson went on TV last night and disparage the
ICE agents attacked ICE a authoritarian.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
But before you even get to that, watch what he
said talking about that, Ben, Because you come, you come
on here and you gaslight and you gaslight.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Wh is my sentence?
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Please? You come on here and you gaslight and you
put words in my mouth, And that's not what I say.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
Can you?
Speaker 7 (18:45):
Can you.
Speaker 9 (18:46):
The question the interest, because the question is.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
What I want you to do is not only lift
up those ICE agents. What I'm trying to get you
to do is also lift up those people who were killed.
Because when you do not lift up those people who
were killed as well as those law enforcement officers, you
saw division in this country. And that's what I'm.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Let me say, let me say this.
Speaker 12 (19:10):
A pause on that, and let here's where I agree
with Then, all right, when the goal clearly was to
hurt ICE agents the best, and I think that applies
not just to ICE but to law enforcement across the country.
We should be angrier when law enforcement are targeted in
this country.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
Thank you period.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Now you listen to that argument right there, that is
the Democratic Party. They don't care that ICE agents are
being targeted. They don't care that this is the third
time they've had to have a press conference like this
in Texas, the second time in Dallas, because it is
their rhetoric that is inspiring these radical leftists to take
(19:51):
up arms and to try to assassinate people wearing uniforms,
which brings me to the final point. Donald Trump is
saying now that he is going to use the way
of the government to expose and find out who is
backing this and who's paying for it, and every American
should be thankful for that leadership.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
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with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
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and we will see you back here tomorrow.
Call it where they did? You go and take them up,
Dott Is this more about duck decor is it about revenge?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's about justice. Really, it's not revenge, it's about it's
it's also about the fact that you can't let this
go on. They are sick, radical left people and they
can't get away with it.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Good Saturday morning to you.
Speaker 5 (00:27):
Ben Ferguson with you, and these are some of the
stories that you may have missed that we talked about
this week on the forty seven Morning Update.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
First up, the Secret Service.
Speaker 5 (00:35):
Coming out in a shocking report taking down a telecommunications
threat that was near the UN General Assembly. It's also
had connections to the swatting calls that were coming in
against Conservatives. Also, there have been many lines have been
told by the media over the last several weeks, whether
(00:56):
it is the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the lies about
what Jim Kimmel actually said, and now them trying to
cover up the motive behind the ice attack in Dallas.
But before I get to that, I want to talk
to you about my friends at Kirk Elliott Precious Metals.
Two days ago, I got my new order of silver.
(01:18):
Now I'm investing in silver right now because the pricing
on it is amazing and the upside well, it's real.
I actually have a one hundred ounce silver bar. It
is actually really cool. It's really heavy because it's one
hundred ounces. But I also know that I bought it
at the right price and I wasn't paying massive up
(01:39):
charges on quote. Rare are special coins, and then when
you go to sell them, you take away all of
your earning potential. Why do they do it this way
at Kurt Elliott because they have transparent pricing up front.
It's very simple. You pay eight percent when you buy,
and here's what matters to you the most, nothing when
(01:59):
you sell. There are no hidden fees ever with Kurt
Elliott Precious Metals. This is the reason why I recommend them.
It's not just about investing, it's about making sure you
get more for your money. And that is exactly why
Kurt Elliott helps people all the time. Whether it's gold
or silver, you can hold it, be a good steward
(02:21):
of it, you can pass it on to future generations,
and you can build wealth with it.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
It's real boy, youon.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Never gimmicks, just investment grade gold and silver, No overpriced coins,
no flashy markups. And it's a company that I love
because they are a faith driven company. There's no pressure,
just honest care. They treat every client like family, offering
honest answers up front to help you make wise informed decisions. Now,
(02:51):
if you're seeking a partner when it comes to gold
and silver with an eternity mindset, visit ke P dot
com slash ben. That's k e PM dot com slash ben.
You can also call them seven two zero six oh
five thirty nine hundred. That's seven two zero six oh
(03:14):
five thirty nine hundred. So let's faithfully steward what God
has given so you can experience real peace now and
for generations to come. K e PM dot com slash Ben.
It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Story number one Secret Service is now announcing that they
have busted a massive network that has been used in
(03:37):
swatting attacks against Republicans.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
Now, if you don't know what swatting is, I'll explain
it this way.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
It's where you call in a fake crisis situation, a
fake hostage situation. To the address of where a conservative lives,
specifically antelected official or conservative commentator, to then put their
life at risk with a mass of response, a swat
team is sent in. The Secret Service has now announced
(04:05):
they have uncovered this vast network of over one hundred
thousand SIM cards and three hundred servers as well in
the New York area, believed to be used by foreign
nation state threat actors and criminals for swatting calls targeting
prominent conservatives, including Marjorlely Taylor Green. The amount of hardware
(04:28):
sees in the bus could be used, they say, to
Hamper Sell Service in New York City and the US
Secret Service uncovering This massive network of more than one
hundred thousand SIM cards and three hundred servers was located
within a thirty five mile radius in New York City.
The operation, believed to be run by foreign nation state
threat actors and criminals, was uncovered during an investigation to
(04:53):
a surge of squatting calls targeting high ranking government officials,
including members of Congress and and members of the Trump administration.
Now targets of swatting calls reportedly included Representative Green, Senator
Rick Scott Nikki Hayley and the Secret Services Advanced Threat Unit,
in collaboration with various law enforcement agencies, trace those squatting
(05:16):
calls to several locations in the New York tri state area.
Upon further investigation, they found a sophisticated network of SIM
servers capable of generating enormous amounts of phone traffic while
rapidly switching out simcards to evade detection.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
I want you to take a listen to Matt McCool.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
He is a Special Agent in charge of the Secret
Services New York Field Office, and the network, as he
described it, posed an imminent threat to the agency's protective operations.
They said the servers were strategically positioned around New York
cellular network infrastructure so that it could overwhelm the cell towers,
(05:57):
disrupt cell service, and put the entire city of New
York at risk. Take a listen in his announcement today.
Speaker 6 (06:06):
My name is Matt McCool and I'm the Special Agent
in charge of the Secret Service New York Field Office.
We are making this announcement as a matter of public interest,
given timing, amount and concentration of material recovered during a
recent Secret Service protective intelligence investigation following multiple telecommunications related
imminent threats directed towards senior US government officials this spring,
(06:30):
the US Secret Service began a protective intelligence investigation to
determine the extent and impact these threats could have on
protective operations. This was a difficult and complex effort to
identify the source of these fraudulent calls and the impact
on the Secret Service protective mission. During this period, we
leverage technical assistance and support of federal partners, including Homeland
(06:53):
Security investigations, the Department of Justice, and the Office of
the Director of National Intelligence. We also received phenomenal support
from our state and local law enforcement partners, to include
the NYPD. The investigation led us to the New York
tri state area, where investigators discovered tens of thousands of
co located and network saiular devices capable of carrying out
(07:16):
nefarious telecommunications attacks. These devices allowed anonymous, encrypted communications between
potential threat actors and criminal enterprises, enabling criminal organizations to
operate undetected. This network had the potential to disable cell
phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network in
New York City. These devices were concentrated within thirty five
(07:39):
miles of the global Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly,
now underway in New York City. Given the timing, location
and proximity, and potential for significant disruptions to the New
York telecoms system, we moved quickly to disrupt this network.
To be clear, these recovered devices no longer pose a
threat to the New York tri state area. We will
(08:02):
continue working towards identifying those responsible and their intent, including
whether their plan was to disrupt the UN General Assembly
and communications of government and emergency personnel during the official
visit of world leaders in and around New York City.
Forensic examinations of the equivalent of one hundred thousand cell
phones worth of data is underway. Early analysis indicates cellular
(08:25):
communications between foreign actors and individuals that are known to
federal law enforcement. Given the sensitivity and complexity of this investigation,
we are not able to go into specifics at this time.
This is an open and active investigation and we have
no arrest to announce today. Rather, this announcement is designed
to safeguard critical infrastructure and responsibly provide the public what
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we can at this time. The Secret Service will continue
to run down all leads until we fully understand the
intent of the operation and identify those responsible.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Truly incredible there from Matt mcoole, special Agent in charge
of the Secret Service in New York's Field office. The
pictures that have been released of these rooms that have
been filled with these servers and the simcards and to
overrun the cell towers was a level of sophistication that
is of professionals. This is not amateur and part of
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the reason why I think they're making it so clear
how big of an issue this was and what was
happening now. Story number two, the FBI director Cash Pttel
is now coming out and saying that the alleged Dallas
Ice sniper did searches on ballistics and the Charlie Kirk
shooting video as well as the shot that he took
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on Thursday. The director indicated that the alleged sniper who
opened fire on the Dallas Ice facility had multiple searches
not only on ballistics but also for the video of
Charlie Kirk being assassinated. Patel posting to Act saying quote,
the FBI headquarters has been working twenty four to seven
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to seize devices, exploit data and process ridings obtained on
location and in the subject's person, residence, and bedroom. He
then provided updates on what the agency found, including their
discovery that the alleged sniper conducted multiple searches of ballistics
and the Charlie Kirk shot video between nine twenty three
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and nine twenty four. Pattel also noted that between eight
nineteen and eight twenty four, the alleged sniper searched apps
to attract the presence of ICE agents. Now, this is
shooting that occurred Wednesday morning at around six forty am.
It has left one victim dead, two others injured. No
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ICE agents were wounded in the attack. The alleged shooter,
a twenty nine year old, took his own life. Now,
Trump said that he will sign an executive order to
dismantle violent left wing groups. I want you to hear
more from the investigators that are on the ground, and
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one of them making it very clear that this is
something that has to stop. Take a listen to the
ICE Executive Associate director talking more about the Dallas shooter.
Speaker 7 (11:19):
The shooter used the ICE tracking apps. Anyone who creates
or distributes these apps that has designed to spot track
and locate ICE officers are well aware of the dangers
that they are exposing to law enforcement. It's a casting
call to invite bad actors to attack law enforcement officers.
It's no different than giving a hitman the location of
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their intended target, and this is exactly what we saw
happen in Dallas yesterday. The media has been amplifying these apps,
even as we warned them it would only lead to
more attacks on law enforcement. We truly wish we didn't
have to say I told you so, but here we are.
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ICE continues to prioritize the safety and security of our personnel,
detained aliens, and facilities. We will do everything possible to
increase security to counter the increased wave of these lethal attacks. Again,
we call on those who foreman violence and vilify our
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law enforcement officers to cease the dangerous rhetoric. We also
call on law abiding Americans everywhere to report any suspicious activity.
The individual that was out there yesterday shooting at our
agents and our officers was trying to take the lives
of law enforcement people doing their job. Instead, he killed
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two or killed a detainee, and shot to others. That
is something that's unacceptable. The rhetoric that's out there on
social media the rhetoric that is being said by some
community leaders in other states needs to stop. There's been
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an increase in violence against ICE agents, not only in
Texas and Dallas, but across the country in violent protests. Again,
I ask everybody just stop.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
I told you so. This is exactly what the White
House and so many other conservative leaders and elective officialism
been saying. You do not publicize apps that show you
where law enforcement is. You're giving people a hit list.
And we also now know more about the multiple notes
that were left by the shooter. The acting US Attorney
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Nancy Larson read those notes, and I want you to
hear what the shooter said.
Speaker 8 (13:49):
I want to point out that one of these notes
for papers, the sniper explicitly states, yes, it was just me.
That's statement appears to be correct at this point in
the investigation. Notably, these loose notes included a game plan
of the attack and target areas at the facility. He
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called the ICE employees people showing up to collect a
dirty paycheck. He wrote that he intended to maximize lethality
against ICE personnel and to maximize property damage at the facility.
He hoped to minimize any collateral damage or injury to
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the detainees and any other innocent people. It seems that
he did not intend to kill the detainees or harm them.
It's clear from these notes that he was targeting ICE
agents and ICE personnel. The tragic irony for his evil
plot here is that it was a detainee who was
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killed and two other detainees that were injured when he
fired into the sally for it. He also hoped his
actions would give ICE agents real terror of being gunned down,
and he did this to induce constant stress in their lives.
(15:14):
He hoped his actions would terrorize ICE employees and interfere
with their work, which he called human trafficking. And this
what he did is the very definition of terrorism.
Speaker 5 (15:32):
You listen to the words of this shooter and it's
very clear that this shooter wanted to kill ICE agents.
The question you have to ask yourself is why. It's
actually very simple. It is because he has been indoctrinated
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by the radical left to hate the ICE agents. Now
where did that hatred come from? Well, it is the
Democratic Party, from Gavin Newsom to Chuck Schumer to Nancy
Pelosi to Barack Obama to Joe Biden. Up and down,
including the media. They have been demonizing and attacking ICE agents.
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We know that and there are real consequences for this.
It's all so scary that this is happening in real
time yet again, and Democrats are refusing to acknowledge it.
It's part of what I had to say about this
shooting on CNN on Abby Phillips Show, and I want
you to hear what the left was saying.
Speaker 9 (16:40):
This is extremely disturbing that there's another one of these
types of shootings. I think we've got to deal with
this as a country first of all, but I also,
just for starters, I'm curious, how does it help to
have the vice president say that.
Speaker 10 (16:54):
Because the third one in Texas.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
I mean, if you know people that.
Speaker 10 (16:57):
Work in law enforcement, my family does, no ICE agents
in Texas. This is the third attack we've seen in
Texas in the same district. As the man in charge
today was saying, like, this is the second time he's
had to have a press conference today.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Who was killed today? What was killed today?
Speaker 11 (17:14):
So you're saying since it was, you're saying, since it wasn't.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
It was people that were killed.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Don't put the words in my mouth.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
You asked a question.
Speaker 11 (17:21):
You're saying, is that what ICE agents have been killed
that therefore that's what ivoid conversation.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
No, No, that's not what I'm saying about. That's gaslighting.
I'm asking you a simple question because when jd Vance
went up there, when Jadvans went up there.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
And when you're not a good argument from you.
Speaker 11 (17:33):
First of all, people innocent people got shot today and
you're like, what wasn't ICE.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Agents that got shot?
Speaker 1 (17:38):
What I'm saying, I'm saying that the division that you
all are sewing in this country.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
I'm not sewing anything. I'm saying that all law enforced.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
So of the simple fact.
Speaker 11 (17:46):
Yes, even new someone on TV last night, you shoot
he said he all ICE agents are authoritarian.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
You don't think that that is someone to do that.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
ICE agent should have should be able to come home
every single night.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
So don't then I am.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Acting like it. First and second, the fact that you
and jd Vance and every other Republican can go on
here're not shooting people.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
We're not shooting people.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Left shooting people, and.
Speaker 4 (18:09):
That is the low.
Speaker 11 (18:10):
I have a friend that got shot and assassinated two
weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Okay, I'm a.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Little bit hot on this one because you guys.
Speaker 11 (18:15):
Have been irresponse works, but once it's coming out from.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
People on the left. Once Savin Newson went.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
On TV last night, hold on.
Speaker 11 (18:22):
Gavin Newson went on TV last night and disparage the
ICE agents attacked ICE a authoritarian.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
But before you even get to that, watch what he
said talking about that, Ben, Because you come, you come
on here and you gaslight and you gaslight.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Wh is my sentence?
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Please? You come on here and you gaslight and you
put words in my mouth, And that's not what I say.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
Can you?
Speaker 7 (18:45):
Can you.
Speaker 9 (18:46):
The question the interest, because the question is.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
What I want you to do is not only lift
up those ICE agents. What I'm trying to get you
to do is also lift up those people who were killed.
Because when you do not lift up those people who
were killed as well as those law enforcement officers, you
saw division in this country. And that's what I'm.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Let me say, let me say this.
Speaker 12 (19:10):
A pause on that, and let here's where I agree
with Then, all right, when the goal clearly was to
hurt ICE agents the best, and I think that applies
not just to ICE but to law enforcement across the country.
We should be angrier when law enforcement are targeted in
this country.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
Thank you period.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Now you listen to that argument right there, that is
the Democratic Party. They don't care that ICE agents are
being targeted. They don't care that this is the third
time they've had to have a press conference like this
in Texas, the second time in Dallas, because it is
their rhetoric that is inspiring these radical leftists to take
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up arms and to try to assassinate people wearing uniforms,
which brings me to the final point. Donald Trump is
saying now that he is going to use the way
of the government to expose and find out who is
backing this and who's paying for it, and every American
should be thankful for that leadership.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
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