CIA Says It Tipped Off Austrians About Taylor Swift Terror Plot

The CIA tipped off the Austrian authorities about a plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna and kill “tens of thousands” of fans, the agency’s deputy director has said. CIA Deputy Director David Cohen told the annual intelligence and national security summit in Maryland on Wednesday that it was intelligence from the agency that alerted the Austrians, who are not permitted to monitor smartphone messages. Three teenagers, aged between 17 and 19, were arrested in Vienna and nearby Ternitz and have been accused of planning a terrorist attack against the U.S. pop star’s three sold-out concerts on Aug. 8, 9, and 10, all of which were canceled by the organizers....