Crisis hearing: Warner reveals a secret IS stopping plot on Swift!

Crisis hearing: Warner reveals a secret IS stopping plot on Swift!

In a crisis hearing, US Senator Mark Warner has expressed critical comments on the chats between members of the Trump cabinet. According to Warner, cooperation with foreign secret services is of essential importance for the security of the United States. An alarming example of this is a thwarted assassination attempt on a concert by Taylor Swift in Vienna, which could have cost hundreds of lives. This was made possible by information from the CIA, which pointed out to a planned attack by IS supporters in August 2024. The then deputy CIA director, David S. Cohen, praised the Austrian authorities for their quick reaction and the subsequent arrests. Warner also warn that the motto "America first" should not turn into "America alone", since the security also depends on international allies. The background to his criticisms are statements by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, who described Europeans as "parasitic".

The events in Austria show that the country is repeatedly hit by terrorist threats. As the Kleine Zeitung , there were several serious incidents in 2025 alone. On February 15, 2025, a 23-year-old man in downtown Villach stabbed passers-by, with a 14-year-old adolescent died and five other people were seriously injured. The perpetrator, a Syrian citizen entitled to stay, was arrested; Investigators suspect an Islamist motive. On August 7, 2024, two young men were arrested in Ternitz and Vienna, who had prepared attack plans for Taylor Swift's concerts and had taken a "loyalty litter on the IS".

chronicle of threats

The European report of 2021 emphasizes that a total of 57 terrorist attacks were recorded in the EU in 2020, with an increase in fatalities from 10 in 2019 to 21 Austria, a hotspot remains for such threats, which makes it clear that the dangers of terrorism not only have a local but also an international dimension. Particularly concerned that terrorism has both left -wing extremists and right -wing extremist motifs, whereby 4 right -wing extremist attacks were also registered in 2020.

The exchange between the USA and European countries in secret service issues is of crucial importance in order to recognize and prevent such threats in good time. Mark Warner demands a closer cooperation and warns of the dangers of an isolated approach to security policy.