My guess is they did some sort of sweep in advance of the president’s visit and the secret service decided, probably rashly, to do something about it instead of ignore it.
The NY Post, dipshits that they are, broke the story and were the headliner on Drudge Report. They spun/blew up the story as being potentially the biggest telecom disruption since 9/11.
Bullshit experts weighed in that only the Chinese, Russians or Israelis could possibly buy SIM cards. That’s how you know it’s bullshit, as outcomes of counterintelligence investigations that make the security services look dumb don’t get headline billing.
The other news outlets went with a slightly less unhinged variant of the story.
My guess is they did some sort of sweep in advance of the president’s visit and the secret service decided, probably rashly, to do something about it instead of ignore it.
The NY Post, dipshits that they are, broke the story and were the headliner on Drudge Report. They spun/blew up the story as being potentially the biggest telecom disruption since 9/11.
Bullshit experts weighed in that only the Chinese, Russians or Israelis could possibly buy SIM cards. That’s how you know it’s bullshit, as outcomes of counterintelligence investigations that make the security services look dumb don’t get headline billing.
The other news outlets went with a slightly less unhinged variant of the story.