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The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson
Secret Service swats the Swatters plus the Motive behind the Dallas ICE Attack
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Ben Ferguson
That's how it went where they make you go and take a mug shot. Is this more about justice or is it about revenge? It's about justice, really.
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It's not revenge.
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Ben Ferguson
It's about justice. It's also about the fact that you can't let this go on.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
They are sick, radical left people and.
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Ben Ferguson
They can't get away with it. You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Saturday morning to you. Ben Ferguson with you. And these are some of the stories, stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week on the 47 Morning Update. First up, the Secret Service coming out in a shocking report taking down a telecommunications threat that was near the UN General Assembly. This also had connections to the swatting calls that were coming in against conservatives. Also, there have been many lies have been told by the media over the last several weeks, whether it is the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the lies about what Jimmy 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. 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 100 hundred ounce silver bar. It is actually really cool. It's really heavy because it's 100 ounces. But I also know that I bought it at the right price and I wasn't paying massive upcharges on, quote, rare or 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 8% when you buy. And here's what matters to you the most. Nothing. When 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 of it. You can pass it on to future generations and you can build wealth with it. It's real bullion, never gimmicks paid. 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, if you're seeking a partner when it comes to gold and silver with an eternity mindset, visit kepm.comBen that's K-E-P M.comBen. you can also call them 720-605-3900. That's 720-605-3900. So let's faithfully steward what God has given so you can experience real peace now and for generations to come. K E P m.com Ben it's the 47 Morning Update and it right now, story number one. Secret Service is now announcing that they have busted a massive network that has been used in swatting attacks against Republicans. Now if you don't know what swatting is, I'll explain it this way. It's where you call in a fake crisis situation, a fake hostage situation to the address of where a conservative lives, specifically an elected official or conservative commentator to then put their life at risk. With a massive response, a swat team is sent in. The secret service has now announced they have uncovered this vast network of over a 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 marginally Taylor Green. The amount of hardware seized in the bus could be used, they say to hamper cell service in New York City. And the U. S Secret service uncovering this massive network of more than a hundred thousand SIM cards and 300 servers was located within a 35 mile radius of New York City. The operation, believed to be run by foreign nation state threat actors and criminals was uncovered during an investigation to a surge of squatting calls targeting high ranking government officials including members of Congress and members of the Trump administration. Now targets of swatting calls reportedly included Representative Green, Senator Rick Scott, Nikki Haley and the Secret Service's advanced threat unit in collaboration with various law enforcement agencies trace those squatting 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 SIM cards to evade detection. I want you to take a Listen to Matt McCool. 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's cellular network infrast so that it could overwhelm the cell towers, disrupt cell service and put the entire city of New York at risk. Take a listen in his announcement today.
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Matt McCool
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 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 leveraged technical assistance and support of federal partners including Homeland 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 networked cellular devices capable of carrying out 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 35 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 telecom system, we move 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 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 100,000 cell phones worth of data is underway. Early analysis indicates cellular 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 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.
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Ben Ferguson
Truly incredible there. For Matt McCool, the 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 these SIM car cards and to overrun the cell towers was a level of sophistication that is of professionals. This is not amateur and part of the reason why I think they're making it so clear how big of an issue this was and what was happening.
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Matt McCool
Now, story number two.
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Ben Ferguson
The FBI director Cash Patel 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 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 24, 7 to seize devices, exploit data and process writings 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 923 and 924. Patel also noted that between 8:19 and 8:24, the alleged sniper searched apps that tracked the presence of ICE agents. Now this is shooting that occurred Wednesday morning at around 6.40am it has left one victim dead, two others injured. No ICE agents were wounded in the attack. The alleged shooter, a 29 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 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.
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ICE Executive Associate Director or spokesperson
The shooter used the ICE tracking apps. Anyone who creates or distributes these apps that is 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 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. 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 foment violence and vilify our 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 two or killed a detainee and shot two 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 an increase in violence against ICE agents, not only in. In Texas and Dallas, but across the country in violent protests. Again, I ask everybody, just stop. Thank you.
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Ben Ferguson
I told you so. This is exactly what the White House and so many other conservative leaders and elected officials have 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 U.S. attorney, Nancy Larson, read those notes, and I want you to hear what the shooter said.
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I want to point out that one of these notes or papers, the sniper explicitly states, yes, it was just me. That 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 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 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 killed and two other detainees that were injured when he fired into the Sally port. 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. 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.
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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 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. We know that. And There are real consequences for this. It's also 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.
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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?
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Because the third one in Texas, I mean, if you know people that work in law enforcement. My family does. I know 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.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
Who was killed today? Who was killed today?
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Ben Ferguson
So you're saying since it was.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
No, no.
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Ben Ferguson
You're saying since it wasn't innocent people that were killed.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
Don't put words in my mouth.
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Ben Ferguson
No. You asked a question. You're saying since it wasn't ICE agents killed, that. No. Therefore, this is null and void conversation.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
No, no, no. That's not what I'm saying. That's gaslighting. I'm asking you a simple question, because when J.D. vance went up there. When J.D. vance went up there and when you're coming.
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Ben Ferguson
Not a good argument from you. First of all, innocent people got shot today. And you're like, what was an ICE agency?
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that the division that you all are sowing in this country.
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Ben Ferguson
I'm not sowing anything. I'm saying protect all law enforcement because.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
Of the simple fact. Yes.
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Ben Ferguson
Gavin Newsom went on TV last night. Did you see what he said? First of all, ICE agents are authoritarian. You don't think that that inspires someone to do that?
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
ICE agents should have. Should be able to come home every single night. I am acting like it. First. And second, the fact that you and JD Vance and every other Republican can go on here.
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Ben Ferguson
We're not shooting people. But we're not shooting people. The left is shooting people.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
That is the low. That is.
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Ben Ferguson
I have a friend that got shot and assassinated two weeks ago. Okay, I'm a little bit hot on this one because you guys have been irresponsible coming out from people on the left. Gavin Newsom went on TV last night. Gavin, hold on. Gavin Newsom went on TV last night and disparaged ICE agents attacked. ICE agents, said they're authoritarian.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
But before you even get to that.
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Ben Ferguson
Watch what he said last time.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
I'm not talking about that, Ben, because you come. You come on here and you gaslight and you.
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Ben Ferguson
I'm not gaslighting.
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
I don't finish my sentence, please. You come on here and you gaslight and you put words in my mouth. And that's not what I said.
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Ben Ferguson
Can you just let us, Ben, in the question?
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Caller or Guest (possibly a political commentator or co-host)
What I want you to let him 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.
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Ben Ferguson
Let me say this. Let me say this.
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Look at the bullets. Get a pause on that and let other.
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Here's where I agree with Ben. All right? When the goal clearly was to hurt ICE agents, it matters. 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. Thank you. Period. 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 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 is paying for it. And every American should be thankful for that leadership. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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Where do you see the business actually heading?
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Ben Ferguson
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