For days now, it's been all over the news. Two men, apparently from Pakistan but maybe from Iran or some other place, posed as Homeland Security agents and gave lavishly to at least four Secret Service agents. Clearly, they were well financed:

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...Taherzadeh is accused of providing Secret Service officers and agents with rent-free apartments — including a penthouse worth over $40,000 a year — along with iPhones, surveillance systems, a drone, flat screen television, a generator, gun case and other policing tools, according to court documents.

He also offered to let them use a black GMC SUV that he identified as an “official government vehicle,” prosecutors say. In one instance, Taherzadeh offered to purchase a $2,000 assault rifle for a Secret Service agent who is assigned to protect the first lady....


And they were heavily armed:

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...Law enforcement also recovered a rifle scope, tactical gear and storage equipment, clothing and patches with police insignias, handheld radios, a high-end drone, a gas mask, handcuffs, zip ties, breaching equipment, a cleaning kit for firearms, an ultraviolet flashlight, an RF-GS k18 which is used to locate hidden cameras, microphones and RF transmitters (e.g. vehicle trackers) computer server with two modules, an encrypted portable hard drive, antennas, and a firearms holster mounted and hidden under a desk.***

And they procured, stored, and used all the tools of law enforcement and covert tradecraft: weaponry, including firearms, scopes, and brass knuckles; surveillance equipment, including a drone, antennae, hard drives, and hard drive copying equipment; tools to manufacture identities, including a machine to create Personal Identification Verification (PIV) cards and passport photographs; and tactical gear, including vests, gas masks, breach equipment, police lights, and various law enforcement insignia....


That's a lot of stuff. I'm fairly well armed myself, but I've never seen the need for brass knuckles. Clearly, someone was planning to do something. But who? And what?

I hate to say it, but I'm guessing this is going to get swept under the rug. Like the Chinese spy who was Dianne Feinstein's driver, and the Chinese spy Fang Fang who had an "affair" (cough cough) with Eric Swalwell, some of the answers will probably be too embarrassing to someone.

Onward and upward,
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