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Beware the Copycats

THE THEORY THAT FEARS OF 5G technology might have been behind the Nashville bombing on Christmas Day has prompted federal, state and local law enforcement officials to focus on the possibility of additional or copycat threats to U.S. telecommunications infrastructure, according to restricted government threat warnings exclusively obtained by Newsweek.

Domestic intelligence agencies have warned that conspiracy theorists might attack “critical infrastructure,” including the electrical grid near vulnerable quarantine areas, health care facilities, government buildings and 5G cell towers.

Anti-5G conspiracies have steadily grown since 2016, when telecommunications companies began installing Fifth Generation (5G) wireless technology infrastructure throughout America. Social media has been awash with conspiracy theories about 5G, a movement that has grown in size

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