[Igor Böhm via 9lab.org] Austria: Taylor Swift Eras Tour cancellation due to alleged terror threat. (©AP, APA) “Intelligence [agencies] are very flawed institutions: they’re highly ideological, they’re fanatic, they’re racist, and as a result the information that comes through them is usually grossly distorted.” — Noam Chomsky 1 In the early morning hours, a day prior to the Taylor Swift opening concert in Vienna, guarded by an array of road blocks, over 40 law enforcement officers, including the tier one tactical unit COBRA 2, a bomb squad, 3 and a robot dog 4, ...