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FBI disrupts a planned attack on the White House UFC cage-fighting show, court papers say

Court papers unsealed Tuesday say plotters disgruntled with the direction of the country spoke of flying explosives-laden drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled.

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According to PBS News’s source item, FBI disrupts a planned attack on the White House UFC cage-fighting show, court papers say, Court papers unsealed Tuesday say plotters disgruntled with the direction of the country spoke of flying explosives-laden drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled.

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