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Other targets include Lee Zeldon, nominated to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, who received a pipe bomb threat accompanied by a pro-Palestinian message. Similarly, nominees like John Ratcliffe for the CIA and Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense have been subjected to similar threats. The incidents aren’t limited to verbal threats; some involved false reports designed to provoke armed law enforcement responses—a tactic known as "swatting." Such actions endanger lives, drain critical resources, and underscore the heightened tensions in America’s fractured political landscape.