{"id":8,"date":"2026-05-16T14:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:07:54","slug":"rooke-divers-doing-routine-maintenance-end-up-saving-country-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"ROOKE: Divers Doing Routine Maintenance End Up Saving Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>Divers surveying a local dam in Mobile, Alabama, found a grenade-type improvised explosive device (IED) underwater on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=7\">ROOKE: Divers Doing Routine Maintenance End Up Saving Country<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) announced that divers found the device at the Converse Reservoir dam while performing a routine maintenance survey. The Converse Reservoir dam is a federally designated critical infrastructure site that supplies drinking water to the area. MAWSS notified authorities, including the Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team, Mobile County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Bomb Squad, and others of the device.<\/p>\n<p>The Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team successfully retrieved and detonated the IED, according to MAWSS.<\/p>\n<p>MAWSS Director Bud McCrory called the finding \u201can unprecedented threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur top priority is keeping your drinking water safe,\u201d said McCrory. \u201cThis is an unprecedented threat, and we are fortunate that this device was discovered before it could cause serious damage to our water supply or harm to individuals. We are grateful for the professionalism and competency of our law enforcement partners \u2013 as well as the quick thinking of our contractors and divers \u2013 in identifying this device and safely destroying it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Joshua Steinman, who worked for the National Security Council during the first Trump administration, posted \u201cCheck every dam\u201d in response to reports of the incident. He has frequently posted warnings that U.S. infrastructure is at risk of attacks like this due to open borders policies during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Steinman wrote a 14-post thread on the \u201congoing WAVE of low-key attacks on the US power grid.\u201d He highlighted attacks and threats in other states, including Florida, Washington, Oregon and North Carolina. At the time, he said the threats and attacks appeared to be coming from a professional operation, likely foreign. <strong>(<em>Sign up for Mary Rooke\u2019s weekly newsletter here!<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1\">Hello world!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He assessed that three things were taking place to allow these incidents: \u201cOur critical infrastructure is not well protected, physically + digitally. Foreign + domestic Insurgent groups operate openly on U.S. soil. \u2018[C]overt\u2019 actions aren\u2019t so covert anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Steinman has been particularly concerned about potential attacks from China, including filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara arguing that unrestricted birthright citizenship creates a loophole that can be exploited by adversarial countries. He cited China as an example.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted a Wall Street Journal report in January about Chinese hackers who have \u201cgained the ability to shut down dozens of U.S. ports, power grids, and other infrastructure targets at will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While no one was injured, and the water supply was not affected, an undetected device like this could have damaged the dam, contaminated the drinking water supply, or caused major service disruptions for thousands of people in Mobile and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>Americans rely on these systems for safe water, electricity generation, agriculture, and everyday life. A successful attack could cause untold chaos. This type of underwater IED at a dam is a low-tech way to target critical infrastructure and create widespread impact.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Mary Rooke on X: @MaryRooke<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sign up for Mary Rooke\u2019s weekly newsletter here!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divers surveying a local dam in Mobile, Alabama, found a grenade-type improvised explosive device (IED) underwater on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,3,4,5,6,7,8],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-alabama","tag-bomb","tag-converse-reservoir-dam","tag-federal-bureau-of-investigation-fbi","tag-grenade","tag-mobile","tag-national-security-council"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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