This means most or all of a few things:
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They were about to lose their grip to a mass uprising.
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They used the powers to collect/target all adversaries and are doing a stealth takedown of the upper nodes of the networks identified.
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They don't have enough internal muscle to counter Patriot forces and will be shoring up their foreign/mercenary forces.
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They want to tabletop another bigger uprising and have countermeasures ready at hand.
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NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM THIS.
If given the time to prepare…they will be prepared. Maintain the initiative or lose it and the country and any hopes of a free future in it.