31st October 2026 – (Washington) Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has urged his podcast audience to assemble a 30-day stockpile of essentials, citing warnings issued by other countries for citizens to prepare for potential cyberattacks and wider emergencies. Speaking to listeners this week, Bongino argued that calm, practical readiness is the best antidote to panic, recommending households keep food, bottled water, batteries, an emergency radio and water‑filtration tablets on hand.
Bongino referenced recent public‑readiness drives overseas, noting guidance in the United Kingdom that encourages households to maintain supplies for at least 72 hours and to plan for disruptions to power, water and communications. He said the message elsewhere had resonated with him, and pressed Americans to go further by building a 30-day buffer so families could ride out a prolonged outage or supply interruption without undue stress.
The broadcaster also told his audience that the Pentagon is pursuing resilience measures to ensure major US military bases can operate independently for extended periods, adding that households should adopt a similar mindset at home. He framed the outlay for an emergency kit as modest compared with the potential benefits, urging people not to rely on neighbours who may have their own families to support in a crisis.
Bongino, a former US Secret Service agent who later served as the FBI’s number two, stressed that no specific domestic threat had been identified in his remarks but maintained that preparation was prudent given geopolitical tensions and the risk of cyber‑enabled disruption. He reiterated that measured planning, rather than alarm, should guide any decision to stockpile, adding that personal resilience would ease pressure on first responders if a serious incident were to occur.