CIA director mocks Kellyanne Conway over microwave spying claim

During a blistering press conference on Thursday, new CIA chief Mike Pompeo took a veiled swipe at White House counselor Kellyanne Conway over her recent microwave surveillance allegations.

Pompeo rejected Conway's suggestion that President Obama's administration may have used "microwaves that turn into cameras" to spy on President Trump during the campaign.

"They quietly go about their work and try not to get too worked up over the headlines, including the fanciful notion that they spy on their fellow citizens via microwave ovens," Pompeo said while defending his colleagues at the CIA.

Click through images of Kellyanne Conway since the election:

Conway received blowback for her microwave claim back in March, and when pressed on the issue she told CNN, "I'm not Inspector Gadget. I don't believe people are using the microwave to spy on the Trump campaign."

"However, I'm not in the job of having evidence, that's what investigations are for."

In a Wired interview with Stephen Frasier, a microwave imaging and radar researcher at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, when asked if microwaves can be used to spy on individuals Frasier let out "several seconds of sustained laughter."

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"Unless it's a voice-activated microwave oven connected to the internet I can't think of a way," said Frasier.

Wired's research also concluded that no "microphone-equipped microwaves" have ever been mass produced, with the last noteworthy effort coming in the form of a "failed smart microwave Kickstarter."