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.

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(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Kellyanne Conway, Counselor of US President Donald Trump listens to reporters ask questions to four US Republican Representatives, Michael Burgess of Texas, Fred Upton of Michigan, Billy Long of Missouri and Greg Walden of Oregon after they met with Trump about a new healthcare bill at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Kellyanne Conway and one of her daughters arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with President-elect Donald Trump on January 2, 2017 in New York. / AFP / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS -- Episode 469 -- Pictured: (l-r) Kellyanne Conway during an interview with host Seth Meyers on January 10, 2016 -- (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Kellyanne Conway, senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to a swearing in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. 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(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks at the annual March for Life rally in Washington, DC, U.S. January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas CONCORD, NH - MAY 10: Kellyanne Conway (left) and New Hampshire Governor Christopher T. Sununu during press conference following opioid listening session at the State House in Concord, NH on May 10, 2017. (Photo by John Blanding/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway chats with repoters on board Air Force One as they wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to arrive for travel to Philadelphia from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway (C) stands with a Secret Service agent as they wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to arrive to board Air Force One for travel to Philadelphia from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. January 26, 2017. 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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."

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