The
US
i te cepted
i tellige ce
i dicati g
I a
k ew
T ump’s
exact
locatio
i
A ka a
a d
posed
a
missile
th eat
to
his
ai c aft
du i g
the
Nato
summit,
NYT
epo t
The
US
i te cepted
seve al
pieces
of
i tellige ce
i dicati g
I a
k ew
P eside t
Do ald
T ump’s
exact
locatio
i
A ka a
du i g
the
NATO
summit
a d
that
the e
was
a
pote tial
th eat
i volvi g
a
missile
capable
of
ta geti g
his
ai c aft,
acco di g
to
a
New
Yo k
Times
epo t.Two
US
officials
familia
with
the
i tellige ce
told
NYT
that
autho ities
detected
a
specific
su face-to-ai
missile
th eat
agai st
whicheve
ai c aft
was
ca yi g
T ump.
Someo e
ea
the
NATO
summit
was
also
epo tedly
spotted
with
a
shoulde -fi ed
missile,
while
I a ia
ope atives
we e
said
to
k ow
which
floo
of
T ump’s
hotel
he
was
stayi g
o .The
i tellige ce
was
co side ed
se ious
e ough
to
t igge
a
elabo ate
secu ity
deceptio .
T ump
publicly
boa ded
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e,
but
was
the
sec etly
moved
out
of
the
ai po t
i side
a
cate i g
co tai e
a d
t a sfe ed
to
a
milita y
ai c aft
that
flew
him
out
of
Tu key.The
o igi al
Ai
Fo ce
O e,
mea while,
depa ted
with
se io
US
officials,
gove me t
employees,
jou alists
a d
milita y
pe so el
aboa d,
appa e tly
se vi g
as
a
decoy.
The
passe ge s
we e
epo tedly
ot
i fo med
of
the
full
exte t
of
the
th eat.
The
New
Yo k
Times
epo ted
that
the
ope atio
may
have
shifted
the
isk
f om
T ump
to
those
who
emai ed
aboa d
the
p eside tial
ai c aft.
Amo g
them
we e
sec eta y
of
state
Ma co
Rubio,
t easu y
sec eta y
Scott
Besse t
a d
se io
White
House
aides
Stephe
Mille
a d
Steve
Cheu g.The
passe ge s
we e
i st ucted
to
keep
the
pla e’s
wi dow
shades
closed
du i g
its
July
8
flight
f om
A ka a
to
B itai .
T ump
late
sec etly
ejoi ed
Ai
Fo ce
O e
befo e
disemba ki g
i
f o t
of
came as,
c eati g
the
appea a ce
that
he
had
t avelled
o
the
ai c aft
th oughout.The
u usual
ma oeuv e
has
d aw
c iticism
f om
some
fo me
White
House
officials,
who
a gued
that
people
aboa d
the
decoy
ai c aft
should
have
bee
p otected
o
i fo med.
Othe s
defe ded
the
decisio ,
sayi g
p otecti g
the
p eside t
could
justify
ext ao di a y
measu es
du i g
a
c edible
th eat.The
White
House
did
ot
espo d
to
questio s
about
the
ope atio .
T ump
late
said
he
had
followed
Sec et
Se vice
advice
a d
ejected
the
suggestio
that
the
passe ge s
had
bee
placed
at
g eate
isk,
a gui g
that
the
ai c aft
he
t avelled
o
may
actually
have
bee
the
mo e
likely
ta get.
