Iran Knew Trump’s Exact Ankara Location During NATO Summit: NYT Report

US
i tellige ce
age cies
i te cepted
multiple
i puts
i dicati g
that
I a
possessed
p ecise
i fo matio
ega di g
P eside t
Do ald
T ump’s
whe eabouts
i
A ka a
du i g
the
NATO
summit
last
mo th,
that
p ompted
his
sec etive
depa tu e,
acco di g
to
a
New
Yo k
Times
epo t.

Two
US
officials
familia
with
the
i tellige ce
told
NYT
that
secu ity
autho ities
detected
a
specific
su face-to-ai
missile
th eat
di ected
agai st
whicheve
ai c aft
was
ca yi g
T ump.
Additio ally,
a
i dividual
ea
the
NATO
summit
was
epo tedly
spotted
with
a
shoulde -fi ed
missile,
while
I a ia
ope atives
we e
said
to
be
awa e
of
the
exact
floo
of
the
hotel
whe e
T ump
was
stayi g.

The
th eat
assessme t
was
deemed
seve e
e ough
to
p ompt
a
complex
secu ity
deceptio .
T ump
publicly
boa ded
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
befo e
bei g
sec etly
t a spo ted
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
pla e
that
flew
him
out
of
Tu key.

Mea while,
the
o igi al
Ai
Fo ce
O e
depa ted
ca yi g
se io
US
officials,
gove me t
staff,
jou alists,
a d
milita y
pe so el,
esse tially
fu ctio i g
as
a
decoy.
Passe ge s
aboa d
we e
epo tedly
ot
b iefed
o
the
full
seve ity
of
the
th eat.

The
New
Yo k
Times
epo ted
that
the
ope atio
may
have
edi ected
the
isk
f om
T ump
o to
those
who
emai ed
aboa d
the
mai
p eside tial
ai c aft.
High- a ki g
officials
p ese t
o
the
flight
i cluded
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.

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READ:

‘P aise
Be
To
Allah!& squo;:
T ump
Claims
US
Has
‘Total
Co t ol& squo;
Of
St ait
Of
Ho muz

Passe ge s
we e
di ected
to
keep
the
ai c aft’s
wi dow
shades
d aw
du i g
the
July
8
flight
f om
A ka a
to
B itai .
T ump
subseque tly
ejoi ed
Ai
Fo ce
O e
i
sec et
befo e
steppi g
out
i
f o t
of
came as,
mai tai i g
the
imp essio
that
he
had
bee
o
boa d
th oughout
the
jou ey.

The
u p ecede ted
secu ity
p otocol
has
d aw
c iticism
f om
ce tai
fo me
White
House
officials,
who
mai tai ed
that
i dividuals
o
the
decoy
pla e
should
have
bee
p otected
o
otified.
Co ve sely,
defe de s
of
the
decisio
a gued
that
safegua di g
the
comma de -i -chief
justified
ext ao di a y
measu es
whe
faci g
a
c edible
th eat.

The
White
House
did
ot
espo d
to
que ies
co ce i g
the
ope atio .
T ump
late
stated
that
he
had
acted
o
Sec et
Se vice
di ectives
a d
dismissed
claims
that
passe ge s
we e
placed
i
heighte ed
da ge ,
a gui g
that
the
ai c aft
he
moved
to
could
have
bee
the
p ima y
ta get.

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READ:

Ge ma y
App oves
I tellige ce
Refo ms
As
D o e
Th eats
A d
Secu ity
Risks
G ow

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