Report: CIA Had 'Low Confidence' in Israeli Intel Behind Trump's Plane Switch
U.S. officials said the Secret Service moved Trump to a second plane after an Israeli warning that intelligence analysts judged low confidence.
- U.S. intelligence officials were unable to independently verify multiple warnings from Israel regarding alleged Iranian assassination plots targeting President Donald Trump over the past year, according to a Reuters report.
- The Israeli tips detailed specific, high-level attack scenarios, claiming Iran intended to target Trump using a sniper, recruiting someone with a knife at a public gathering, or firing a shoulder-launched missile at Air Force One.
- The CIA assessed some of the Israeli threat intelligence with "low confidence," while host country intelligence in Turkey also found no evidence to corroborate the alleged missile threat during the July NATO summit in Ankara.
- Despite the lack of U.S. verification, American security officials acted out of an abundance of caution, executing high-level security precautions including a covert deception operation to move Trump off Air Force One via a catering truck in Turkey.
- The report underscores growing friction and intelligence discrepancies between Washington and Israel, highlighting how Israeli threat claims directly influenced U.S. presidential security protocols during heightened geopolitical tensions with Tehran.
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Iran allegedly explored multiple ways to assassinate President Donald Trump, including using a sniper, a knife attack at a public event and even a shoulder-fired missile targeting Air Force One, according to a stunning new report. Israeli officials reportedly warned U.S. intelligence agencies several times over the past year that Tehran was plotting to kill Trump as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated. Some of those warnings we…
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US intel officials assessed threat to Trump was not credible ahead of Air Force One switch: Sources
The intelligence originated with Israel, which passed it to the United States in real time as Trump prepared to leave Ankara, Turkey, according to the sources.
The American and Israeli intelligence services differ in their views on possible Iranian assassination plans for Donald Trump, but it is not only in this that there is disagreement.
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