U.S. intelligence officials could not independently verify Israeli warnings that Iran planned to assassinate President Trump, including threats cited before a secret plane switch during last month's NATO summit in Turkey, Reuters reported, citing a current official and two former officials.
The Washington Post had reported that Trump was secretly shuttled from the old Air Force One to a smaller C-32A jet via an airport catering truck, while press and staff believed he remained aboard the original aircraft. A Turkish official told Reuters that Turkish intelligence found no evidence supporting Israel's claim of a threat.
Officials described the most elaborate warning, involving a possible shoulder-launched missile, as arriving ahead of the Ankara summit, part of a string of tips reportedly circulating since a 12-day war with Iran and intensifying before the U.S. entered that conflict.
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