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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

CIA ‘had low confidence’ in Trump assassination threat that sparked secret Air Force One swap

The CIA had “low confidence” in Iran’s threat against President Donald Trump last month but pressed ahead anyway with its elaborate “deception operation” to remove him from Turkey, according to a report.

The Washington Post reports that intelligence officials received the warning from Israel but did not regard it as “compelling,” expressing their skepticism when they passed the information on to Trump officials preparing for his departure from the Nato summit in Ankara.

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