Security experts react to Trump's secret flight after Iran threat
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President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to a US official. The clandestine security plan — first reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by CNN — underscored the lengths American officials went to in order to protect Trump from being assassinated by Iran. Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton, former US Secret Service agent Robert McDonald and former Asst. Sec. at the Dept of Homeland Security Juliette Kayyem react to the "extraordinary" security measures deployed to get Trump out of Turkey safely. 0:00 Military expert reacts to "serious threat" that led to Trump's secret flight 2:24 How many people knew about Trump's plane switch? 5:27 Ex-Secret Service agent describes other incidents where deception was used to protect presidents 10:37 Former DHS official on what she found "unprecedented
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