{"id":12492,"date":"2026-08-13T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=12492"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:16:13","slug":"u-s-secret-service-activates-covert-plan-after-portable-missile-threat-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/u-s-secret-service-activates-covert-plan-after-portable-missile-threat-in-turkey-13082026\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Secret Service Activates Covert Plan After Portable Missile Threat in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A credible threat of a portable missile attack prompted the Secret Service to execute a covert operation to have President Donald Trump change aircraft after the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, last July, CNN reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELATED:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/trump-defends-u-s-weapons-stockpile-after-report-of-shortages\/\">Trump Defends U.S. Weapons Stockpile After Report of Shortages<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an anonymous source cited by the network, the intelligence was specific enough for agents to believe the president\u2019s life was at enormous risk if he left Ankara on the old Air Force One or the new aircraft donated by Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alert concerned a possible attack with a guided missile fired from a portable launcher. The source specified that the threat was considered serious due to the precise details the Iranians seemed to know about Trump\u2019s preparations in Turkey, which put the Secret Service on high alert amid the ongoing war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Covert Operation in Ankara<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military and presidential security officials devised a plan for the Republican to board Air Force One and then secretly depart aboard a catering truck, subsequently boarding a military aircraft with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and several advisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent remained on the decoy plane, publicly identified as AF1, according to CBS. The press accompanying the president was unaware of these movements and reported that the Secret Service instructed them to keep the windows covered without explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump used the new Qatari presidential plane to travel to Ankara; however, upon his return, he announced he would fly back on the old Air Force One for old times\u2019 sake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington Post revealed the operation this week, generating controversy over the use of the presidential plane as a decoy with journalists and White House staff on board. \u201cThe plane I was flying on was at greater risk. I think that would be the plane they would most likely target,\u201d Trump declared on Tuesday, adding that he was simply following the Secret Service\u2019s instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A similar operation was carried out in 2000 with Bill Clinton, although on that occasion members of the media were informed of the operation in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: HGV\/JF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Donald Trump J<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: teleSUR English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A credible threat of a portable missile attack prompted the Secret Service to execute a covert operation to have President Donald Trump change aircraft after the NATO summit in Ankara,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-12492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"yolaunicaquehay","display_name":"RRebeldeAdminWP","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6145d63ff95c9a0f0e53b7149804b1faf86748d6cc15f466103269a288ea377?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english","last_name":"Radio Rebelde","first_name":"WebMaster","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12494,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492\/revisions\/12494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12492"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}