CIA Had “Low Confidence” in Israeli Claim That Iran Sought to Shoot Down Air Force One

Former U.S. officials say the CIA had “low confidence” in an Israeli claim that Iran was plotting to assassinate President Trump last month as he returned to the U.S. from a NATO summit in Turkey. Despite that finding, the Secret Service executed a covert deception operation that saw Trump smuggled off of Air Force One and onto a smaller military aircraft aboard a catering truck. Later in the broadcast, we’ll speak with Dan Lamothe, the Washington Post journalist who broke the story. www.democracynow.org