FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with the Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba at the NYU Abu Dhabi campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates January 13, 2019. Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/ Reuters.
McClatchy News: Iran’s attempts to kill Pompeo, current U.S. officials are real and ongoing, Blinken says
Iran’s attempts to assassinate former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are real and ongoing, his successor, Antony Blinken, told Congress on Tuesday.
Testifying before a Senate panel, Blinken acknowledged details made public last month in a sensitive State Department report that outlined a security arrangement for the former secretary involving round-the-clock government protection.
“I’m not sure what I can say in an open setting, but let me say generically that there is an ongoing threat against American officials, both present and past,” Blinken said. “We are making sure and we will make sure for as long as it takes that we’re protecting our people, present and former, if they’re under threat.”
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WNU Editor: Protecting the former Secretary of State is not cheap .... US pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat (PBS/AP).
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