The reported security protection removal comes despite warnings from the Biden's administration about ongoing threats from Iran.
President Donald Trump revoked security protection for his former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide, Brian Hook, according to The New York Times, which spoke to four individuals familiar with the matter.The reported security protection removal comes despite warnings from former President Joe Biden's administration about ongoing threats from Iran against both men who served in the first Trump administration.
According to The New York Times, the outgoing administration briefed Trump on the status of these threats.Trump's first administration took an aggressive approach on Iran which included withdrawing from the Iran Deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action , in 2018, various sanctions, labeling Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, and the killing of Soleimani, among others.
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