Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former special envoy for Iran Brian Hook have had their security details revoked by the Biden administration. The move comes despite ongoing threats against both men, which the State Department had previously deemed \u201cserious and credible\u201d. The Trump administration had provided round-the-clock protection for both men since they left office in January 2021.
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FILE - From left, U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook, accompanied by from left, Avraham Berkowitz, Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, and President Donald Trump, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington.
Pompeo and Hook were the public faces of the U.S. “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran after Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, which offeredAccording to a March 2022 report to Congress, the State Department said it was paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to Pompeo and Hook. But later determinations did not give a dollar amount.
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