Washington, Aug. 12 -- A veteran White House reporter has disclosed after 26 years that the Clinton administration held a briefing for journalists prior to employing a decoy aircraft during the US President's high-risk visit to Pakistan in 2000.

Susan Page, who served as the chief of the White House Correspondents' Association at the time, revealed that officials called her for an off-the-record briefing before President Bill Clinton departed India for Pakistan, according to The Washington Post.

"They told me about the extraordinary security procedures being taken because of the dangers in flying there, including use of the decoy plane," Page said. "Of course, the dangers threatened the journalists covering the trip as well as President...