Washington, Aug. 13 -- The CIA had doubts about the credibility of an alleged Iranian assassination threat against President Donald Trump that was shared by Israel and contributed to an extraordinary security operation during his departure from Turkiye last month, according to The Washington Post.
The report, citing current and former US officials familiar with the intelligence, said CIA analysts did not consider the Israeli-provided information compelling and communicated their skepticism to Trump administration officials. One US official described the intelligence as Israeli-derived rather than US-generated and assessed it as "low confidence."The intelligence concerns add a new dimension to the elaborate security measures taken when Trum...