Blinken’s concern over death threats of Pompeo and other US officials.
The US Secretary of State claimed that the assassination attempt on the former US Secretary of State and other former and current US officials was “real” and “ongoing”.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement to Congress yesterday (Tuesday) that efforts to assassinate former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were real and ongoing.
According to the South China Morning Post, while testifying before a Senate delegation, Blinken confirmed details released last month in a State Department critical report that included security arrangements for the former secretary of state, including state security. United of him included.
“I’m not sure what to say in the open air, but let me say in general that there is a constant threat to American officials, both current and former,” Blinken said. We are making sure, and as long as it lasts, we will make sure that we protect our people (officials), now and in the past, in the event of a threat.
Pompeo, the former US Secretary of State and CIA director during Donald Trump’s presidency, was one of the architects of the Trump administration’s tough approach to Tehran, the re-imposition of sanctions after the US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, and support for the cowardly assassination of General Haj Qassem Soleimani.
According to a US State Department report to Congress last month, all former US Secretary of State automates protection for 180 days by the State Department’s Office of Diplomatic Security; But Blinken has repeatedly extended the protection over 60-day terms because of “a serious and credible threat from a foreign power or agent of a foreign power resulting from the duties of former Secretary Pompeo.”
