Politics · United States · 2 days ago
Secret Service chief says Trump has used decoy flights before
The Secret Service has used decoy flights to help protect President Donald Trump before.
Director Sean Curran said the tactic was not used for the first time in the reported incident.
He said publicizing the method could make it less useful in the future.
Security teams use tactics like this to keep the president safer.
Secret Service Director Sean Curran said the agency had used decoy flights to move President Donald Trump before.
Curran discussed the tactic in a preview clip of an interview with 60 Minutes released by CBS.
He said the agency wished the operation had not been reported because disclosure could limit its ability to use similar tactics again.
The reported operation involved Trump and three aides being carried onto a decoy plane in a catering truck.
- Who
- Secret Service Director Sean Curran said the agency had used the tactic with President Donald Trump.
- What
- The agency has used decoy flights as a security tactic to move Trump.
- When
- Curran’s remarks appeared in a 60 Minutes preview clip released on Friday; the article was published on October 9, 2026.
- Where
- The article describes the operation at an airport in Ankara, Turkey.
- Why
- The decoy flight was a security tactic; Curran said disclosure could make it harder to use similar tactics again.
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Look that's not the first time we've done that
We wish that wasn't reported, because that takes some of our tactics away from being able to do something similar again
The Daily Mail published its report on Curran’s remarks.
CBS released a preview clip of Curran’s 60 Minutes interview.
- Secret Service director
- Sean Curran
- President
- Donald Trump
- Interview program
- 60 Minutes
- Airport described
- Ankara, Turkey
- People carried to decoy plane
- Trump and three aides
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