长肖恩·库兰表示，针对为秘密更换唐纳德·特朗普总统飞机而设下的骗局在土耳其之行后曝光，令人遗憾。他指出，此次行动被公开报道可能会使未来再次使用类似策略变得更加困难。
Secret Service Director Sean Curran said it’s regrettable that a ruse to secretly switch President Donald Trump’s plane for a flight out of Turkey came to light, saying publicity about the maneuver risks making it harder to use the tactic again.
此次换机发生在7月8日，当时特朗普在参加完北约峰会后离开土耳其。据《华盛顿邮报》报道，他先是在安卡拉公开登上“空军一号”，随后秘密离开该飞机，换乘一架较小的空军C-32A飞机。当时，“空军一号”上的记者、白宫工作人员及其他政府官员都误以为特朗普与他们一同飞行。
The switch occurred July 8 as Trump departed Turkey following a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit. He publicly boarded Air Force One in Ankara before secretly leaving the aircraft and traveling aboard a smaller Air Force C-32A, according to the Washington Post. Journalists, White House staff and other government officials aboard Air Force One were left with the impression that Trump was traveling with them.
“要知道，这并非我们第一次这样做，”库兰在一段将于周日播出的CBS采访中说道，“我们希望这件事不要被报道，因为这会削弱我们再次采取类似行动的能力。”特勤局发言人尚未立即回应进一步置评的请求。
“Look, that’s not the first time we’ve done that,” Curran said in a clip from an interview with CBS’s set to air Sunday. “We wish that wasn’t reported because that takes some of our tactics away from being able to do something similar again.”A Secret Service spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for additional comment.
特朗普于8月11日证实了此次换机，称特勤局和军方因安全威胁指示他换乘另一架飞机。“他们希望我乘坐另一班航班、另一架飞机，安全性同样有保障，但他们要求我这么做，所以我照做了，”特朗普对记者说。
Trump confirmed the switch on Aug. 11, saying the Secret Service and military had directed him to use another aircraft because of a security threat. “They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety, but they wanted me to do it, so I do it,” Trump told reporters.
《华盛顿邮报》报道称，此次行动是出于伊朗针对特朗普的暗杀威胁。
The Post reported that the maneuver was prompted by an Iranian assassination threat against Trump.
当时，特朗普表示自己对具体威胁了解不多。“我想确实存在某种威胁，但我并没有过多追问，”他说，“我经常收到各种威胁。”库兰并未说明特勤局此前何时以及在哪种情况下使用过类似的飞机调包策略。
The president said at the time that he knew little about the specific threat. “I guess there was a threat out there, I didn’t really ask too much about it,” he said. “I get a lot of threats.”Curran didn’t say when the Secret Service had previously used similar aircraft deception or under what circumstances.
2000年，时任总统比尔·克林顿因安全担忧，秘密乘坐一架未标记的飞机往返于印度和巴基斯坦之间，而其他人员则乘坐传统的“空军一号”出行。据《华盛顿邮报》报道，一小群白宫记者事先得到了相关通报。
In 2000, then-President Bill Clinton secretly flew aboard an unmarked aircraft between India and Pakistan because of security concerns while others traveled aboard the traditional Air Force One. A small group of White House reporters was briefed in advance, according to the Post.