# Clinton used decoy plane for Pakistan visit over al-Qaeda threat 2026-08-12T16:11:14+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets White House reporter Susan Page revealed after 26 years that the Clinton administration used a decoy aircraft for President Bill Clinton's high-risk visit to Pakistan in 2000. Page, then chief of the White House Correspondents' Association, was briefed off-the-record about the security measure, which included an unmarked jet landing in Islamabad while a plane with Air Force One markings arrived first. The ruse became obvious when Clinton disembarked from the unmarked aircraft. Historian Taylor Branch later wrote that intelligence had indicated al-Qaeda marksmen were positioned in Islamabad to assassinate Clinton, though the White House did not publicly cite this threat at the time. The revelation follows a recent report that President Donald Trump secretly switched aircraft in Turkey due to an Iranian threat, without informing journalists. Trump told reporters: 'But if I go, you go. Right?' ## Coverage - rediff.com - hindustantimes.com Tags: Bill Clinton, decoy plane, Donald Trump, Pakistan visit, Susan Page, White House security Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/clinton-used-decoy-plane-for-pakistan-visit-reporter-reveals/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/clinton-used-decoy-plane-for-pakistan-visit-reporter-reveals/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.