The financial burden of protecting the killers of Sardar Soleimani for the Biden government + documents

according to the international group Tasnim news agency, although Several years have passed since John Bolton and Robert O’Brien, the two national security advisers of the United States during the presidency of Donald Trump, continue to be physically protected, and the US Secret Service spends more than 12 million dollars in one year for the protection of They have spent.

CBS base, based on the documents received by this media, attributed this cost to the role of these two former officials in the decision of the administration of Donald Trump to assassinate Sardar. Qassem Soleimani, the martyred commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has identified it as related.

These costs are described in the set of documents that the US Department of Homeland Security sent to Congress. According to these documents, the US Secret Service, which is responsible for the physical protection of the country’s top officials, has spent $12,280,324 of American taxpayers’ money for this purpose in one year.

Although Iran was not mentioned in these documents, but CBS independently confirmed that the 24-hour physical protection of Bolton and O’Brien was due to possible threats against these two former officials from Iran has been related.

Documents from the US Department of Homeland Security show that the 24-hour physical protection of these two officials includes their offices and personal homes, as well as their domestic and foreign travels. . America’s homeland security advisers usually do not receive this level of physical protection after leaving office, and that is until several years after the end of the job.

CBS network in this report. He stated that Bolton did not have protection in the initial months after leaving the White House, and the provision of these services for him began in December 2021, when Iran’s threats were taken into account.

About Brian, physical protection by the order of “Donald Trump” started after the completion of the work of this White House National Security Advisor and the cost of his protection in a period of time until September 30, 2021 (October 8, 1400 ) was $1,928,922. After this period, his physical protection has been extended by the order of “Joe Biden”. It means the financial burden of protecting former American decision-makers against threats from overseas powers. This network claims that Tehran has previously threatened officials involved in the assassination of Sardar Soleimani.

At the same time, the CBS report indicates that the financial burden of protecting the decision-makers involved in the martyrdom of Sardar Soleimani is much higher than these figures. The American media has specified the physical protection of Trump administration officials, in addition to Bolton and O’Brien, other officials such as “Mike Pompeo”, “Mark Esper”, “Frank McKenzie” and “Brian Hook”, who during the Trump era were, respectively, the foreign minister, the minister It also includes defense, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the representative of the government in Iranian affairs. newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/12/09/1402120913001568429485154.jpg”/>

According to these documents for a period of 10 months from 1 From December 2021 to September 30, 2022, fixed costs for John Bolton’s protection were $4,934,963. For O’Brien, these costs are estimated at $5,778,713 from October 1, 2021 to one year later. is also included. In this section, the most expenses were related to travel and car rental expenses. The total of these costs is estimated at $1,556,648. The total of all fixed, non-fixed and other costs is 12,280,324.

CBS wrote that this figure does not cover all the costs of protecting American officials against the alleged threats of Iran, and the Ministry’s report America’s internal security is about only a fraction of the time and officials spent protecting them.

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