UPDATE: Rubio Says Foreign Actor Was Involved in RAF Fairford Incident
Archive: B-52H aircraft at RAF Fairford, October 10, 2019. This image does not depict RAF Molesworth, the suspects, or any current security incident. Senior Airman Stuart Bright / U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain . Source . Proportional display; no additional crop. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a foreign actor was involved in the RAF Fairford incident. He did not identify the actor or present public evidence, and British police had not confirmed the claim. Rubio made the assertion during a Fox News interview, without explaining its basis. British counterterrorism police have said foreign-state involvement is among the lines of inquiry. They have not publicly attributed the suspected activity to Iran, Russia or another government. This update adds a new U.S. government assertion to the investigation of five men arrested near RAF Fairford. The suspects remain under investigation after being released on bail. Reuters and the Associated Press report that th...