External In the Media 08/19/2026 Bobby McDonald, assistant professor of practice in criminal justice, comments on the Secret Service's decision to have President Donald Trump switch planes when leaving the NATO summit in Turkey last month in an effort to evade a possible Iranian threat. Prof. McDonald conducted a multitude of interviews on this topics, sharing his expertise with NPR, CNN,ABC News, Scripps News, The Independent, Fox News, and RTE's Behind the Story podcast, among others. https://time.com/article/2026/08/12/trump-plane-switch-turkey-iranian-threat-secret-service-decoy/ robert-e-mcdonald year-2026 news-in-the-media month-august robert-e-mcdonald