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What CIOs Need to Know About the Technical Aspects of AI Integration

An AI integration modifies a business process and how employees work, but it also requires an integration with IT infrastructure and systems. This is where some of IT’s most technically savvy staff will be working, and they will want to discuss technology integration approaches and ideas. Most CIOs aren’t software engineers, but they are responsible for having a working knowledge of all things IT so they can hold meaningful dialogues with their most technical employees to assist in defining technology direction. What do CIOs need to know about the technical side of AI integration? 1. AI technical integration is about embedding AI in systems and workflows The assumption here is that by the time your staff is getting into technical design and tooling decisions, that the business case and application for AI have already been decided. Now the task is deciding how to effect a technical embedding and integration of the AI into the IT infrastructure and applications that will support the business process. 2. Modeling is first and foremost AI systems are built around models that utilize data stores, algorithms for query, and machine learning that expands the AI’s body of knowledge as the AI recognizes common logic patterns in data and assimilates knowledge from them. There are many different AI models to choose from. In most cases, companies use predefined AI models from vendors and then expand on them. In other cases, companies elect to build their own models “from scratch.”  Related:Building from scratch usually means that the organization has an on-board data science group with expertise in AI model building. Common AI model frameworks, provide the software resources and tools. These AI model-building technologies are not familiar to most IT staffs. The technologies use data graphs to build dataflows and structures that define how the data will move through the graph. Operational flows for the logic that operates on data must be defined. The model-building software also provides for algorithm development, model training, business rule definitions, and the machine learning that the model executes on its own as it “learns” from the data it ingests. IT might not know this stuff, but it can’t afford to ignore it. IT and CIOs need at least a working knowledge of how these opensource model building technologies work, because inevitably, these models must interface with IT infrastructure and data.  3. IT Infrastructure comes next Related:How to integrate an AI system with existing IT infrastructure is where CIOs can expect significant dialogue with their technical staffs. The AI has to be integrated seamlessly with the top to bottom tech stack if it is going to work. This means discussing how and where data from the AI will be stored, with SQL and noSQL databases being the early favorites. Middleware that enables the AI to interoperate with other IT systems must be interfaced with. Most AI models are open source, which can simplify integration -- but integration still requires using middleware APIslike REST, which integrates the AI system with Internet-based resources; or GraphQLwhich facilitates the integration of data from multiple sources. It’s IT that decides how to deploy the optimal data stores, infrastructure storage and connectors needed to support the AI, and there are likely to be different optionsfor deployment. This is where the CIO needs to dialogue with technical staff. 4. Data quality The AI group will rely on IT to provide quality data for the AI. This is accomplished in two ways: 1) by ensuring that all data incoming into the AI data repository is “clean”, and it is accurate and it is able to interact with other data in the AI data repository; and the data is secure. Whether it is working with outside vendors, vetting vendors for clean, secure data and periodically auditing them; or defining the data transformations and security technology and operations that must be put in place internally, it is all IT’s responsibility. The CIO will need to dialogue on technical levels with vendors, and with the IT database, storage, security, systems, applications and networking groups. Related:5. AI security The datain and to AI must be secure at all times. To arrive at this point, security must be enacted on multiple levels, and it will entail technical discussions and decision making to get there.  First and foremost is data security. Much of this has already been discussed under data quality, and it will involve most IT departmental teams. Second is user access authorities and activity monitoring. Who gets access to what, and how will you monitor user activities? The users can define their own authorization lists and IT can implement these -- but complication occurs when it comes to monitoring user activities. If for example, the user activities occur only with onsite data repositories, sites can use a technology like IAM, which gives IT granular visibility of every user activity. However, if cloud-based access is involved, IAM won’t be able to monitor this activity at any level of detail. It might become necessary to use CIEMsoftware instead to gain granular observation of user activity in the cloud. Then there are “umbrella” technologies like IGAthat can serve as an over-arching framework for both IAM and CIEM.  The IT security groupmust decide which strategy to adopt for comprehensive protection of AI. Finally, there are malware threats that are unique to AI. Yes, you can use standard malware detection to ward off attacks from bad actors on AI data, just as you would on standard data and applications -- but the plot thickens from there. For example, there are malware injections into AI systems that can inject inaccurate data or change the labels and features of data. These skew the results derived from that data and result in erroneous recommendations and decisions. The practice is known as “data poisoning.”  IT is expected to come up with a data validation technique for incoming data that can detect possible poisoning attempts and stop them. This could involve data sanitization technologies, or data source verifications, and it is possible that inserting these technologies could slow down data transport. The technical staff needs to weigh these options, and CIOs should insert themselves into the discussions. The Bottom Line The bottom line is clear: CIOs must be able to dialogue and participate in decisions at multiple AI levels: the strategic, the operational and the technical. Even if companies have dedicated data science groups, both data scientists and users will ultimately wend their way to IT, which still must make the whole thing happen. CIOs can help both their staffs and their companies if they develop a working knowledge of how AI works, in addition to understanding the strategic and operational aspects of AI -- because companies, employees and business partners all need to hear the CIO’s voice.
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What CIOs Need to Know About the Technical Aspects of AI Integration
An AI integration modifies a business process and how employees work, but it also requires an integration with IT infrastructure and systems. This is where some of IT’s most technically savvy staff will be working, and they will want to discuss technology integration approaches and ideas. Most CIOs aren’t software engineers, but they are responsible for having a working knowledge of all things IT so they can hold meaningful dialogues with their most technical employees to assist in defining technology direction. What do CIOs need to know about the technical side of AI integration? 1. AI technical integration is about embedding AI in systems and workflows The assumption here is that by the time your staff is getting into technical design and tooling decisions, that the business case and application for AI have already been decided. Now the task is deciding how to effect a technical embedding and integration of the AI into the IT infrastructure and applications that will support the business process. 2. Modeling is first and foremost AI systems are built around models that utilize data stores, algorithms for query, and machine learning that expands the AI’s body of knowledge as the AI recognizes common logic patterns in data and assimilates knowledge from them. There are many different AI models to choose from. In most cases, companies use predefined AI models from vendors and then expand on them. In other cases, companies elect to build their own models “from scratch.”  Related:Building from scratch usually means that the organization has an on-board data science group with expertise in AI model building. Common AI model frameworks, provide the software resources and tools. These AI model-building technologies are not familiar to most IT staffs. The technologies use data graphs to build dataflows and structures that define how the data will move through the graph. Operational flows for the logic that operates on data must be defined. The model-building software also provides for algorithm development, model training, business rule definitions, and the machine learning that the model executes on its own as it “learns” from the data it ingests. IT might not know this stuff, but it can’t afford to ignore it. IT and CIOs need at least a working knowledge of how these opensource model building technologies work, because inevitably, these models must interface with IT infrastructure and data.  3. IT Infrastructure comes next Related:How to integrate an AI system with existing IT infrastructure is where CIOs can expect significant dialogue with their technical staffs. The AI has to be integrated seamlessly with the top to bottom tech stack if it is going to work. This means discussing how and where data from the AI will be stored, with SQL and noSQL databases being the early favorites. Middleware that enables the AI to interoperate with other IT systems must be interfaced with. Most AI models are open source, which can simplify integration -- but integration still requires using middleware APIslike REST, which integrates the AI system with Internet-based resources; or GraphQLwhich facilitates the integration of data from multiple sources. It’s IT that decides how to deploy the optimal data stores, infrastructure storage and connectors needed to support the AI, and there are likely to be different optionsfor deployment. This is where the CIO needs to dialogue with technical staff. 4. Data quality The AI group will rely on IT to provide quality data for the AI. This is accomplished in two ways: 1) by ensuring that all data incoming into the AI data repository is “clean”, and it is accurate and it is able to interact with other data in the AI data repository; and the data is secure. Whether it is working with outside vendors, vetting vendors for clean, secure data and periodically auditing them; or defining the data transformations and security technology and operations that must be put in place internally, it is all IT’s responsibility. The CIO will need to dialogue on technical levels with vendors, and with the IT database, storage, security, systems, applications and networking groups. Related:5. AI security The datain and to AI must be secure at all times. To arrive at this point, security must be enacted on multiple levels, and it will entail technical discussions and decision making to get there.  First and foremost is data security. Much of this has already been discussed under data quality, and it will involve most IT departmental teams. Second is user access authorities and activity monitoring. Who gets access to what, and how will you monitor user activities? The users can define their own authorization lists and IT can implement these -- but complication occurs when it comes to monitoring user activities. If for example, the user activities occur only with onsite data repositories, sites can use a technology like IAM, which gives IT granular visibility of every user activity. However, if cloud-based access is involved, IAM won’t be able to monitor this activity at any level of detail. It might become necessary to use CIEMsoftware instead to gain granular observation of user activity in the cloud. Then there are “umbrella” technologies like IGAthat can serve as an over-arching framework for both IAM and CIEM.  The IT security groupmust decide which strategy to adopt for comprehensive protection of AI. Finally, there are malware threats that are unique to AI. Yes, you can use standard malware detection to ward off attacks from bad actors on AI data, just as you would on standard data and applications -- but the plot thickens from there. For example, there are malware injections into AI systems that can inject inaccurate data or change the labels and features of data. These skew the results derived from that data and result in erroneous recommendations and decisions. The practice is known as “data poisoning.”  IT is expected to come up with a data validation technique for incoming data that can detect possible poisoning attempts and stop them. This could involve data sanitization technologies, or data source verifications, and it is possible that inserting these technologies could slow down data transport. The technical staff needs to weigh these options, and CIOs should insert themselves into the discussions. The Bottom Line The bottom line is clear: CIOs must be able to dialogue and participate in decisions at multiple AI levels: the strategic, the operational and the technical. Even if companies have dedicated data science groups, both data scientists and users will ultimately wend their way to IT, which still must make the whole thing happen. CIOs can help both their staffs and their companies if they develop a working knowledge of how AI works, in addition to understanding the strategic and operational aspects of AI -- because companies, employees and business partners all need to hear the CIO’s voice. #what #cios #need #know #about

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What CIOs Need to Know About the Technical Aspects of AI Integration
An AI integration modifies a business process and how employees work, but it also requires an integration with IT infrastructure and systems. This is where some of IT’s most technically savvy staff will be working, and they will want to discuss technology integration approaches and ideas. Most CIOs aren’t software engineers, but they are responsible for having a working knowledge of all things IT so they can hold meaningful dialogues with their most technical employees to assist in defining technology direction. What do CIOs need to know about the technical side of AI integration? 1. AI technical integration is about embedding AI in systems and workflows The assumption here is that by the time your staff is getting into technical design and tooling decisions, that the business case and application for AI have already been decided. Now the task is deciding how to effect a technical embedding and integration of the AI into the IT infrastructure and applications that will support the business process. 2. Modeling is first and foremost AI systems are built around models that utilize data stores, algorithms for query, and machine learning that expands the AI’s body of knowledge as the AI recognizes common logic patterns in data and assimilates knowledge from them. There are many different AI models to choose from. In most cases, companies use predefined AI models from vendors and then expand on them. In other cases, companies elect to build their own models “from scratch.”  Related:Building from scratch usually means that the organization has an on-board data science group with expertise in AI model building. Common AI model frameworks (e.g., Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, and others), provide the software resources and tools. These AI model-building technologies are not familiar to most IT staffs. The technologies use data graphs to build dataflows and structures that define how the data will move through the graph. Operational flows for the logic that operates on data must be defined. The model-building software also provides for algorithm development, model training, business rule definitions, and the machine learning that the model executes on its own as it “learns” from the data it ingests. IT might not know this stuff, but it can’t afford to ignore it. IT and CIOs need at least a working knowledge of how these opensource model building technologies work, because inevitably, these models must interface with IT infrastructure and data.  3. IT Infrastructure comes next Related:How to integrate an AI system with existing IT infrastructure is where CIOs can expect significant dialogue with their technical staffs. The AI has to be integrated seamlessly with the top to bottom tech stack if it is going to work. This means discussing how and where data from the AI will be stored, with SQL and noSQL databases being the early favorites. Middleware that enables the AI to interoperate with other IT systems must be interfaced with. Most AI models are open source, which can simplify integration -- but integration still requires using middleware APIs (application programming interfaces) like REST (representational state transfer application programming interface), which integrates the AI system with Internet-based resources; or GraphQL (graph query language,) which facilitates the integration of data from multiple sources. It’s IT that decides how to deploy the optimal data stores, infrastructure storage and connectors needed to support the AI, and there are likely to be different options (and costs) for deployment. This is where the CIO needs to dialogue with technical staff. 4. Data quality The AI group will rely on IT to provide quality data for the AI. This is accomplished in two ways: 1) by ensuring that all data incoming into the AI data repository is “clean” (i.e., the data has been transformed by software like ETL (extract-transform-load), and it is accurate and it is able to interact with other data in the AI data repository; and the data is secure (i.e., encrypted between transfer points or checked at the edges of each resource the data must traverse). Whether it is working with outside vendors, vetting vendors for clean, secure data and periodically auditing them; or defining the data transformations and security technology and operations that must be put in place internally, it is all IT’s responsibility. The CIO will need to dialogue on technical levels with vendors, and with the IT database, storage, security, systems, applications and networking groups. Related:5. AI security The data (and data access) in and to AI must be secure at all times. To arrive at this point, security must be enacted on multiple levels, and it will entail technical discussions and decision making to get there.  First and foremost is data security. Much of this has already been discussed under data quality, and it will involve most IT departmental teams. Second is user access authorities and activity monitoring. Who gets access to what, and how will you monitor user activities? The users can define their own authorization lists and IT can implement these -- but complication occurs when it comes to monitoring user activities. If for example, the user activities occur only with onsite data repositories, sites can use a technology like IAM (identity access management), which gives IT granular visibility of every user activity. However, if cloud-based access is involved, IAM won’t be able to monitor this activity at any level of detail. It might become necessary to use CIEM (cloud infrastructure entitlement management) software instead to gain granular observation of user activity in the cloud. Then there are “umbrella” technologies like IGA (identity governance administration) that can serve as an over-arching framework for both IAM and CIEM.  The IT security group (and their CIO) must decide which strategy to adopt for comprehensive protection of AI. Finally, there are malware threats that are unique to AI. Yes, you can use standard malware detection to ward off attacks from bad actors on AI data, just as you would on standard data and applications -- but the plot thickens from there. For example, there are malware injections into AI systems that can inject inaccurate data or change the labels and features of data. These skew the results derived from that data and result in erroneous recommendations and decisions. The practice is known as “data poisoning.”  IT is expected to come up with a data validation technique for incoming data that can detect possible poisoning attempts and stop them. This could involve data sanitization technologies, or data source verifications, and it is possible that inserting these technologies could slow down data transport. The technical staff needs to weigh these options, and CIOs should insert themselves into the discussions. The Bottom Line The bottom line is clear: CIOs must be able to dialogue and participate in decisions at multiple AI levels: the strategic, the operational and the technical. Even if companies have dedicated data science groups, both data scientists and users will ultimately wend their way to IT, which still must make the whole thing happen. CIOs can help both their staffs and their companies if they develop a working knowledge of how AI works, in addition to understanding the strategic and operational aspects of AI -- because companies, employees and business partners all need to hear the CIO’s voice.

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Fear Street: Prom Queen Director Sees Franchise as the Next Halloween

Anyone who has seen the first three movies in theFear Street series knows that they’re indebted to horror of the past. Fear Street: 1994 borrowed from Scream‘s self-awareness. Fear Street: 1978 had a masked killer stalking a campground, just like Friday the 13th: Part II. The folk horror films from the 1960s and ’70s provided a model for Fear Street: 1666.
Fear Street: Prom Queen breaks from the original trilogy though by telling a standalone story. For Prom Queen writer and director Matt Palmer, that division brings to mind another horror forerunner.
“I keep thinking about Halloween III: The Season of the Witch, which I quite like even though it didn’t go well with audiences in the 1980s,” Palmer tells Den of Geek. Halloween III famously ditched Michael Myers for a new story about cursed masks and Celtic witches. It was an attempt to turn the series into an anthology instead of the continuing adventures of a silent killer.
“I like that idea of a Halloween franchise, a world where you could just tell vastly different stories form different subgenres. I think there’s potential for that to happen in Fear Street.”

The latest entry in the movie adaptations of author R.L. Stine‘s teen novels, Prom Queen follows teen Lori Granger, who becomes an unlikely prom queen favorite when a masked killer starts offing the competition. In addition to young stars such as Fowler, Suzanna Son, and Ariana Greenblatt, Prom Queen also features an impressive adult cast, which includes Lili Taylor, Katherine Waterston, and 2000s mainstay Chris Klein.
But the most surprising name in the credits is Palmer’s, and not just because he takes the place of Leigh Janiak, who directed the first three films. Palmer’s debut Calibre focused on two Scottish young adults whose friendship is tested when a hunting trip goes horribly wrong. It’s rural and thoughtful, and a million miles from the 1980s American setting of Prom Queen. But to Palmer, the two films both feel complementary.
“I guess there’s two of me,” he says, thoughtfully. “There’s one side of me that’s into heavier movies and quite intense thrillers in the Deliverance mold. But horror was my first love in terms of genre. I do a festival at an all-night horror event in the UK once a year. We show five horror movies from the ’70s and ’80s, all the way through the night.”
That experience makes Prom Queen “a dream project” for Palmer, “making a movie that could potentially fit in with the ’80s movies I show at my event.”
While there’s plenty of ’80s influence in Prom Queen, Palmer also adds elements of giallo, the lurid Italian murder mysteries that were precursors to the American slashers, especially with the look of the central masked killer.
“I really liked the black leather raincoat and the black gloves in gialli, so I started from that,” says Palmer of his process of designing the killer. “Then our concept artist said the killer can’t be all black because they’ll get lost in the dark. So we started looking at a yellow coat but that felt a bit too much like Alice Sweet Alice—which was a visual influence on the movie. We looked at blue and then the concept artist announced red on red, and we were like ‘boom! Yeah!'”

Palmer brought a similar level of erudition to designing what many would consider the most important part of a slasher: the over the top kills.

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“One of the things I’ve noticed about modern slashers is that they sometimes don’t have wide shots in the kill scenes. I think that’s a mistake because I want the audience to understand the space where the kill is going to happen, and then you can start cutting into closer shots. Because then they can compute from that wide shot where people are. It makes the scene more frightening because you know where the dark spots are and you know how big the room is.”
As academic as that approach may sound, Palmer’s careful to keep focused on the main thing, the blood and guts that audiences expect. “We shot all of the kill scenes in one day,” Plamer reveals. “Some of them have a lot of shots, so they were heavily storyboarded,” meaning that Palmer and his team made comic book style drawings of every shot in the sequence, so they could shoot them more efficiently.
“There was a funny moment when we were storyboarding one of our kills and we got really excited about the lighting, because it’s somebody moving through different planes of lighting and you can see certain things. The storyboard artists and the director of photographystarted talking about this mist and the light, and it started turning into a real art film geek conversation, all about the mystery. Then the storyboard artist turns to me and asks, ‘so what happens next?'” and I said, “and then all her guts fall out.’ Lets’s not forget what kind of movie we were really making.”
While that might sound like he’s committed to making a lean and mean slasher, and he did emphasize the fact that he wanted the film to come in under 90 minutes, Palmer does find surprising moments of stillness in Prom Queen.
“I didn’t realize this until after Calibre, but I give scenes a bit of breathing space so you can be with the characters and go a bit deeper with them. But then in between scenes, the escalation of plot is quite steep.”

He adds, “I prefer movies that are a bit more sedately paced, but sometimes I’m watching a movie from the ’80s and wondering, ‘Why are we holding here? Cut, cut, cut! I’ve got the information, so move on!’ People assimilate information faster now, so I’m trying to find that sweet spot where you can still have that breathing room to go a little bit deeper with the characters, but also be aware that people need things these days to move a bit quicker.”
Palmer’s awareness of both classic horror and modern audiences make him a perfect choice for the Fear Street franchise, which has a huge audience among early teens, newcomers to the genre.
“I feel like the characters should be youngsters and the focus should be on the younger characters,” Palmer explains. “I went to my first all-night horror event when I was 16. I was underage and it was the most exciting thing, and I think that’s the genesis of my process. I asked myself what kind of movie I would have wanted to see when I was 15 and tried to go back and capture a bit of that magic.”
For the other big audience of Fear Street, Palmer had to go beyond himself and get some outside help. “I think there’s also a skew towards the female in Fear Street’s following, so we all wanted to have a female-led story. That was obviously a challenge for me because, you know, I’m male. Fortunately, I had really strong female producers on this to guide me if I went astray on any of the characterizations.”
After seeing Prom Queen, most will agree that Palmer didn’t go astray in any regard, which raises some questions. Prom Queen may be a one-off, but does Palmer have more to say within the world of the series?
“Well, I’ve had my dream project in the franchise, so I don’t want to be greedy. But If I was going to do another one, it would probably take place a couple of years later in the ’80s and be a Satanic Panic thing with ouija boards.”

Palmer trails off here, not wanting to get ahead of myself. “But I’ve already had my Fear Street adventure,” he says with a smile and gesturing back to the Halloween-style anthology that he wants the franchise to become. Still, if Prom Queen hits with fans as well as the other Fear Street movies, it’s hard to imagine that we won’t Palmer making his Satanic Panic movie soon.
Fear Street: Prom Queen arrives on Netflix on May 23, 2025.
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Fear Street: Prom Queen Director Sees Franchise as the Next Halloween
Anyone who has seen the first three movies in theFear Street series knows that they’re indebted to horror of the past. Fear Street: 1994 borrowed from Scream‘s self-awareness. Fear Street: 1978 had a masked killer stalking a campground, just like Friday the 13th: Part II. The folk horror films from the 1960s and ’70s provided a model for Fear Street: 1666. Fear Street: Prom Queen breaks from the original trilogy though by telling a standalone story. For Prom Queen writer and director Matt Palmer, that division brings to mind another horror forerunner. “I keep thinking about Halloween III: The Season of the Witch, which I quite like even though it didn’t go well with audiences in the 1980s,” Palmer tells Den of Geek. Halloween III famously ditched Michael Myers for a new story about cursed masks and Celtic witches. It was an attempt to turn the series into an anthology instead of the continuing adventures of a silent killer. “I like that idea of a Halloween franchise, a world where you could just tell vastly different stories form different subgenres. I think there’s potential for that to happen in Fear Street.” The latest entry in the movie adaptations of author R.L. Stine‘s teen novels, Prom Queen follows teen Lori Granger, who becomes an unlikely prom queen favorite when a masked killer starts offing the competition. In addition to young stars such as Fowler, Suzanna Son, and Ariana Greenblatt, Prom Queen also features an impressive adult cast, which includes Lili Taylor, Katherine Waterston, and 2000s mainstay Chris Klein. But the most surprising name in the credits is Palmer’s, and not just because he takes the place of Leigh Janiak, who directed the first three films. Palmer’s debut Calibre focused on two Scottish young adults whose friendship is tested when a hunting trip goes horribly wrong. It’s rural and thoughtful, and a million miles from the 1980s American setting of Prom Queen. But to Palmer, the two films both feel complementary. “I guess there’s two of me,” he says, thoughtfully. “There’s one side of me that’s into heavier movies and quite intense thrillers in the Deliverance mold. But horror was my first love in terms of genre. I do a festival at an all-night horror event in the UK once a year. We show five horror movies from the ’70s and ’80s, all the way through the night.” That experience makes Prom Queen “a dream project” for Palmer, “making a movie that could potentially fit in with the ’80s movies I show at my event.” While there’s plenty of ’80s influence in Prom Queen, Palmer also adds elements of giallo, the lurid Italian murder mysteries that were precursors to the American slashers, especially with the look of the central masked killer. “I really liked the black leather raincoat and the black gloves in gialli, so I started from that,” says Palmer of his process of designing the killer. “Then our concept artist said the killer can’t be all black because they’ll get lost in the dark. So we started looking at a yellow coat but that felt a bit too much like Alice Sweet Alice—which was a visual influence on the movie. We looked at blue and then the concept artist announced red on red, and we were like ‘boom! Yeah!'” Palmer brought a similar level of erudition to designing what many would consider the most important part of a slasher: the over the top kills. Join our mailing list Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! “One of the things I’ve noticed about modern slashers is that they sometimes don’t have wide shots in the kill scenes. I think that’s a mistake because I want the audience to understand the space where the kill is going to happen, and then you can start cutting into closer shots. Because then they can compute from that wide shot where people are. It makes the scene more frightening because you know where the dark spots are and you know how big the room is.” As academic as that approach may sound, Palmer’s careful to keep focused on the main thing, the blood and guts that audiences expect. “We shot all of the kill scenes in one day,” Plamer reveals. “Some of them have a lot of shots, so they were heavily storyboarded,” meaning that Palmer and his team made comic book style drawings of every shot in the sequence, so they could shoot them more efficiently. “There was a funny moment when we were storyboarding one of our kills and we got really excited about the lighting, because it’s somebody moving through different planes of lighting and you can see certain things. The storyboard artists and the director of photographystarted talking about this mist and the light, and it started turning into a real art film geek conversation, all about the mystery. Then the storyboard artist turns to me and asks, ‘so what happens next?'” and I said, “and then all her guts fall out.’ Lets’s not forget what kind of movie we were really making.” While that might sound like he’s committed to making a lean and mean slasher, and he did emphasize the fact that he wanted the film to come in under 90 minutes, Palmer does find surprising moments of stillness in Prom Queen. “I didn’t realize this until after Calibre, but I give scenes a bit of breathing space so you can be with the characters and go a bit deeper with them. But then in between scenes, the escalation of plot is quite steep.” He adds, “I prefer movies that are a bit more sedately paced, but sometimes I’m watching a movie from the ’80s and wondering, ‘Why are we holding here? Cut, cut, cut! I’ve got the information, so move on!’ People assimilate information faster now, so I’m trying to find that sweet spot where you can still have that breathing room to go a little bit deeper with the characters, but also be aware that people need things these days to move a bit quicker.” Palmer’s awareness of both classic horror and modern audiences make him a perfect choice for the Fear Street franchise, which has a huge audience among early teens, newcomers to the genre. “I feel like the characters should be youngsters and the focus should be on the younger characters,” Palmer explains. “I went to my first all-night horror event when I was 16. I was underage and it was the most exciting thing, and I think that’s the genesis of my process. I asked myself what kind of movie I would have wanted to see when I was 15 and tried to go back and capture a bit of that magic.” For the other big audience of Fear Street, Palmer had to go beyond himself and get some outside help. “I think there’s also a skew towards the female in Fear Street’s following, so we all wanted to have a female-led story. That was obviously a challenge for me because, you know, I’m male. Fortunately, I had really strong female producers on this to guide me if I went astray on any of the characterizations.” After seeing Prom Queen, most will agree that Palmer didn’t go astray in any regard, which raises some questions. Prom Queen may be a one-off, but does Palmer have more to say within the world of the series? “Well, I’ve had my dream project in the franchise, so I don’t want to be greedy. But If I was going to do another one, it would probably take place a couple of years later in the ’80s and be a Satanic Panic thing with ouija boards.” Palmer trails off here, not wanting to get ahead of myself. “But I’ve already had my Fear Street adventure,” he says with a smile and gesturing back to the Halloween-style anthology that he wants the franchise to become. Still, if Prom Queen hits with fans as well as the other Fear Street movies, it’s hard to imagine that we won’t Palmer making his Satanic Panic movie soon. Fear Street: Prom Queen arrives on Netflix on May 23, 2025. #fear #street #prom #queen #director

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Fear Street: Prom Queen Director Sees Franchise as the Next Halloween
Anyone who has seen the first three movies in theFear Street series knows that they’re indebted to horror of the past. Fear Street: 1994 borrowed from Scream‘s self-awareness. Fear Street: 1978 had a masked killer stalking a campground, just like Friday the 13th: Part II. The folk horror films from the 1960s and ’70s provided a model for Fear Street: 1666. Fear Street: Prom Queen breaks from the original trilogy though by telling a standalone story. For Prom Queen writer and director Matt Palmer, that division brings to mind another horror forerunner. “I keep thinking about Halloween III: The Season of the Witch, which I quite like even though it didn’t go well with audiences in the 1980s,” Palmer tells Den of Geek. Halloween III famously ditched Michael Myers for a new story about cursed masks and Celtic witches. It was an attempt to turn the series into an anthology instead of the continuing adventures of a silent killer. “I like that idea of a Halloween franchise, a world where you could just tell vastly different stories form different subgenres. I think there’s potential for that to happen in Fear Street.” The latest entry in the movie adaptations of author R.L. Stine‘s teen novels, Prom Queen follows teen Lori Granger (India Fowler), who becomes an unlikely prom queen favorite when a masked killer starts offing the competition. In addition to young stars such as Fowler, Suzanna Son, and Ariana Greenblatt, Prom Queen also features an impressive adult cast, which includes Lili Taylor, Katherine Waterston, and 2000s mainstay Chris Klein. But the most surprising name in the credits is Palmer’s, and not just because he takes the place of Leigh Janiak, who directed the first three films. Palmer’s debut Calibre focused on two Scottish young adults whose friendship is tested when a hunting trip goes horribly wrong. It’s rural and thoughtful, and a million miles from the 1980s American setting of Prom Queen. But to Palmer, the two films both feel complementary. “I guess there’s two of me,” he says, thoughtfully. “There’s one side of me that’s into heavier movies and quite intense thrillers in the Deliverance mold. But horror was my first love in terms of genre. I do a festival at an all-night horror event in the UK once a year. We show five horror movies from the ’70s and ’80s, all the way through the night.” That experience makes Prom Queen “a dream project” for Palmer, “making a movie that could potentially fit in with the ’80s movies I show at my event.” While there’s plenty of ’80s influence in Prom Queen, Palmer also adds elements of giallo, the lurid Italian murder mysteries that were precursors to the American slashers, especially with the look of the central masked killer. “I really liked the black leather raincoat and the black gloves in gialli, so I started from that,” says Palmer of his process of designing the killer. “Then our concept artist said the killer can’t be all black because they’ll get lost in the dark. So we started looking at a yellow coat but that felt a bit too much like Alice Sweet Alice—which was a visual influence on the movie. We looked at blue and then the concept artist announced red on red, and we were like ‘boom! Yeah!'” Palmer brought a similar level of erudition to designing what many would consider the most important part of a slasher: the over the top kills. Join our mailing list Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! “One of the things I’ve noticed about modern slashers is that they sometimes don’t have wide shots in the kill scenes. I think that’s a mistake because I want the audience to understand the space where the kill is going to happen, and then you can start cutting into closer shots. Because then they can compute from that wide shot where people are. It makes the scene more frightening because you know where the dark spots are and you know how big the room is.” As academic as that approach may sound, Palmer’s careful to keep focused on the main thing, the blood and guts that audiences expect. “We shot all of the kill scenes in one day,” Plamer reveals. “Some of them have a lot of shots, so they were heavily storyboarded,” meaning that Palmer and his team made comic book style drawings of every shot in the sequence, so they could shoot them more efficiently. “There was a funny moment when we were storyboarding one of our kills and we got really excited about the lighting, because it’s somebody moving through different planes of lighting and you can see certain things. The storyboard artists and the director of photography [Márk Gyõri] started talking about this mist and the light, and it started turning into a real art film geek conversation, all about the mystery. Then the storyboard artist turns to me and asks, ‘so what happens next?'” and I said, “and then all her guts fall out.’ Lets’s not forget what kind of movie we were really making.” While that might sound like he’s committed to making a lean and mean slasher, and he did emphasize the fact that he wanted the film to come in under 90 minutes, Palmer does find surprising moments of stillness in Prom Queen. “I didn’t realize this until after Calibre, but I give scenes a bit of breathing space so you can be with the characters and go a bit deeper with them. But then in between scenes, the escalation of plot is quite steep.” He adds, “I prefer movies that are a bit more sedately paced, but sometimes I’m watching a movie from the ’80s and wondering, ‘Why are we holding here? Cut, cut, cut! I’ve got the information, so move on!’ People assimilate information faster now, so I’m trying to find that sweet spot where you can still have that breathing room to go a little bit deeper with the characters, but also be aware that people need things these days to move a bit quicker.” Palmer’s awareness of both classic horror and modern audiences make him a perfect choice for the Fear Street franchise, which has a huge audience among early teens, newcomers to the genre. “I feel like the characters should be youngsters and the focus should be on the younger characters,” Palmer explains. “I went to my first all-night horror event when I was 16. I was underage and it was the most exciting thing, and I think that’s the genesis of my process. I asked myself what kind of movie I would have wanted to see when I was 15 and tried to go back and capture a bit of that magic.” For the other big audience of Fear Street, Palmer had to go beyond himself and get some outside help. “I think there’s also a skew towards the female in Fear Street’s following, so we all wanted to have a female-led story. That was obviously a challenge for me because, you know, I’m male. Fortunately, I had really strong female producers on this to guide me if I went astray on any of the characterizations.” After seeing Prom Queen, most will agree that Palmer didn’t go astray in any regard, which raises some questions. Prom Queen may be a one-off, but does Palmer have more to say within the world of the series? “Well, I’ve had my dream project in the franchise, so I don’t want to be greedy. But If I was going to do another one, it would probably take place a couple of years later in the ’80s and be a Satanic Panic thing with ouija boards.” Palmer trails off here, not wanting to get ahead of myself. “But I’ve already had my Fear Street adventure,” he says with a smile and gesturing back to the Halloween-style anthology that he wants the franchise to become. Still, if Prom Queen hits with fans as well as the other Fear Street movies, it’s hard to imagine that we won’t Palmer making his Satanic Panic movie soon. Fear Street: Prom Queen arrives on Netflix on May 23, 2025.

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Cas Sestadors / MIEL ArquitectosSave this picture!© Jose HeviaHouses•Algaida, Spain Architects: MIEL Arquitectos Area Area of this architecture project Area: 450 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 Photographs Photographs:Jose Hevia Lead Architects: Elodie Grammont, Miguel Angel Borras More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. Halfway between the Puig de Randa and the town of Montuiri, Cas Sestadors was born in the shade of two agricultural sheds that have been there for thirty years.Save this picture!Save this picture!Like a soft body, the house conquers the space under the roofs, flowing between the Cartesian sea of concrete pillars. The house absorbs them in its center and sets them back on the perimeter, it generates eaves, terraces, and porches; it enhances its constructive beauty and preserves the insulating continuity of the new ventilated sandstone skin. A new coating for this way of living among sheep, all "made in Mallorca".Save this picture!Save this picture!The terrace to the South extends beyond its porch to find a pool that, dressed as a garden pond, assimilates the ethnological rhythms of the qanawat of Son Trobat, the hydraulic system that feeds the agricultural development and dates back to the Middle Ages.Save this picture!Save this picture!A bridge between these two cabins gives rise to the cloister, the entry patio to the house. An entrance that is also a kitchen; it is the machine that makes living a habit ... three times a day ... a vital tuning fork that gathers, connects, nourishes, and occasionally fulfills.Save this picture!Save this picture!Each deck houses its own living room, introspective to the North (reading and small stove) and extroverted to the South (table talk and chitchat). And finally, located at the poles furthest from the entry, are the bedrooms; for friends, children, and the master bedroom, all absorbed by the deep views of the surrounding landscape framed by the carob tree forest that surrounds Cas Sestadors.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less About this officeMIEL ArquitectosOffice••• Published on May 21, 2025Cite: "Cas Sestadors / MIEL Arquitectos" 21 May 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1030151/cas-sestadors-miel-arquitectos&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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#333;">Qatar's luxury jet donation poses significant security risks, experts say. It poses a "counterintelligence nightmare," a former CIA field operative said.
The Trump administration's plan to accept a luxury jet donated by the Qatari government to use as Air Force One raises significant security concerns, intelligence experts and government officials say, as President Donald Trump said it would be "stupid" not to accept a free plane.Trump on Monday defended the administration's plans to receive a luxury jet donated by the Qatari government during remarks at the White House, calling the donation a "very nice gesture.""I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer.
I mean, I could be a stupid person and say, 'No, we don't want a free, very expensive airplane.' But it was, I thought it was a great gesture," he said.MORE: Trump admin live updatesRhode Island Sen.
Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, slammed the move, arguing that using the plane as Air Force One would "pose immense counterintelligence risks by granting a foreign nation potential access to sensitive systems and communications.""This reckless disregard for national security and diplomatic propriety signals a dangerous willingness to barter American interests for personal gain," Reed said in a statement Monday.
"It is an affront to the office of the presidency and a betrayal of the trust placed in any U.S.
leader to safeguard the nation's sovereignty."Air Force One a 'high-value target'Air Force One sits on the tarmac, May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe primary aircraft used in the current Air Force One fleet includes two aging Boeing 747-200 jumbo jets that have been operational since 1990.
Despite flying for more than 35 years, the current pair of Air Force One jets are considered some of the safest and secure aircraft in the world.Many of the security features on the plane remain classified.
It has anti-missile defenses or countermeasure systems to protect against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, and the communication devices can also withstand the pulse of a nuclear blast.
It is also outfitted with sophisticated communications capability to allow the president to securely run the country from the plane and protect him from cyberattacks."It's designed to transport the president in a safe way and be able to withstand physical attacks, but to also ensure that the president maintains communication with military, his cabinet, other government leaders in a safe and secure manner," said John Cohen, an ABC News contributor and former acting Homeland Security official.
"Any building or vehicle or airplane that the president is located is a high-value target for foreign intelligence services who want to gather as much information about the president."Air Force One can also remain in the air for several days due to its ability to refuel in midair.
The plane also houses a small medical facility where doctors could perform surgery if needed.All of these systems would likely need to be installed on the Boeing 747-8 that Trump would receive as a gift from Qatar.MORE: Trump defends Qatar jumbo jet offer, says it would be 'stupid' to turn away free planeA jet donated by Qatar would also be a "counterintelligence nightmare," ABC News contributor Darrell Blocker, a former CIA field operative, said."If you go back to almost anything that is given by a foreign government, there are regulations and restrictions and guidelines for ensuring that they're not being bugged, and a plane would be an absolute nightmare to be able to confirm that it's not," Blocker told ABC News Live on Monday.
"From an intelligence perspective, it's not the brightest move."Blocker cited that when the U.S.
embassy was being built in Moscow in the 1980s, the U.S.
had to "take it down to its bare bones" because the Russians "put bugs through every room, every facility.""I think the people of Troy, when they accepted that horse, regretted it after the fact also," he said.The complexity and time needed to retrofit and inspect the plane raise questions on cost and a timeline."Even under the best of circumstances, it's going to take a significant effort for the military to be satisfied that the aircraft is constructed safely, that it's not compromised from the standpoint of intelligence collection capabilities being planted on it, and that it is built in a way that it will be able to assimilate the sensitive communications and countermeasure capabilities that are that are present on any plane that's Air Force One," Cohen said.
"To be done right, it's not going to happen quickly.""In order to adequately ensure that this airplane -- which was operated by a foreign government that happens to have a relationship with Iran and China and Russia -- in order to ensure that that plane has not had collection capabilities introduced into it when it was constructed, they're gonna have to basically tear it down to the airframe," he added.White House working on 'legal details'Both the U.S.
Air Force and the Department of Defense referred questions to the White House when asked about the possible transfer of the Qatari-owned Boeing 747 to the Department of Defense."The plane will be donated to the Department of Defense, and as with any foreign gift given to the United States Government, all proper safety and security protocols will be followed," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told ABC News.House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday he would not comment on Trump preparing to receive the jet from Qatar because he hasn't seen the "details."The White House is working on the "legal details" of the Qatari government's donation to the Defense Department, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday in an appearance on Fox News."But, of course, any donation to this government is always done in full compliance with the law.
And we commit ourselves to the utmost transparency and we will continue to do that," Leavitt added.President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2025.Manuel Balce Ceneta/APTrump said during remarks at the White House on Monday that he doesn't plan to use the plane after he leaves office.
Pressed by ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott on what he would say to people who view the luxury plane as a personal gift to him, Trump said it was not a gift to him but "a gift to the Department of Defense."Sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News that the plane would be a gift that is to be available for use by Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation.If a private contractor were able to complete the modifications needed to the donated plane before the end of Trump's presidency, many of the systems installed would then need to be removed should the Trump presidential library foundation take possession of the plane upon Trump leaving office due to the sensitive nature of the technology.Ultimately, Cohen said he suspects that members of the intelligence community and the military will assess the risk to national security and "the level of effort to minimize the risk to national security.""If they're doing their job, the president's national security team will explain to him the level of risk that exists if a foreign intelligence service were able to introduce collection capabilities that could intercept face-to-face communications on the plane, electronic communications coming from the plane," Cohen said.
"They should also be explaining to him the level of effort that it will involve in order for that risk to be mitigated.
And with that information, he can then make an informed decision on whether and under what conditions to accept the airplane."
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Qatar's luxury jet donation poses significant security risks, experts say. It poses a "counterintelligence nightmare," a former CIA field operative said.
The Trump administration's plan to accept a luxury jet donated by the Qatari government to use as Air Force One raises significant security concerns, intelligence experts and government officials say, as President Donald Trump said it would be "stupid" not to accept a free plane.Trump on Monday defended the administration's plans to receive a luxury jet donated by the Qatari government during remarks at the White House, calling the donation a "very nice gesture.""I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. I mean, I could be a stupid person and say, 'No, we don't want a free, very expensive airplane.' But it was, I thought it was a great gesture," he said.MORE: Trump admin live updatesRhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, slammed the move, arguing that using the plane as Air Force One would "pose immense counterintelligence risks by granting a foreign nation potential access to sensitive systems and communications.""This reckless disregard for national security and diplomatic propriety signals a dangerous willingness to barter American interests for personal gain," Reed said in a statement Monday. "It is an affront to the office of the presidency and a betrayal of the trust placed in any U.S. leader to safeguard the nation's sovereignty."Air Force One a 'high-value target'Air Force One sits on the tarmac, May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe primary aircraft used in the current Air Force One fleet includes two aging Boeing 747-200 jumbo jets that have been operational since 1990. Despite flying for more than 35 years, the current pair of Air Force One jets are considered some of the safest and secure aircraft in the world.Many of the security features on the plane remain classified. It has anti-missile defenses or countermeasure systems to protect against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, and the communication devices can also withstand the pulse of a nuclear blast. It is also outfitted with sophisticated communications capability to allow the president to securely run the country from the plane and protect him from cyberattacks."It's designed to transport the president in a safe way and be able to withstand physical attacks, but to also ensure that the president maintains communication with military, his cabinet, other government leaders in a safe and secure manner," said John Cohen, an ABC News contributor and former acting Homeland Security official. "Any building or vehicle or airplane that the president is located is a high-value target for foreign intelligence services who want to gather as much information about the president."Air Force One can also remain in the air for several days due to its ability to refuel in midair. The plane also houses a small medical facility where doctors could perform surgery if needed.All of these systems would likely need to be installed on the Boeing 747-8 that Trump would receive as a gift from Qatar.MORE: Trump defends Qatar jumbo jet offer, says it would be 'stupid' to turn away free planeA jet donated by Qatar would also be a "counterintelligence nightmare," ABC News contributor Darrell Blocker, a former CIA field operative, said."If you go back to almost anything that is given by a foreign government, there are regulations and restrictions and guidelines for ensuring that they're not being bugged, and a plane would be an absolute nightmare to be able to confirm that it's not," Blocker told ABC News Live on Monday. "From an intelligence perspective, it's not the brightest move."Blocker cited that when the U.S. embassy was being built in Moscow in the 1980s, the U.S. had to "take it down to its bare bones" because the Russians "put bugs through every room, every facility.""I think the people of Troy, when they accepted that horse, regretted it after the fact also," he said.The complexity and time needed to retrofit and inspect the plane raise questions on cost and a timeline."Even under the best of circumstances, it's going to take a significant effort for the military to be satisfied that the aircraft is constructed safely, that it's not compromised from the standpoint of intelligence collection capabilities being planted on it, and that it is built in a way that it will be able to assimilate the sensitive communications and countermeasure capabilities that are that are present on any plane that's Air Force One," Cohen said. "To be done right, it's not going to happen quickly.""In order to adequately ensure that this airplane -- which was operated by a foreign government that happens to have a relationship with Iran and China and Russia -- in order to ensure that that plane has not had collection capabilities introduced into it when it was constructed, they're gonna have to basically tear it down to the airframe," he added.White House working on 'legal details'Both the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense referred questions to the White House when asked about the possible transfer of the Qatari-owned Boeing 747 to the Department of Defense."The plane will be donated to the Department of Defense, and as with any foreign gift given to the United States Government, all proper safety and security protocols will be followed," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told ABC News.House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday he would not comment on Trump preparing to receive the jet from Qatar because he hasn't seen the "details."The White House is working on the "legal details" of the Qatari government's donation to the Defense Department, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday in an appearance on Fox News."But, of course, any donation to this government is always done in full compliance with the law. And we commit ourselves to the utmost transparency and we will continue to do that," Leavitt added.President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2025.Manuel Balce Ceneta/APTrump said during remarks at the White House on Monday that he doesn't plan to use the plane after he leaves office. Pressed by ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott on what he would say to people who view the luxury plane as a personal gift to him, Trump said it was not a gift to him but "a gift to the Department of Defense."Sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News that the plane would be a gift that is to be available for use by Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation.If a private contractor were able to complete the modifications needed to the donated plane before the end of Trump's presidency, many of the systems installed would then need to be removed should the Trump presidential library foundation take possession of the plane upon Trump leaving office due to the sensitive nature of the technology.Ultimately, Cohen said he suspects that members of the intelligence community and the military will assess the risk to national security and "the level of effort to minimize the risk to national security.""If they're doing their job, the president's national security team will explain to him the level of risk that exists if a foreign intelligence service were able to introduce collection capabilities that could intercept face-to-face communications on the plane, electronic communications coming from the plane," Cohen said. "They should also be explaining to him the level of effort that it will involve in order for that risk to be mitigated. And with that information, he can then make an informed decision on whether and under what conditions to accept the airplane."
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Qatar's luxury jet donation poses significant security risks, experts say. It poses a "counterintelligence nightmare," a former CIA field operative said.
The Trump administration's plan to accept a luxury jet donated by the Qatari government to use as Air Force One raises significant security concerns, intelligence experts and government officials say, as President Donald Trump said it would be "stupid" not to accept a free plane.Trump on Monday defended the administration's plans to receive a luxury jet donated by the Qatari government during remarks at the White House, calling the donation a "very nice gesture.""I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. I mean, I could be a stupid person and say, 'No, we don't want a free, very expensive airplane.' But it was, I thought it was a great gesture," he said.MORE: Trump admin live updatesRhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, slammed the move, arguing that using the plane as Air Force One would "pose immense counterintelligence risks by granting a foreign nation potential access to sensitive systems and communications.""This reckless disregard for national security and diplomatic propriety signals a dangerous willingness to barter American interests for personal gain," Reed said in a statement Monday. "It is an affront to the office of the presidency and a betrayal of the trust placed in any U.S. leader to safeguard the nation's sovereignty."Air Force One a 'high-value target'Air Force One sits on the tarmac, May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe primary aircraft used in the current Air Force One fleet includes two aging Boeing 747-200 jumbo jets that have been operational since 1990. Despite flying for more than 35 years, the current pair of Air Force One jets are considered some of the safest and secure aircraft in the world.Many of the security features on the plane remain classified. It has anti-missile defenses or countermeasure systems to protect against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, and the communication devices can also withstand the pulse of a nuclear blast. It is also outfitted with sophisticated communications capability to allow the president to securely run the country from the plane and protect him from cyberattacks."It's designed to transport the president in a safe way and be able to withstand physical attacks, but to also ensure that the president maintains communication with military, his cabinet, other government leaders in a safe and secure manner," said John Cohen, an ABC News contributor and former acting Homeland Security official. "Any building or vehicle or airplane that the president is located is a high-value target for foreign intelligence services who want to gather as much information about the president."Air Force One can also remain in the air for several days due to its ability to refuel in midair. The plane also houses a small medical facility where doctors could perform surgery if needed.All of these systems would likely need to be installed on the Boeing 747-8 that Trump would receive as a gift from Qatar.MORE: Trump defends Qatar jumbo jet offer, says it would be 'stupid' to turn away free planeA jet donated by Qatar would also be a "counterintelligence nightmare," ABC News contributor Darrell Blocker, a former CIA field operative, said."If you go back to almost anything that is given by a foreign government, there are regulations and restrictions and guidelines for ensuring that they're not being bugged, and a plane would be an absolute nightmare to be able to confirm that it's not," Blocker told ABC News Live on Monday. "From an intelligence perspective, it's not the brightest move."Blocker cited that when the U.S. embassy was being built in Moscow in the 1980s, the U.S. had to "take it down to its bare bones" because the Russians "put bugs through every room, every facility.""I think the people of Troy, when they accepted that horse, regretted it after the fact also," he said.The complexity and time needed to retrofit and inspect the plane raise questions on cost and a timeline."Even under the best of circumstances, it's going to take a significant effort for the military to be satisfied that the aircraft is constructed safely, that it's not compromised from the standpoint of intelligence collection capabilities being planted on it, and that it is built in a way that it will be able to assimilate the sensitive communications and countermeasure capabilities that are that are present on any plane that's Air Force One," Cohen said. "To be done right, it's not going to happen quickly.""In order to adequately ensure that this airplane -- which was operated by a foreign government that happens to have a relationship with Iran and China and Russia -- in order to ensure that that plane has not had collection capabilities introduced into it when it was constructed, they're gonna have to basically tear it down to the airframe," he added.White House working on 'legal details'Both the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense referred questions to the White House when asked about the possible transfer of the Qatari-owned Boeing 747 to the Department of Defense."The plane will be donated to the Department of Defense, and as with any foreign gift given to the United States Government, all proper safety and security protocols will be followed," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told ABC News.House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday he would not comment on Trump preparing to receive the jet from Qatar because he hasn't seen the "details."The White House is working on the "legal details" of the Qatari government's donation to the Defense Department, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday in an appearance on Fox News."But, of course, any donation to this government is always done in full compliance with the law. And we commit ourselves to the utmost transparency and we will continue to do that," Leavitt added.President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2025.Manuel Balce Ceneta/APTrump said during remarks at the White House on Monday that he doesn't plan to use the plane after he leaves office. Pressed by ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott on what he would say to people who view the luxury plane as a personal gift to him, Trump said it was not a gift to him but "a gift to the Department of Defense."Sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News that the plane would be a gift that is to be available for use by Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation.If a private contractor were able to complete the modifications needed to the donated plane before the end of Trump's presidency, many of the systems installed would then need to be removed should the Trump presidential library foundation take possession of the plane upon Trump leaving office due to the sensitive nature of the technology.Ultimately, Cohen said he suspects that members of the intelligence community and the military will assess the risk to national security and "the level of effort to minimize the risk to national security.""If they're doing their job, the president's national security team will explain to him the level of risk that exists if a foreign intelligence service were able to introduce collection capabilities that could intercept face-to-face communications on the plane, electronic communications coming from the plane," Cohen said. "They should also be explaining to him the level of effort that it will involve in order for that risk to be mitigated. And with that information, he can then make an informed decision on whether and under what conditions to accept the airplane."

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