{"id":15601,"date":"2026-04-07T15:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15601"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:19:04","slug":"trump-says-us-will-go-after-leaker-of-info-on-downed-pilot-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15601","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US will go after \u2018leaker\u2019 of info on downed pilot in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ScreenShot_2026-04-07_151513_054.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ScreenShot_2026-04-07_151513_054.png 317w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ScreenShot_2026-04-07_151513_054-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump on Monday said his administration is looking for a \u201cleaker\u201d who shared information with the media about a daring rescue mission after a U.S. fighter jet was downed inside Iran last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t talk about the first one for an hour and then somebody leaked something,\u201d Trump told reporters during a press conference at the White House. \u201cWhich, we\u2019ll hopefully find that leaker, we\u2019re looking very hard for them. \u2026 We think we\u2019ll be able to find it out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president suggested media outlets that reported on the downed jet and the status of its crew before the government put information out about the incident could face criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to go to the media company that released it,\u201d the president said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to say national security, give it up or go to jail. And we know who and you know who we\u2019re talking about, because there\u2019s some things you can\u2019t do and all of a sudden the entire country of Iran knew there was a pilot that was somewhere on their land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said media reporting on the incident made the rescue mission for the missing pilot more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut we have to find that leaker because that\u2019s a sick person,\u201d Trump said. \u201cProbably didn\u2019t realize the extent of how bad it was \u2026 but we\u2019re going to find out it\u2019s national security and the person that did the story will go to jail if he doesn\u2019t say. They put this mission at great risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump did not call out any specific media organization by name, but a number of outlets including The New York Times, Fox News and Axios were among the first to report on the downed plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. forces over the weekend were able to locate and rescue the two service members whose F-15E Strike Eagle was downed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump and military officials at the Monday press conference discussed the rescue, describing it as a spectacular mission and a humiliation for Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump and his allies have ramped up pressure on media outlets since the war began, bashing coverage of the conflict as overly critical and accusing journalists at mainstream outlets of not being supportive enough of ongoing operations there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday\u2019s press conference came just hours before the president\u2019s deadline for Iran to cut a ceasefire deal before what he calls a \u201ctotal obliteration\u201d of the country\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump on Monday said his administration is looking for a \u201cleaker\u201d who shared information with the media about a daring rescue mission after a U.S. fighter jet was downed inside Iran last week. \u201cWe didn\u2019t talk about the first one for an hour and then somebody leaked something,\u201d Trump told reporters during a press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":15602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1712,1724,617],"class_list":["post-15601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-says","tag-trump","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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