Trump Vows To Find ‘Sick Person’ In Iran Rescue Leak, Warns Media Could Face Jail For Not Divulging

President Donald Trump vowed Monday the administration will find out who leaked details about the then-ongoing rescue of crew members trapped behind enemy lines in Iran, and warned of consequences for any failure to cooperate.

The United States military rescued the weapon systems officer (WSO) of a F-15E Strike Eagle from Iranian territory early Sunday morning, with Trump announcing the successful rescue in a post on Truth Social. Trump said the leak about the WSO placed American military personnel “at great risk,” and warned both the media and the leaker that consequences are coming.

“We didn’t talk about the first one for an hour and then somebody leaked something, which we’ll hopefully find that leaker, we’re looking very hard to find that leaker and talked about, there’s somebody missing,” Trump told reporters during a Monday press conference. “They basically said that we have one and there’s somebody missing. Well, they didn’t know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information.”

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The president noted that divulging the rescue operation while it was underway could have been deadly to the servicemembers involved. He pointed out that Iran “put out a major note, as you all saw it, offering a very big award for anybody that captures the pilot.”

“So in addition to a hostile, very talented, very good, very evil military, we had millions of people trying to get an award,” he said, before turning his attention to the media company that ran the story.