President Donald Trump threatened to jail journalists at the media outlet that first reported a second airman was missing following the shoot-down of an American fighter jet in Iran on Friday.
Both the pilot and the "back seater" were recovered by American forces in what the president, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine described as separate, daring operations during a White House news conference on Monday.
The pilot was recovered within several hours, while the second airman was stranded in Iranian territory until early Sunday, when U.S. forces landed and rescued him.
Trump said that he would pursue whoever leaked information about the second airman — which the U.S. government had hoped to keep secret in order to prevent him from being captured or killed by Iran — and pressure the news media to assist in that investigation.
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teaster
...and the issue is? Journalists should know what needs to be kept secret!!! If they don't know, they deserve to pay a penalty... there were lives at stake!!! If 200 soldiers were killed saving this guy THAT THE 'JOURNALIST' OUTED... then what? CAN YOU NOT THINK FOR YOURSELF AT ALL? Or do you just always say what democrats tell you to say? Get a life! No. Get a brain!
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