"The president indicated he would ask an unnamed media outlet to reveal the sources behind its coverage of Iran’s successful strike on a U.S. fighter jet, and of its crew."
"President Trump vowed on Monday to pursue a “leaker” involved in disclosing details about the downing of a U.S. fighter jet in Iran late last week and indicated that the government would take action against an unnamed media outlet that disseminated the information.
Mr. Trump was speaking at a news conference on the rescue of two crew members who ejected from the cockpit of an F-15E Strike Eagle that Iran shot down on Friday. Though the pilot was rescued quickly, the weapons systems officer could not be located right away, prompting a two-day scramble to find him before enemy forces did.
Mr. Trump said the reporting had put the at-large airman and others in danger. The administration, he added, was “looking very hard to find that leaker.” Efforts to unmask the source of the information, he continued, would include approaching the news outlet that had published it.
“We’re going to go to the media company that released it,” Mr. Trump said, “and we’re going to say, ‘National security — give it up or go to jail.’ And we know who, and you know who, we’re talking about.”"
