Furious Trump Vows to Identify, Jail Leaker Who Endangered F-15 Pilot by Tipping Iran

Freedom of the press is one of our most cherished constitutional rights and freedoms, but there has always been a rule – unspoken, but a rule nonetheless – that you don’t published leaked information if it puts American national security and military personnel at risk. But that rule was broken in recent days over reporting involving the crew of the F-15E Strike Eagle that was lost in the skies over Iran. President Trump on Monday gave another of his lengthy, ad-lib press conferences, but in doing so, he vowed to hunt down and jail the leaker who revealed that U.S. forces could not initially reach the second F-15 crewmember. During a press briefing at the White House, the visibly upset Commander in Chief stated that the media’s disclosure had alerted Tehran, putting the airman’s life in jeo