US President Donald Trump said US authorities are trying to identify the person who “leaked” information that a second airman was stranded in Iran after the first one was rescued.
He said Iran was not aware of the status of the second pilot prior to the report, which made the US rescue operation “much more difficult”.
Trump said US authorities would demand the media company that published the report to provide the identity of the leaker or face prosecution.
“We’re looking very hard to find that leaker,” said Trump. “We think we’ll be able to find it out because we’re going to go to the media company that released it and we’re going to say: ‘National security – give it up or go to jail’.”
The US president claimed that the US’s war on Iran is going well and that US forces could “take out” the whole country in a single night.
“The entire country can be taken out in one night,” said Trump. “And that night might be tomorrow night.
