{"id":116055,"date":"2026-04-06T14:40:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116055"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:40:49","slug":"116055","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116055","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/rusty-weiss\/2026\/04\/06\/trump-vows-to-hunt-down-jail-leaker-who-endangered-missing-f-15-pilot-by-tipping-off-iran-n2201013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Vows to Hunt Down, Jail Leaker Who Endangered Missing F-15 Pilot By Tipping Off Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Trump vowed to hunt down and jail the leaker who revealed that U.S. forces could not initially reach the second American crew member of an F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the White House briefing room on Monday, a clearly perturbed Commander in Chief declared that the media&#8217;s disclosure tipped off Tehran and directly endangered the airman\u2019s life. Not to mention the lives of hundreds of troops searching for the missing crew member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking very hard to find that leaker,\u201d he said. \u201cThey basically said that we have one, and there\u2019s somebody missing. Well, [Iran] didn\u2019t know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President indicated he would pressure the media outlet that published the story to reveal their sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think we\u2019ll be able to find it out,\u201d Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/us-news\/trump-vows-to-catch-leaker-who-revealed-us-could-not-initially-reach-f-15-pilot-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">continued<\/a>. \u201cBecause we\u2019re going to go to the media company that released it, and we\u2019re going to say, \u2018National security. Give it up or go to jail.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2041206188608455138&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Frusty-weiss%2F2026%2F04%2F06%2Ftrump-vows-to-hunt-down-jail-leaker-who-endangered-missing-f-15-pilot-by-tipping-off-iran-n2201013&amp;sessionId=556a457d4e3f956582a5e50d268da47c1c24e35a&amp;siteScreenName=RedState&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2041206188608455138\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The leak, first reported by Israel\u2019s Channel 12 and quickly picked up by U.S. outlets including Axios and the Washington Post, came as the wounded second crew member was fighting for his life behind enemy lines.<\/p>\n<p>The information prompted a race between our military heroes and the terrorist regime.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s state television, you may recall, quickly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/rusty-weiss\/2026\/04\/03\/race-to-rescue-american-crew-intensifies-after-us-fighter-jet-goes-down-iran-puts-bounty-on-pilot-n2200928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urged civilians<\/a>\u00a0in the area to hunt down the American airman, placing a bounty on his head. An anchor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-3-2026-a6365c6123cc8a696474f576d4ce7668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told residents<\/a>\u00a0to hand over any \u201cenemy pilot\u201d to the police with the promise of a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/03\/world-news\/iran-claims-it-shot-down-us-fighter-jet-as-bounty-placed-on-pilot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">precious prize<\/a>&#8221; if they do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who succeed in capturing or killing hostile enemy forces will be specially commended by the Governor\u2019s office,&#8221; the governor of Iran&#8217;s southern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province announced, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cgj0gn36px8t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-pasted=\"true\">the BBC<\/a>\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden, they know that there\u2019s somebody out there,\u201d Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-iran-press-conference-jail-journalist-fighter-jet-pilot-rcna266958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told reporters<\/a>\u00a0at the briefing. \u201cThey see all these planes coming in. It became a much more difficult operation because a leaker leaked that we have one, we\u2019ve rescued one, but there\u2019s another one out there that we\u2019re trying to get.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo actually, the country Iran, put out a major notice \u2014 you all saw it \u2014 offering a very big award for anybody that captures the pilot,\u201d he added. \u201cSo in addition to a hostile, very talented, very good, very evil military, we had millions of people trying to get an award, so when you add that to it, but we have to find that leaker, because that\u2019s a sick person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t just a leak \u2014 it was a direct assist to the enemy that turned every member of the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps), not to mention every civilian looking for a quick payday, into a bounty hunter gunning for our airman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Vows to Hunt Down, Jail Leaker Who Endangered Missing F-15 Pilot By Tipping Off Iran President Trump vowed to hunt down and jail the leaker who revealed that U.S. forces could not initially reach the second American crew member of an F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran. 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