Trump vows to catch ‘leaker’ who revealed US could not initially reach F-15 pilot in Iran: ‘Give it up or go to jail’
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“President Trump vowed Monday to catch the 'leaker' who revealed that US forces were not immediately able to rescue the second F-15 pilot shot down over Iran.”
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Wikipedia entries mention the 2026 Iran war and Trump's presidency but do not reference any statements by Trump about identifying a leaker related to an F-15 pilot rescue. No corroboration found in provided evidence.
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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— This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
“Trump explained that the leak could have endangered the missing pilot’s life.”
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Wikipedia entries about F-15 losses and aircraft specifications do not mention any leaks or statements by Trump regarding risks to a pilot's life. No relevant evidence found.
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— This is a list of losses involving the F-15 including the F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, Mitsubishi F-15J and other F-15 variants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F-15_losses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F-15_losses
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— The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Intended for the Dual-Role Fighter (DRF) progra…
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— The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Forc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle
“Israel’s Channel 12 was credited by Military Times with being the first to report that a second American pilot was missing in a broadcast.”
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Wikipedia entries about the 2026 Iran war and Lebanon war do not reference Channel 12 or Military Times crediting them with reporting a missing pilot. No corroboration found.
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between the state of Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. The war has killed more than 1,400 militants and civilians com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
“The Post was unable to immediately find the clip, but Channel 12 reporter Amit Segal posted the information to X at 11:19 a.m. on Friday.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm or refute the claim about Amit Segal's X post.
“Segal exclusively told The Post on Monday that he was unaware if he was the first to report the news, but pledged not to disclose who tipped him off.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm or refute Segal's statements to The Post.
“Outlets including Axios — which appears to be the first US-language outlet to report the news — and the Washington Post also ran stories quoting US and Israeli officials and sources familiar shortly after the Channel 12 reporter’s tweet.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm Axios or The Post's reporting timeline or sources.
“A senior administration official declined to name the suspected reporter.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm a senior administration official's refusal to name a suspected reporter.
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