A secret American rescue mission in the heart of Iran was nearly compromised not by enemy radar but most probably by a leak from within the United States itself.

Right now Washington is reeling from a massive security breach that sounds like something out of a spy thriller and President Donald Trump is absolutely furious.

He had just gone on the record to declare that the traitorous leak nearly cost an American fighter pilot his life during a high stakes rescue operation in Iran.

Listen in to what Donald Trump had to say when you add that to it.

But we have to find that leaker cuz that’s a sick person.

Probably didn’t realize the extent of how bad it was.

I can’t imagine that the person did.

But we’re going to find out.

It’s national security and the person that did the story will go to jail if he doesn’t say and that doesn’t last long and I think everybody would understand it.

They put this mission at great risk.

They put that man at great risk and they put the hundreds of people that went in looking for him because everyone now knows that we’re going in.

For days the world watched as the military operation pulled a downed US pilot out of a hostile territory.

But what we did not know until now was that the Iranian military actually had no idea the pilot was even missing until they read about it in the American news.

Now to understand how dangerous this is, we have to look at the entire timeline.

Now according to President Donald Trump, the US military was moving in total silence to [music] extract a pilot who had gone down in Iranian territory.

And in these types of missions, every second of anonymity is a shield.

If the enemy does not know you are there, they aren’t looking out for you.

But while the rescue teams were there midair, a domestic media outlet, which the president has yet to name, [music] published details of the pilot’s location and the ongoing crisis.

And suddenly, the Iranian military went from standard patrol mode to a fullcale manhunt.

turning a quiet extraction into a race against death.

[music] The key player here is not just a hostile foreign power, but an unidentified leager within the United system.

Now, President Trump is calling this a direct threat to national security, and his response is uncharacteristically blunt even for him.

He’s not just complaining about fake news this time.

He’s threatening jail time.

During a recent press conference, he signaled that his administration is prepared to take legal action against the media organization involved, demanding that they hand over their sources or face the consequences behind [music] bars.

However, strangely, hours later, attention also had turned to Amit Seel, an Israeli scribe who had first reported on the crash on his Telegram account.

As speculation and intense debate circulated online about which publication might be in Trump’s crosshairs, [music] an Israeli journalist Ahmed Seel identified himself as the first person to report that a second American airman was missing.

Seel directly acknowledged the story that prompted Porters to threaten imprisonment if the journalist did not disclose his sources.

[music] Now, that raises a massive question about the motive.

Now, was this a whistleblower trying to expose a botched mission or was it a reckless grab for a headline that disregarded a human life? Trump’s administration, specifically through the FCC, has already been hinting [music] at revoking licenses for media outlets that they claim broadcast fake news or endanger the country.

Now this latest incident in Iran has given the administration the [music] ultimate ammunition to move from rhetoric to actual prosecution.

Now the data points we are seeing suggest a growing divide between the white house and [music] the breast cops.

Now the President Donald Trump’s supporters see this as a necessary move to protect soldiers.

While critics argue that this terrifying step towards dismantling the first amendment.

Now if the government can force a journalist to reveal a source under the threat of prison, it changes the landscape of American journalism forever.

But when that source leaks information that puts a soldier in crosshair, the ethical lines here [music] become incredibly blurred.

So where does this go from here? We are looking at the potential landmark legal battle.

Now, the president has made it clear that he views this leak as an act of treason.

If the Department of Justice follows through, we could see a media house raided or journalists under Lens in a way we have not seen in decades.

The rescue was a success.

The pilot is home, but the political fallout is just beginning.

Now it’s a moment that demands we ask where does the right to no end and the right to safety begin.

The implications for the future are heavy.

If so-called insider who betrayed the secret is found, it could lead to the [music] most high-profile security trial of the century.

The hunt for the leaker is on and the president has made it clear that he is looking for vengeance.