Merely noting publicly that there is a bombing operation (as the president has) puts the lives of anyone in danger who are involved. Where do you draw the line? Should all military operations be kept secret, no matter how abstract? To what extent? Should the public ever be informed of military operations at all, ever, if it just slightly increases danger? How do you balance public interest vs protection?

If you have people missing behind enemy lines, you try to avoid anyone knowing that.

And you must understand this fascist administration is merely repeating their pattern of absolute message control to an extreme. Remember when the Pentagon tried to get the press to sign papers saying they will not report anything that isn't preapproved? Did you see Trump going after CNN for reporting on Iran's 10 terms?

My God, they want to prosecute political dissonance and the free press, and ignore their own war crimes (and threats thereof). Don't they have bigger issues to tackle today? The entire country is so desensitize to this insanity that is not normal, such that repeated actions seem reasonable. This entire thing is about false outrage and distraction, and making an example out of anyone to chill free expression going forward in a shit show of a war

Your country is rapidly sliding towards fascism because common sense dictates that you do not see patterns and abuses, and follow Hegseth's and Dead Leader's orders. Be a good person, and do nothing, and we know the end of that story.

Good to know you don't have a stake in this.

Obviously Iran knew a plane was down and THEY called on their people to find the pilots.

Did he tell the media that ONE pilot was rescued and one still missing? That is information that was better not out there.

However, was it the DOD that spoke of the successful rescue of one pilot and it was already known there would have been two.

And no, this isn't an opinion.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pentagon-journalists-lose-access-government-rules-9.6939937

They will fabricate/exaggerate a case to make an example out of this person in order to chill future free expression

But was it leaked on purpose?

There are secrets and leaks? Hell Trump was bragging about it after it was leaked!