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A stunning new claim from U.S. President Donald Trump has ignited debate over what really happened during the high-risk rescue of the downed F-15E Strike Eagle crew inside Iran
According to Trump, the U.S. military and intelligence agencies carried out a massive deception operation, deliberately misleading Iranian forces with multiple false locations and decoy movements to protect the stranded pilot.

Officials say the strategy involved spreading misinformation that the pilot had already been found and was being moved—creating confusion and forcing Iranian forces to search in the wrong areas.

In reality, the airman—injured and hiding in mountainous terrain—managed to evade capture for nearly 48 hours, while U.S. forces coordinated a large-scale rescue mission involving dozens (reportedly over 100+) aircraft, drones, and special operations units.

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00:00John Ratcliffe, he did a phenomenal job that night.
00:04He did something that I don't know if you want to talk about it.
00:06If you want, you can. I'm not sure you're supposed to.
00:08I'm not going to talk about it.
00:09But the CIA was very responsible for finding this little speck.
00:13It's like they used an expression on one of the shows.
00:16The general was talking about it's like finding a needle in a haystack,
00:20finding this pilot.
00:21You may, if you can, you'll talk.
00:22It might be classified, in which case I'd have to put him in jail if he talks about it.
00:27And I don't want to put him in jail.
00:28He doesn't deserve that.
00:30So I just, I'm so proud of the people that I have standing up here with me,
00:34and many others that worked.
00:35I mean, so many.
00:37Steve Witkoff is over here.
00:38He's doing fantastically.
00:40Jared Kushner.
00:41But the people that are here, the job they did is amazing.
00:45And I think I'm going to introduce the head of the CIA.
00:48And he is a man who, he's central casting, okay?
00:53If we cast a movie, he's going to play the head of the CIA.
00:56He's one of the few.
00:58John Ratcliffe, he did a phenomenal job that night.
01:02He did something that, I don't know if you want to talk about it.
01:04If you want, you can.
01:05I'm not sure he's supposed to.
01:06I'm not going to talk about it.
01:07But he really, the CIA was very responsible for finding this little speck.
01:12It's like they used an expression on one of the shows.
01:15The general was talking about, it's like finding a needle in a haystack,
01:19finding this pilot.
01:21And the CIA was unbelievable.
01:23And you may, if you can, you'll talk, it might be classified.
01:27In which case, I'd have to put him in jail if he talks about it.
01:30And I don't want to put him in jail.
01:31He doesn't deserve that.
01:33So, John, do you want to say a few words?
01:36At the President's direction, we deployed both human assets and exquisite technologies
01:42that no other intelligence service in the world possesses to a daunting challenge,
01:47comparable to hunting for a single grain of sand in the middle of a desert.
01:53This was also a race against the clock, as it was critical that we locate the downed aviator
01:59as quickly as possible, while at the same time keeping our enemies misdirected.
02:06For that reason, in addition to the human and technical assets deployed by the President to
02:13find our airmen, CIA executed a deception campaign to confuse the Iranians who were desperately
02:21hunting for our airmen. On Saturday morning, we achieved our primary objective by finding
02:28and providing confirmation that one of America's best and bravest was alive and concealed in a
02:35mountain crevice, still invisible to the enemy, but not to the CIA. That confirmation was relayed by
02:44Secretary Hegseth to the President, and the operation quickly moved to the execution phase.
02:51Following the successful exfiltration on Saturday night, our intelligence reflects that the Iranians
02:57were embarrassed and ultimately humiliated by the success of this audacious rescue mission.
03:05When the President asked me to lead the CIA, he made it clear, get back to basics, no politics,
03:12no agendas, tackle the hardest problems, and execute the toughest missions. This President is about
03:20results, and now that's what his CIA is about too. The professionals at the agency and at the
03:28Department of War deserve immense credit for their flawless execution during this daring mission. Their
03:34skill, creativity, and courage are unmatched on the battlefield wherever they step.
03:42But none of that matters, and all of that is wasted without a President with the political courage
03:49courage to put them into action.
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04:01So save everyone!
04:01We are out of the left and the BACKWISE that are supposed to be killed somehow.
04:03Now watch a film in theaton German!
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