Trump Reveals The Brutal Punishment Leakers Should Face Over Iran Raid
At a campaign rally, President Donald Trump stated that government workers leaking secrets ought to be shot. He made this claim while defending a past military strike against Iran. He stated that leakers are the scum of the Earth. The comments came Wednesday in Bullhead City, Arizona.
Trump spoke about a specific raid he ordered last summer. He said the mission was called off because someone told the media the exact time. “They leaked that we were leaving at 12:07 from Missouri,” Trump said, according to the New York Post. The report appeared in The New York Times and CNN, he added.
The president described how the leak forced him to change his plans. “I called off the raid,” the president told rally-goers. He spoke with Gen. Dan Caine, who holds the position of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They decided to move the mission to a different time.
President Trump claims that there was a leak on a raid that was in “The New York Times, CNN” and says, “my opinion, leakers should be shot.” https://t.co/qYyEH3wi9i
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Two days later, they moved forward with the attack. They deployed B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from the same base. They left at the same time as originally planned, Trump said. He believes the leak endangered the mission and the troops involved.
Trump pointed to the journalists covering his rally and compared them to leakers. “Those same people up there, they’re almost as bad as a leaker,” he said, according to NBC News. He argued that false reporting makes them a leaker in his view. The president has often called the news media the “true Enemy of the People.”
He called for harsh punishment for anyone who shares classified info. “Leakers should be, in my opinion, leakers should be shot,” Trump said, according to the Washington Examiner. He said they ought to go to jail for the rest of their lives. He noted that in the old days, the country used to shoot leakers.
His administration has already tried to stop leaks through new rules. Federal agencies are now asking employees to sign nondisclosure agreements. Investigators also tested about 50 members of the Joint Staff. They pressed them on whether they shared secrets with journalists.
This push for accountability follows a recent decision on a convicted shooter. Last week, Trump gave approval for the military firing squad to be used. The execution targets Nidal Hassan, who killed soldiers at Fort Hood.