"Following the successful exfiltration on Saturday night, our intelligence reflects that the Iranians were embarrassed and ultimately humiliated by the success of this audacious rescue."
"This is at night. And they kept the camera on him for 45 minutes, suggesting the CIA had a covert surveillance capability - potentially a drone or satellite."
The CIA executed a deception campaign to aid in the rescue of an F-15E Strike Eagle weapons systems officer downed in Iran. CIA Director John Ratcliffe reported that human assets and advanced technologies were deployed to locate the injured officer, who was hidden in a mountain crevice. Following a successful exfiltration, intelligence indicated that Iranian forces were embarrassed by the operation's success. President Trump praised the CIA's capabilities, suggesting they used covert surveillance to track the airman's movements during the rescue.
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