BREAKING ���� According to a senior administration official:

Before locating the WSO (Weapons System Officer) and launching a daring rescue, the CIA initiated a deception campaign, spreading word inside Iran that U.S. forces had already found him and were moving him overland for exfiltration.

As Iranian forces grappled with confusion and uncertainty, the Agency leveraged its unique and highly sophisticated capabilities to search for — and ultimately locate — the American airman. It was the ultimate “needle in a haystack” scenario: a courageous American hidden within a mountain crevice, undetectable by conventional means but revealed through CIA intelligence.

The CIA promptly shared the WSO’s precise location with the Pentagon and the White House.

The President then ordered an immediate rescue mission. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) executed the operation with boldness and precision, while the CIA continued to provide real-time intelligence support throughout. - Fox News

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