Afghanistan, Oct. 15 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized the disclosure of classified details about a U.S. military operation against Iran, claiming that information about the departure and arrival times of American B-2 stealth bombers forced him to reconsider the timing of the mission.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Arizona on Wednesday, Trump accused unnamed sources of leaking operational details to The New York Times and CNN before the June 2025 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, known as Operation Midnight Hammer.
Trump said the bombers had been scheduled to depart Missouri at 12:07 a.m. but that the disclosure alerted Iran to the operation. He said he contacted General Dan Caine, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of St...