Assuming the information is accurate, Washington's narrative regarding the "second airman's Iran extraction", emphasises CIA brilliance, i.e. it gathered intel from agents in the region to figure out where the airman was at & called several US aircraft to fish him out.
If not classified (i.e. unsupported by legal evidence), may Washington explain the necessity of a battlefield strategy towards Tehran, with such an awesome US intelligence network spread across Iran &/or its neighboring countries?