Why is a Trump-mouth anonymously discussing CIA activity in a war zone?

When has any 'senior' official ever spoken this loosely on CIA activity mid-conflict?

Confirmations compromise sources.

'The CIA spread word that the U.S. had found him and were moving him by ground to get him out of Iran, according to a senior Trump administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet made public. '

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-iran-service-member-rescue-9.7153800

#humint #iran #trump #epstein #war

U.S. carries out daring rescue of service members whose jet was shot down | CBC News

The United States pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy lines before setting off a complicated extraction of the second service member who hid deep in the mountains as Tehran called for Iranians to help capture him.

CBC