Posted on 01/05/2026 12:08:59 PM PST by Navy Patriot
Secretary of State Marco Rubio applauded mainstream media outlets that had learned of, but held off reporting on, the U.S. operation that apprehended Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro.
Rubio's comments, delivered Sunday on ABC's "This Week," marked a rare moment of public praise from a senior Trump administration official toward major legacy outlets that President Donald Trump has frequently criticized as biased and hostile.
Rubio said the decision by newsrooms to delay publication likely saved American lives, as U.S. forces carried out a high-risk late-night raid.
According to Semafor, both The New York Times and The Washington Post learned of the secret operation shortly before it was scheduled to begin Friday night.
Two people familiar with the communications told Semafor that the outlets held their reporting after administration officials warned that premature publication could expose U.S. troops and jeopardize the mission.
Despite the deep mutual hostility between Trump's White House and much of the mainstream press, the episode offered a rare glimpse of cooperation on a high-stakes national security matter.
Rubio explicitly thanked the press for its restraint, emphasizing that "operational security" was the top priority.
"It would have put the people who carried this on in very — in harm's way," Rubio said. "And frankly, a number of media outlets had gotten leaks that this was coming and held it for that very reason, and we thank them for doing that or lives could have been lost. American lives."
For conservatives, Rubio's remarks underscore two realities that often get overlooked in the daily media war.
First, leaks can kill, and second, even adversarial institutions sometimes recognize the gravity of protecting American troops in the field.
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Is Prog Marxist Democrat Mainstream Media suffering a touch of American Patriotism?
If they are it puts them in “George W. Bush Mode” IMHO.
Hopefully they will find out who leaked and hang them. After a fair, 5-min trial, of course.
I do note that the MSM will not practice operational secrecy when their “news” puts President Trump’s life at risk in the US, however, they did for the US troops in the Venezuelan operation.
I agree...they need to find who leaked it....and give them life in prison...
The punishment needs to be so overwhelming that its just not with the risk.
I actually had to look thinking it was the Bee.
If the enenedia knew, the ChiComs and the Russians likely did, too.
If so, why didn’t they warn Maduro...?
Is Marco being sarcastic?
I would like to know who leaked it.
Marg Brennan actually asked Rubio why we didn’t get all the Venezuelans we have bounties on.
Yep. The fact that the "media" exercised restraint doesn't change the fact that the leakers committed a crime. Burn them.
It’s absolutely crazy, those leaks never end.
The one who did it committed an act of high-treason.
The key point here is that there was another leak at the highest level of the WH or the Pentagon...
Heads need to be identified and converted to bowling balls...
Understood.
She makes bimbos look bad
Tell you what.
Let’s give it a shout out.
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