if it were so secret, how did the media know who he was and what they were?

could have just said nothing about it...

but NOOOOOO, blow it all out there for the world to see....

which was embargoed to help protect the Trumps’ safety in Iraq — the president asked the chaplain of Seal Team 5, Lieutenant Commander Kyu Lee, to take a picture with him, revealing the presence of the special-ops team at the al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq. When Trump left Iraqi airspace, he posted a video in which he and the First Lady pause for photos with members of Seal Team 5, decked out in full battle gear and night-vision goggles.

Trump didnt say anything about who they were, who he was, or anything of the sort... the media did....

how did they know, if they are so secretive and no one knows who they are?

you ever ask yourself those questions? how the media gets top secret information?

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/trump-exposes-location-identities-of-navy-seals-in-iraq.html