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Ex-Army employee with top-secret clearance charged with leaking information to journalist
Federal prosecutors say Courtney Williams exchanged more than 180 messages with a journalist and shared classified material used in a book and article.
- On April 7, 2026, the FBI arrested Courtney Williams, a former Fort Bragg employee, and a federal grand jury indicted her the next day for willfully transmitting classified national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act.
- Federal prosecutors allege Williams, a former signature reduction specialist, exchanged over 180 messages and 10 hours of calls with investigative reporter Seth Harp between 2022 and 2025 while he sought information for an upcoming book.
- Prosecutors allege Williams provided classified 'tactics, techniques, and procedures' through documents and a removable drive; she texted she was 'concerned about the amount of classified information being disclosed' after the August 2025 book release.
- Williams remains detained pending a preliminary hearing on April 13 and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. FBI Director Kash Patel stated the arrest should "serve as a message to any would-be leakers: we're working these cases, and we're making arrests."
- Journalist Seth Harp denounced the prosecution as a "vindictive act of retaliation" against a whistleblower exposing sexual harassment in Delta Force, while federal officials maintain the case protects national security from unauthorized classified disclosures.
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Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified information
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