US EditionAn Army veteran is charged with sharing classified details of an elite commando unit
Prosecutors say she sent top secret details to a reporter and shared them on social media, with investigators citing more than 180 messages.
- On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted Courtney Williams, a 40-year-old Army veteran from Wagram, North Carolina, on charges of transmitting classified national defense information to an unauthorized journalist.
- Prosecutors allege Williams provided classified tactics to investigative journalist Seth Harp for his 2025 book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, which examined drug trafficking and murder allegations at the military base.
- Evidence includes more than 180 messages and 10 hours of phone calls between the two, with the Justice Department claiming the disclosed material was classified as SECRET and marked NOFORN.
- Following her arrest Monday, Williams faces Espionage Act charges and allegedly told her mother she was "probably going to jail for life" for the disclosure.
- Harp claimed Williams is a whistleblower retaliated against for exposing misconduct, while FBI official Patel warned the agency "will not tolerate those who seek to betray our country.
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An former U.S. Army employee was charged with publishing classified information to a journalist, announced Wednesday's Department of Justice, reports AFP.
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The arrest of an ex-Army employee accused of leaking classified material to the press sparked outrage on Wednesday night. FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Wednesday that the FBI had arrested 40-year-old Courtney Williams of Wagram, North Carolina, for allegedly leaking classified information to ...
Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified military information to journalist
A former Fort Bragg employee with top-secret clearance is accused of leaking classified military tactics to a journalist, then admitting to her mother that she could be arrested for exposing sensitive operations, according to a federal complaint.Courtney P. Williams, 40, an Army veteran assigned to a Special Military Unit (SMU) at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday and charged with unlawfully transmitting national d…
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