US EditionEx-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 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.
175 Articles
175 Articles
Delta Force Whistleblower Charged Under Espionage Act After Exposing Sexual Harassment in US Army's Most Elite Unit
A former civilian employee at Fort Bragg has been charged under the Espionage Act after she spoke to a journalist about alleged sexual harassment and race-based discrimination inside Delta Force, the US Army's most secretive counterterrorism unit. On 8 April 2026, the FBI arrested Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina. A federal grand jury indicted her the same day on a charge of unlawfully transmitting national defence information to…
The disclosure of classified information can be expensive. A 40-year-old analyst paid the cost. Courtney Williams, a former employee of the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina. According to armes.com, the employee was entitled to consult classified top secret documents, giving him access to sensitive information related to national defence. The FBI's Deputy Director of Counter-Espionage and Espionage, Roman Rozhavsky, explains that "Court…
Courtney Williams, 40, resident of North Carolina, was charged by a federal grand jury for leaking national security information
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 54% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
