FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Worker for Alleged Leak to Media
“FBI and our partners have arrested a former SOCOM employee, who supported our top-level military warfighters, for allegedly transmitting classified information to a member of the media,” Patel said on the social media platform X.
He credited the investigation to agents from the FBI’s Charlotte field office and the bureau’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, in collaboration with the US Department of Justice.
Federal authorities identified the suspect as Courtney Williams from Wagram, North Carolina.
She is alleged to have leaked classified information between 2022 and 2024 concerning a covert US military unit, according to court documents released Wednesday.
Williams previously worked for the army from 2010 to 2016, including assignments related to a special military unit often referred to as Delta Force, and held a top-secret security clearance before her access was revoked following an internal investigation.
She faces one charge of illegally communicating national defense information, which carries a potential prison term of up to 10 years if she is convicted.
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