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The FBI has arrested a former Army employee accused of leaking classified information to a journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday that Courtney Williams, 40, a former employee at Fort Bragg who previously held top security clearance, has been charged with transmitting classified national defense information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFBI and our partners have arrested a former [Special Operations Command] employee, who supported our top-level military warfighters, for allegedly transmitting classified information to a member of the media. Outstanding work by [FBI Charlotte] and the FBI Counterintelligence & Espionage Division \u2013 as well as our [Justice Department] partners,\u201d Patel said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLet this serve as a message to any would-be leakers: we\u2019re working these cases, and we\u2019re making arrests. This FBI will not tolerate those who seek to betray our country and put Americans in harm\u2019s way,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a subsequent <\/span>post<\/span><\/a>, Patel suggested that more arrests over leaks were \u201ccoming.\u201d The arrest follows statements by President Donald Trump threatening jail time for reporters who decline to identify sources in connection with a leak about a downed American aircraft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Williams held top security clearance from 2010 to 2016. Authorities say that from 2022 to 2025, she communicated with an investigative journalist through more than 10 hours of phone calls and 180 text messages. She allegedly shared \u201ctactics, techniques and procedures\u201d related to a special operations force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While not named in court documents, the journalist appears to be Seth Harp, the author of \u201cThe Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces.\u201d An excerpt from the book appeared in POLITICO under the headline, \u201cMy Life Became a Living Hell\u2019: One Woman\u2019s Career in Delta Force, the Army\u2019s Most Elite Unit,\u201d and focused on Williams\u2019 experience in Delta Force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a post on X, Harp claimed<\/a> that Williams had done nothing criminal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTrump\u2019s unhinged DOJ will not even say what \u2018classified information\u2019 she allegedly leaked,\u201d he said. \u201cHer arrest and imprisonment is an outrage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n