Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Charged With Leaking Classified Information to Media

Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Charged With Leaking Classified Information to Media
The U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington on April 18, 2019. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
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A counterterrorism analyst from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly leaking classified information to two journalists, according to the Justice Department (DOJ).

Henry Kyle Frese, 30, was charged with two counts of willful transmission of national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it. Each count carries a penalty of 10 years in prison.