FBI Arrests Former Army Contractor for Allegedly Leaking Top Secret Details About Special Forces to Media

The contractor allegedly lost her security clearance in a dispute with the special forces unit in North Carolina.
FBI Arrests Former Army Contractor for Allegedly Leaking Top Secret Details About Special Forces to Media
A sign for at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Jan. 4, 2020. Chris Seward/AP Photo
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The FBI arrested a former Fort Bragg civilian contractor April 7 for allegedly providing top secret details about the Delta Force special forces unit to a journalist who later published the information in an article and book.

Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with violating the Espionage Act in connection to the alleged transmission of classified national defense information to the journalist in violation of federal law.
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