Ex–Army Delta Force Unit Employee Courtney Williams Charged With Transmitting Classified National Defense Information to Journalist
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Courtney Williams, a former Army employee who worked with Delta Force, has been charged under 18 U.S.C. § 793(d) with transmitting classified national defense information to a journalist; prosecutors allege she leaked SECRET/NOFORN-level tactics, techniques and procedures used in covert missions. Authorities say the communications with the reporter occurred from 2022 to 2025 and involved hundreds of minutes of calls and about 180 text messages; FBI Director Kash Patel and Assistant Attorney General John A. Eisenberg warned the Bureau will not tolerate leaks, while AP-linked reporting ties the unnamed journalist to Seth Harp, who has called Williams a whistleblower and alleges the prosecution is retaliation for exposing sexual harassment and gender discrimination within Delta Force.