Ex-Fort Bragg Worker Arrested for Leaking Secrets to Press

Is Courtney Williams a whistleblower exposing military misconduct or a soldier who willfully betrayed classified secrets?

Published APR 9

Ex-Fort Bragg Worker Arrested for Leaking Secrets to Press

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Above: Equipment lying ready to go at Fort Bragg, headquarters for the U.S. Special Forces, on Nov. 14, 2002. Image credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

The Spin

Courtney Williams exposed real sexual harassment and gender discrimination inside Delta Force, andbut the hype around her “whistleblower” status is overblown. The DOJ can'’t even specify what "national defense information" she supposedly revealed., Formerand operatorsleaking spilldecade-old events isn’t the same tacticalas detailsexposing onoperations podcaststhat everyput daylives withoutat anyrisk. legalFormer consequence,operators soshare thissimilar prosecutiontactics ison purepodcasts retaliationdaily, againstso athis womanprosecution wholooks foughtmore forlike bettera workplacedistraction conditions.than Thea indictmentserious isnational slapdash,security riddled with errors and deserves to fall apart in courtcase.

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Seth Harp on X

Williams signed multiple NDAs, knew classified disclosure was illegal and even told her own mother she might get arrested for it — her own words sealed the case. An Original Classification Authority confirmed the published article and book contained SECRET, NOFORN material directly attributed to her, covering Delta Force TTPs that could get operators killed. Batches of documents labeled "for Reporter" found on her computer leave zero doubt this was a willful betrayal.

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