A U.S. Army veteran has been arrested and is facing criminal charges for allegedly sharing top-secret information to a journalist over a near four-year period.
Courtney P. Williams, a former United States Special Operations Command member, was indicted by a grand jury on April 8 and charged with violating the Espionage Act in connection to the alleged transmission of classified national defense information to the journalist, federal court records reviewed by USA TODAY show.
According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI agents arrested Williams, 40, on April 7.
Williams, who FBI Director Kash Patel said supported the nation's top-level military warfighters, was being held without bond pending an April 13 detention hearing in Raleigh, North Carolina.
After Williams' indictment, Patel praised "outstanding work" in the case by the FBI, as well as its partners with the Justice Department .
