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Federal Prosecutors Charge a Former Civilian Employee at Fort Bragg for Sharing Classified Info

HeadlineApr 09, 2026

In North Carolina, federal prosecutors have charged a former civilian employee at the Fort Bragg Army Base with sharing classified defense information with a journalist. An indictment accuses 40-year-old Courtney Williams of violating the 1917 Espionage Act, as well as multiple nondisclosure agreements, after she spoke with journalist Seth Harp about sexual and race-based harassment at Fort Bragg. Harp published his findings in his book, “The Fort Bragg Cartel,” and in a Politico magazine article. FBI Director Kash Patel announced Williams’s arrest in a social media post, writing, “This FBI will not tolerate those who seek to betray our country and put Americans in harm’s way.” Seth Harp responded in a statement, “Ironically, while the FBI was monitoring my phone and investigating Courtney on vague and weak charges, the perpetrators of half a dozen murders involving Fort Bragg soldiers involved in the drug trade have gone entirely unsolved. A real police agency would go after real criminals instead of engaging in this sort of penny-ante political theater.” Click here to see our interview with journalist Seth Harp about U.S. Special Forces’ involvement in drug trafficking and murder at Fort Bragg.

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