Courtney Williams, a 40-year-old army veteran stationed in Fort Bragg as part of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM), has been arrested by the FBI and indicted by a grand jury over allegations of leaking classified national defense information to a journalist.
The indictment states that Williams allegedly transmitted classified information to individuals not authorized to receive it, including a journalist, and has been accused of violating 18 U.S.C. § 793(d) of the Espionage Act of 1917.
According to the law, violating any provision in Section 793 could lead to a fine or up to ten years of imprisonment, or both. Williams' actual sentence will be determined by a judge.
Williams had allegedly told a third party she was 'probably going to jail for life' during her exchanges with the journalist, which included texts and calls while he was working on his story.
