BREAKING: The former SOCOM employee arrested for leaking classified secrets to “journalists” has been identified as Courtney Williams, a US Army veteran

🚨 BREAKING: The former SOCOM employee arrested for leaking classified secrets to “journalists” has been identified as Courtney Williams, a US Army veteran

Give her the MAXIMUM penalty.

Putting our troops’ lives at risk should be met HARSH punishments! pic.twitter.com/p9ochBMY9r

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 8, 2026

🚨🚨 FBI and our partners have arrested a former SOCOM employee, who supported our top-level military warfighters, for allegedly transmitting classified information to a member of the media.

Outstanding work by @FBICharlotte and the FBI Counterintelligence & Espionage Division…

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) April 8, 2026