NC government contractor accused of releasing top-secret information, FBI investigates
The FBI arrested a former contractor employee who had supported Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, the Justice Department announced on October 30. The indictment charges the former employee, who held a Top Secret clearance with SCI access while working for a security and emergency management services company, with unlawfully transmitting and retaining national defense information and with theft of government property. Prosecutors allege that classified images of military operations were posted to social media, that national defense information was kept at a residence, and that night vision equipment reported missing from the command was recovered there. The case shows how a cleared contractor employee's social media activity and property accountability can surface as insider threat indicators long after the conduct begins.