It seems a stretch to call her “a former member of the US Army’s elite Delta Force,” but she has been arrested for leaking classified secrets:
Courtney Williams, 40, was arrested Wednesday in connection with her alleged transmission of classified national defense information to individuals not authorized to receive it, including a journalist.
While the affidavit doesn’t name the journalist, Williams is cited heavily in Seth Harp’s book ‘The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces‘ and was featured in a Politico profile by Harp, both published last year.
The article, titled ‘My Life Became a Living Hell: One Woman’s Career in Delta Force, the Army’s Most Elite Unit‘ detailed her time as a ‘signature reduction specialist.’
Court documents claim that between 2022 and 2025, Williams spoke via phone and text to Harp about her time working with the elite unit, which required her to sign a Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement when she was hired and fired.
In the affidavit, Special Agent Jocelyn Fox cited a text between the two she said occurred on or about the day the book and article were published.
‘Other than a few factual errors, I would definitely have been concerned with the amount of classified information being disclosed,’ Williams’ text read.
‘I thought things I was telling you so you could have a better general understanding of how the (SMU) was set up or operated would not be published and it feels like an entire TTP (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures) was sent out in my name giving them a chance to legally persecute me.’
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When Williams was fired, she filed an EEOC complaint and eventually settled for an amount she claimed was ‘sufficient to buy a small house in North Carolina.’
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Harp wrote that Williams’ job meant she managed ‘valid but fictious passports’ and other identification for special forces operators on overseas missions.
His story also details accusations of what Harp described as gender discrimination and sexual harassment.
One incident mentioned Williams being forced to bend over for a supervisor ‘to assess whether her underwear could be seen through the fabric.’
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On the day both the profile and the book were released, Williams admitted to Harp in a text message she was ‘concerned about the amount of classified information being disclosed.’
She sent someone else a message writing: ‘I might actually get arrested . . . for disclosing classified information.’
In another message, she admitted she was ‘probably going to jail for life.’
When she was asked if she knew there could be legal consequences, she responded: ‘I have known my entire career, they tell you everyday . . . 100 times a day.’