JUST IN: FBI Announces Arrest In Connection With Pentagon Leaks

FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday announced the arrest of a former employee of the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). The individual, who had supported top-level military warfighters, faces allegations of transmitting classified information to a member of the media. According to the announcement, agents from FBI Charlotte, in coordination with the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division and the Department of Justice, carried out the arrest. No name of the suspect, specific charges beyond the allegation of unauthorized transmission, or additional details about the nature of the classified information have been publicly released as of this report. “FBI and our partners have arrested a former SOCOM employee, who supported our top-level military warfighters, for allegedly tra