BREAKING: A former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst has been charged w/providing journalists top secret & classified national defense info, incl. secrets related to an unnamed foreign country’s weapons systems, prosecutors in VA announced today.
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@CourthouseNews Henry Frese, 30, was arrested this morning at a DIA facility in Reston, Va., according to the FBI.
According to the indictment, the counter terrorism analyst sometime in mid-April 2018 accessed an intelligence report “unrelated to his job duties”...
According to the indictment, the counter terrorism analyst sometime in mid-April 2018 accessed an intelligence report “unrelated to his job duties”...
that contained the sensitive information about a foreign country’s weapons systems. He accessed it again in late April and then messaged a reporter prosecutors only identified as “Journalist 1.”
Assistant AG for National Security John C. Demers said Wednesday that while Frese is considered innocent until proven guilty, what prosecutors found was a defendant caught “red-handed” transmitting top secret information.
Frese indictment here:
documentcloud.org/documents/6464…
Frese indictment here:
documentcloud.org/documents/6464…
@CourthouseNews Note: Assistant Attorney General Demers would not comment on whether the journalists involved would soon face charges of their own.
Another note: Whether Frese is still actively employed by DIA after his arrest today or is already considered a "former" employee is technically unclear. Prosecutors would not comment on his employment status during today's press call.
h/t to @MatthewKeysLive who was the first to identify the reporters involved:
