A former Army employee accused of leaking classified information about an elite U.S. military unit, widely understood to be Delta Force, has been released to home detention awaiting trial, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, appeared in federal court in Raleigh, where U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Meyers ordered her released under strict conditions, including location monitoring and a ban on contacting the media or using social media.
Williams faces four counts of communicating and disclosing national defense information after prosecutors allege she shared sensitive details about a “special military unit” based at Fort Bragg. Each county carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Authorities say Williams, who worked as a defense contractor and later a Defense Department employee between 2010 and 2016, held a top-secret security clearance and had access to highly sensitive material.
The indictment alleges that between 2022 and 2025, Williams
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