{"id":18796,"date":"2019-10-09T21:43:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T21:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/09\/defense-intel-official-charged-with-leaking-secrets-to-journalists\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:45:00","slug":"defense-intel-official-charged-with-leaking-secrets-to-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/doj-fbi\/2019\/10\/09\/defense-intel-official-charged-with-leaking-secrets-to-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense intel official charged with leaking secrets to journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 A Defense Intelligence Agency official was arrested Wednesday and charged with leaking classified intelligence information to two journalists, including a reporter he was dating, the Justice Department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry Kyle Frese, 30, was arrested by the FBI Wednesday morning when he arrived at work at a DIA facility in Virginia. He was charged with willfully disclosing national defense information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frese, who has a top secret government security clearance, is alleged to have accessed at least five classified intelligence reports and provided top secret information about another country\u2019s weapons systems to the reporter with whom he was having a relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\t