Pentagon contractor indicted over alleged leak tied to raided Washington Post reporter
Worker illegally provided classified information ‘related to national defense’ to journalist, justice department saysA federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted a Pentagon contractor whose alleged leaking of classified documents sparked an “outrageous” FBI raid on a Washington Post...
<p>Worker illegally provided classified information ‘related to national defense’ to journalist, justice department says</p><p>A federal grand jury in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/maryland">Maryland</a> has indicted a Pentagon contractor whose alleged leaking of classified documents sparked an “outrageous” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/fbi-raid-washington-post-hannah-natanson">FBI raid</a> on a Washington Post reporter’s home.</p><p>According to the justice department, Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones illegally provided sensitive and secret information “related to national defense” to a reporter who it says then wrote and published at least five articles using it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/pentagon-contractor-indicted-washington-post-reporter">Continue reading...</a>
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