US counter-terror analyst arrested
A counter-terrorism analyst at the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly leaking top secret information to journalists, officials said.
Henry Kyle Frese, 30, of Alexandria, Virginia, was taken into custody when he arrived at work and faces two counts of revealing classified defense information, they said.
"Frese was caught red-handed disclosing sensitive national security information for personal gain," assistant attorney general John Demers told reporters.
The Justice Department did not reveal the content of the information allegedly leaked by Frese other than to say that it concerned a "foreign country's weapons systems."
The identity of the two journalists to whom Frese allegedly provided classified information was also not disclosed.
The journalists involved appeared to work for CNBC and NBC News, according to information gleaned from the indictment and Frese's Twitter feed.
CNBC, citing "sources with direct knowledge of US intelligence reports," reported in May 2018 that China had installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on the contested Spratly Islands.
There was no immediate response from CNBC to a request for comment.
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