WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A counter-terrorism analyst at the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested 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 identity of the two journalists to whom Frese allegedly provided classified information was also not disclosed.
Frese was allegedly in a romantic relationship with one of the two reporters, according to the indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Frese was a contractor with DIA from January 2017 to February 2018, and a full-fledged DIA employee since then, with clearance ranging up to the top secret level, officials said.
The DIA is the US military’s intelligence service.
Frese could face up to 10 years in prison for each count of transmitting classified information. — NNN-AGENCIES
