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Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Charged with Leaking Classified Information

Gordon Ahl
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 4:06 PM

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted Henry Kyle Frese, a former employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency, on charges of leaking top secret and secret level intelligence information to two journalists. Frese allegedly leaked information related to a foreign country’s weapons systems. The indictment can be found here and below.

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A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted Henry Kyle Frese, a former employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency, on charges of leaking top secret and secret level intelligence information to two journalists. Frese allegedly leaked information related to a foreign country’s weapons systems. The indictment can be found here and below.


Gordon Ahl is a senior at Georgetown University, studying international politics. He is an intern at Lawfare and the Brookings Institution.

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