司法部：政府承包商雇员涉传递国防信息被捕 持绝密许可、与线上刊物创办人有私人关系
美国司法部10月23日宣布，一名受雇于美国政府承包商的男子当天上午在其住所被搜查后被捕，刑事诉状指控他非法传递国防信息。
被告 Ian A. Brinksman，42岁，住在华盛顿特区。司法部称，他自2020年起受雇于一家总部位于弗吉尼亚东区的美国政府机构，自2022年起在该机构的承包商「Company 1」担任系统集成开发人员，持有绝密（Top Secret）及敏感分隔信息（SCI）访问许可。
诉状称，Brinksman 与一名在 Substack 平台经营线上刊物的「Individual 1」有私人关系。司法部称，该人在2026年9月的一篇筹款文中表示，自己曾根据一名消息来源提供的机密评估发表报道，并在社交媒体上写道「我也接受爆料」（I also accept leaks）。
司法部声明援引了司法部长 Todd Blanche、联邦调查局（FBI）局长 Kash Patel 与负责国家安全的助理司法部长 John A. Eisenberg 的表态。案件由联邦调查局芝加哥外勤处主查、华盛顿外勤处协助；检方团队包括国家安全司的 Eli Ross、Kathryn DeMarco 与弗吉尼亚东区联邦检察官办公室的 Vito Iaia，Tejpal Chawla 与 Stuart Allen 协助办理。
中央情报局（CIA）局长 John Ratcliffe 表示，10月23日经该局转介，FBI 逮捕了这名曾为 CIA 提供服务的承包商，其涉嫌未经授权披露机密信息；他说，未经授权发布机密材料对国家安全、情报来源、正在进行的行动和情报人员都构成严重风险，对泄密零容忍。司法部长 Todd Blanche 说，起诉书附带宣誓书所描述的细节，反映出一名政府承包商自认为可以凌驾于保护机密信息的联邦法律之上，司法部将继续起诉泄露机密信息、危及国家安全的人。FBI 局长 Kash Patel 说，被告被指背弃誓言、泄露机密国防信息，保护美国的秘密是 FBI 反情报工作的首要任务。负责国家安全的助理司法部长 John A. Eisenberg 说，据指控，Brinksman 远远超出本人职责范围获取美国一些最严密保护的秘密，并把它们交给一名他明知打算公开发布的恋爱伴侣——「这不是疏忽，而是背弃誓言」。
司法部强调，刑事诉状仅为指控，被告在被依法证明有罪之前推定无罪。
来源：GSM·美国
DOJ: Government Contractor Employee Arrested, Charged With Transmitting National Defense Information
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 23 that a man employed by a U.S. government contractor was arrested that morning after a search of his residence, under a criminal complaint charging him with illegally transmitting national defense information.
The defendant, Ian A. Brinksman, 42, of Washington, D.C., has been employed since 2020 by a U.S. government agency headquartered in the Eastern District of Virginia, and since 2022 has worked as a systems integration developer at "Company 1," a contractor to that agency, holding a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance, according to the Justice Department.
The complaint alleges that Brinksman had a personal relationship with "Individual 1," who runs an online publication on Substack. According to the Justice Department, Individual 1 wrote in a September 2026 fundraising post that they had published stories based on classified assessments provided by a source, and posted on social media: "I also accept leaks."
The Justice Department statement included remarks from Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. The case is being investigated by the FBI's Chicago Field Office, with assistance from the Washington Field Office. The prosecution team includes Eli Ross and Kathryn DeMarco of the National Security Division and Vito Iaia of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, with Tejpal Chawla and Stuart Allen assisting.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe said that, following a referral from the Agency, the FBI on October 23 arrested a contractor who had provided services to the CIA for alleged unauthorized disclosures of classified information, adding that unauthorized releases of classified materials pose grave risks to national security, intelligence sources, ongoing operations and intelligence personnel, and that there is zero tolerance for leaking. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the details alleged in the affidavit reflect a government contractor who exempted himself from the federal law governing the protection of classified information, and that the Justice Department will continue prosecuting individuals who leak classified information. FBI Director Kash Patel said the defendant was arrested after allegedly betraying his oath and leaking classified defense information, and that protecting America's secrets is a top FBI counterintelligence priority. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said Brinksman allegedly reached far outside his own duties to obtain some of the nation's most closely held secrets and handed them to a romantic partner he knew intended to publish them: "That is not carelessness. It is a betrayal of his oath."
The Justice Department stressed that a criminal complaint is merely an allegation and that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Source: GSM·USA
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