司法部：政府承包商被控把国防机密交予女友在Substack发表，FBI搜查其住所后逮捕
美国司法部10月23日宣布，联邦调查局（FBI）当天逮捕了一名政府承包商，指控他把国防信息非法传递给一名在订阅平台Substack上运营刊物的女子发表。司法部声明说，涉案承包商为中央情报局（CIA）提供服务；CIA局长约翰·拉特克利夫表示，案件由该局移交，FBI于10月23日星期五实施了逮捕。
被捕者为伊恩·A·布林克斯曼，42岁，住华盛顿特区。执法人员搜查其住所后将其逮捕，他被以刑事诉状指控非法传递国防信息。诉状称，布林克斯曼自2020年起在弗吉尼亚东区一家美国政府机构任职，2022年起转到为同一机构服务的承包商「1号公司」担任系统集成开发人员；在与诉状相关的全部时段内，他持有绝密级安全许可，并可接触敏感隔离信息（SCI）。诉状称，布林克斯曼与在Substack上运营网络刊物的「1号个人」保持着私人关系；该人2026年9月发表的一篇筹款文章称，她过去一年发表的报道基于涉案机构的机密评估，她还在社交媒体个人页面上写道：「我也接受泄密。」路透社报道指出，诉状引用的这段筹款文字，出自Aída Chávez主理的Capital & Empire刊物9月28日的文章；诉状本身只以「1号个人」指代该记者。代表布林克斯曼的联邦公设辩护人拒绝置评。
司法部长托德·布兰奇在声明中说：「国防信息之所以被列为机密，是为了保护美国人民免受世界各地心怀恶意者的伤害……司法部将继续起诉那些泄露机密信息、危及我们国家安全的人。」FBI局长卡什·帕特尔说，FBI在此人「被抓到涉嫌背叛誓言、泄露机密国防信息」后将其逮捕。负责国家安全事务的助理司法部长约翰·A·艾森伯格说：「据指控，布林克斯曼远远超出自己的职责范围，去获取我国一些最严密保守的秘密，并把它们交给一位他明知打算发表的恋人。这不是疏忽，这是对誓言的背叛。」他表示，若审判认定罪名成立，此行为严重违反《间谍法》，国家安全司将以此起诉。拉特克利夫说：「对泄密零容忍， 任何违反誓言的人都将被追究责任，并被依法从严起诉。」
此案由FBI芝加哥外地办事处主查、华盛顿外地办事处大力协助；公诉由司法部国家安全司反情报与出口管制处的审判律师及弗吉尼亚东区联邦检察官负责，哥伦比亚特区的联邦检察官提供协助。司法部声明强调，诉状中的指控仅为指控，被告在被法庭证明有罪之前推定无罪。
（GSM据美国司法部2026年10月23日新闻稿报道，记者身份细节据路透社报道）
Government Contractor Charged With Leaking Defense Secrets to Girlfriend's Substack, Justice Department Says
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday, October 23, that the FBI had arrested a government contractor accused of leaking national defense information to a woman who repeatedly posted classified information to an online publication. The department said the contractor provided services to the CIA; CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the case followed a referral from the Agency and that the FBI made the arrest on Friday.
Ian A. Brinksman, 42, of the District of Columbia, was arrested following a search of his residence and charged by criminal complaint with unlawfully transmitting national defense information. According to the complaint, beginning in 2020 Brinksman worked as an employee of a U.S. government agency based in the Eastern District of Virginia, and later, in 2022, began working as a developer for systems integration for "Company 1," a contractor to the same agency. At all relevant times he held a Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information access. The complaint says Brinksman had an ongoing personal relationship with an individual who maintains an online publication on Substack ("Individual 1"); a fundraising article she published in September 2026 claimed she had "published reporting based on classified [relevant U.S. government agency] assessments," and she posted on her social media profile, "I also accept leaks." Reuters reported that the fundraising passage quoted in the affidavit appears in a September 28 piece in the Capital & Empire newsletter authored by Aída Chávez; the affidavit itself identifies the journalist only as "Individual 1." A federal public defender representing Brinksman declined to comment.
"National defense information is classified to protect the American people from bad actors around the world who wish to do us harm," Attorney General Todd Blanche said. "The Department of Justice will continue prosecuting individuals who leak classified information and put our national security at risk." FBI Director Kash Patel said the Bureau arrested Brinksman after he was "caught allegedly betraying his oath and leaking classified defense information." Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said: "As alleged, Brinksman reached far outside his own duties to obtain some of our 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… If proven at trial, this conduct is a grave violation of the Espionage Act, and the National Security Division will prosecute it as such." Ratcliffe said there is "absolutely zero tolerance for leaking, and anyone who violates their oath will be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
The FBI Chicago Field Office is investigating the case, with substantial assistance from the Washington Field Office. Trial attorneys from the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section and an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia are prosecuting, with assistance from prosecutors in the District of Columbia. The department noted that
charges in a complaint are merely allegations and that every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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