A former Fort Bragg contractor was arrested by the FBI this week for allegedly leaking national defense information on social media and retaining security information at his residence, the Department of Justice said Friday.
Beginning around 2021, James Thomas Ashbacher, 37, of Spring Lake, had worked for a private company providing security and emergency management services at the U.S. Army Special Operations Command facility in Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Through his job — which an indictment says lasted through March 2024 — Ashbacher maintained a “Top Secret” security clearance — the highest level of clearance — with “Sensitive Compartmented Information” access…