The FBI just arrested a former Defense Department contractor who allegedly handed classified Delta Force operational details to a reporter — and the timing couldn't be more perfect for Trump's "accountability era" in Washington.
According to court documents unsealed Tuesday, Robert Birchum, 48, of Arlington, Virginia, passed along highly sensitive information about Special Operations Command missions to a journalist who published them in a series of articles between 2023 and 2024.
The leaked material reportedly included details about Delta Force deployment schedules, equipment specifications, and operational planning documents that could have compromised active missions overseas.
"This is exactly the kind of deep-state behavior President Trump warned about," said a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "Career bureaucrats who think they answer to the media instead of the American people."
Birchum faces up to 10 years in federal prison if convicted on all charges, including unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and conspiracy to transmit classified materials.
