Pentagon contractor indicted over alleged leak tied to raided Washington Post reporter

Fri, 23 Jan 2026

Worker illegally provided classified information ‘related to national defense’ to journalist, justice department says

A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted a Pentagon contractor whose alleged leaking of classified documents sparked an “outrageous” FBI raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home.

According to the justice department, Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones illegally provided sensitive and secret information “related to national defense” to a reporter who it says then wrote and published at least five articles using it.