Overview

• A DHS staffer is appealing the revocation of her security clearance after accidentally emailing sensitive ICE operation details to a journalist in January 2025.
• The email contained unclassified but sensitive information, including the timing and potential targets of the operation, which proceeded without disruption.
• The journalist agreed not to disclose the information, and no operational harm resulted from the error.
• Critics argue the administration is punishing career officials like the staffer more harshly than political appointees involved in similar or more severe breaches, citing a recent case of leaked war plans in Yemen.
• The staffer, described as dedicated and apolitical, has served at DHS since the George W. Bush administration and faces potential termination if her appeal fails.