FBI Searches Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Leak Probe as Pentagon Contractor Is Arrested

Overview

• Agents executed a warrant at Hannah Natanson’s home in Alexandria, Virginia, seizing her cellphone, two notebooks and a Garmin watch.
• Investigators told Natanson she is not the focus of the case, with the warrant citing a Maryland systems administrator accused of taking classified reports home.
• Pentagon contractor Aurelio Perez-Lugones is in custody after authorities found documents marked “secret” in his car and residence.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi publicly confirmed the operation and said it followed a request from the Department of War, according to her statement.
• The White House called the leak a serious threat to national security, and Bondi last year revoked a Biden-era policy that had limited access to reporters’ phone records during leak investigations.