‘What Evil Lurks In The Hearts Of Men’ To Cause A Betrayal Of Country?

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‘What Evil Lurks In The Hearts Of Men’ To Cause A Betrayal Of Country?

The rescued weapons officer in Iran very narrowly missed an alternative and tragic ending.

James Zumwalt | April 14, 2026

A popular early radio (1930–1954) crime-fighting program, “The Shadow,” began with a distinctive narrator’s voice uttering an iconic opening line, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!”

In the aftermath of the arrest of a former US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) civilian employee, Courtney Williams, 40, for an act of betrayal against her country, we can only wonder what evil lurked within her heart.

To become a SOCOM contractor, Williams took an oath of secrecy for life. It was a condition she had to accept before being given access to a range of classified information. There was nothing complex about the arrangement. Williams simply agreed never to say anything about what she learned from being granted access to classified files and personnel and, in exchange, the government would allow her to learn whatever she did while undertaking her specific project requirement.

Between 2010 and 2016, Williams held a top-secret clearance and worked on providing support for elite special operations forces, specifically a “special military unit”—i.e., Delta Force. Under the SOCOM umbrella, she was an operational support technician responsible for “Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures” (TTPs) that were used both in preparation for and during sensitive missions. The work she generated was to support warfighters and, as such, was not only classified as secret, but also as too sensitive to be shared with any foreign country.

Clearly, the last person SOCOM wanted Williams feeding TTP details to was a member of the media. However, between 2022 and 2025 that is exactly what she did, giving them to journalist Seth Harp who was writing a book. The same day the book was published—August 12, 2025—Harp also published an article for Politico magazine promoting it, and letting the TTP cat out of the bag.

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[Cyber Liberty]

Usually it's a cash payment.  In Courtney's case, who knows?

[Smokin Joe]

Anyone recall when in the 80s the whole full disclosure lifestyle thingy became popular (well, in what would be called 'influencer' circles today)?

From there it went to my space, fecebook, and even twitter, where people splattered intimate and endless details about themselves on line.

When my friends and family took their oaths to secrecy, from the original SEAL Team 6 to other jobs, none of the details were forthcoming. Errant questions asked which crossed that invisible line were ignored, and those of us sans clearance learned to just not even ask some things. Less stress on friends and family that way. Even the identity of serving Special Forces troops were generally kept secret. Missions/tactics/even weapons were completely left in the dark.
Even the results of freshly drilled oil wells had a six month 'tight hole' period, where you just didn't discuss them with anyone but one of the operator's representatives, and we weren't doing national security stuff, just making sure the people who paid us had a chance to get in there and lease more acreage.

Then suddenly, it seemed like everyone was blabbing about this 'secret' program/action/weapon/movement, and OPSEC (Operational Security) might as well been roadside billboards. The whole idea of "Loose lips sink ships!" disappeared as people not only gave away things they knew were secret, but seemed to scramble to write some expose' or article to blab about it. They didn't just give away the odd bits that would allow the really astute to assemble the picture, they assembled it.
Nothing like making our potential enemies' jobs easier.

Shhhhhhhh!

Enough already!

Most people really don't 'Need to Know'. 

No one plays poker (except "Indian", where you see everyone else's card, but not your own) with the cards facing their opponents. It's no way to run a National Defense, either.