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RALEIGH, N.C. — <\/span>An Army veteran accused of revealing classified information about an elite commando unit<\/a> \u2014 members’ names, tactics and a unit alias among them \u2014 to a journalist and on social media will be released awaiting a possible trial, a judge ruled Monday. <\/p>\n Courtney Williams, 40, who is charged with four counts of communicating and disclosing national defense information about a \u201cspecial military unit\u201d at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after working for it as a civilian, appeared in federal court in Raleigh. <\/p>\n U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Meyers agreed to release Williams, who was arrested last week and wore a striped jumpsuit in court, under home detention and location monitoring. She’s barred from having contact with the media or using social media, Meyers said.<\/p>\n Williams attorney, Christian Dysart, declined to comment after the hearing, which came more than a week after a criminal complaint was filed in her case. <\/p>\n The complaint was unsealed last week on the same day a grand jury indicted Williams and the U.S. Justice Department announced her arrest. An FBI official said then her alleged disclosures put \u201cour nation, our warfighters, and our allies at risk.\u201d Each count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, the government says, along with monetary penalties.<\/p>\n Court documents say Williams, who was hired as a defense contractor in 2010 and became a Department of Defense employee months later, worked for a \u201cspecial military unit\u201d at Fort Bragg until 2016 and held a top-secret security clearance. <\/p>\n