FBI agents searched the Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday and seized her phone, a work and personal computer, and a Garmin watch. US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the search involved a journalist who allegedly obtained and reported classified, illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor, and Bondi said the contractor was arrested. The Washington Post reported Natanson was told she was not the focus of the probe and that officials were investigating Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a Maryland system administrator with top-secret security clearance. Court filings say Perez-Lugones was charged with unlawful retention of national defence information and was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.