A former CIA analyst pled guilty in federal court this week to stealing and leaking secret Israeli retaliation plans in October against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, had been employed by the agency since 2016 and had a Top-Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
The U.S. Department of Justice said that on October 17, 2024, Rahman “accessed and printed two Top Secret documents containing National Defense Information” related to Israel’s planned retaliatory strikes against Iran after Iran had fired hundreds of ballistic missiles into Israel just a couple of weeks prior.
The following day the classified documents began to appear on social media platforms and were widely reported on.
The DOJ continued:
After Oct. 17, 2024, Rahman deleted and edited journal entries and written work product on his personal electronic devices to conceal his personal opinions on U.S. policy and drafted entries to construct a…
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