Former CIA analyst learns fate after pleading guilty to leaking highly classified information

A erstwhile CIA expert has been sentenced to 37 months successful situation for unlawfully transmitting Top Secret Information.

Asif William Rahman, 34, volition beryllium spending much than 3 years successful jailhouse for giving Top Secret nationalist defence accusation to unauthorized viewers, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Rahman had entree to Top Secret information clearance accusation on with entree to Sensitive Compartmented Information until helium was arrested. 

According to the release, connected October 17, 2024, Rahman accessed and printed 2 Top Secret documents containing nationalist defence accusation for a onslaught connected an adversary by a U.S. ally.

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Asif Rahman, erstwhile CIA analyst, has been sentenced to much than 3 years successful situation for leaking Top Secret Information. (Guam Department of Corrections via AP)

The documents that were leaked elaborate a possible Israeli strike connected Iran with depictions of the moves Israel was making.

Rahman photographed the documents and sent them to an unauthorized spectator via the telegram messaging app.

The recipient of the documents uploaded them to societal media the adjacent day.

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The Department of Justice announced that Asif William Rahman has been charged with implicit 3 years successful situation aft leaking Top Secret documents implicit the Telegram messaging app. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Rahman had begun deleting accusation connected his workspace the aforesaid time helium printed retired the documents, according to the DOJ.

Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division said successful the quality merchandise that Rahman volition wage for putting American lives and nationalist information astatine risk.

"Let this beryllium a informing to each clearance holders: The FBI volition exhaust each avenues to find and bring to justness anyone — nary substance who they are — who endangers our federation by disclosing delicate accusation without authorization," said Rozhavsky.

Rahman was indicted connected charges by a expansive assemblage connected November 7,2024, according to the quality release.

Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division said successful the quality merchandise that Rahman volition wage for putting American lives and nationalist information astatine risk."Let this beryllium a informing to each clearance holders: The FBI volition exhaust each avenues to find and bring to justness anyone — nary substance who they are — who endangers our federation by disclosing delicate accusation without authorization," said Rozhavsky. (AP/Getty Images)

The FBI arrested Rahman successful Cambodia portion helium was arriving to enactment connected November 12, 2024. He aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to the charges. 

John Eisenberg, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, said successful a quality merchandise that this lawsuit demonstrates that the DOJ volition proceed to support the American people.

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"For months, this suspect betrayed the American radical and the oaths helium took upon entering his bureau by leaking immoderate of our Nation’s astir intimately held secrets," said Eisenberg.

Fox News Digital’s Chris Pondolfo and Jake Gibson contributed to this story.

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