CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Publicizing Top-Secret Information on Israeli Plans to Attack Iran

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – A former CIA analyst has pleaded guilty and faces 10 years imprisonment for unlawfully retaining and then posting Top Secret United States National Defense information about Israeli plans to attack Iran on social media in October 2024.

Asif William Rahman, 34, of Virginia, had been employed by the CIA since 2016 and had top-secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). He was indicted by a Grand Jury on November 7, 2024, and was arrested by the FBI while on his way to work in Cambodia on November 12.

Rahman was remanded in custody where he remained until his appearance before a federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday, January 17. He pleaded guilty to two counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related to the national defense. He is due to be sentenced on May 25, 2025.

“Asif Rahman is pleading guilty in federal court three months to the day that he disclosed top-secret American documents in violation of his oath, his responsibility, and the law,” Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a January 17 press release about the case.

Robert Wells, Executive Assistant Director of the FBI’s National Security Branch added: “With today’s plea, Asif Rahman acknowledges he betrayed the trust of his country by sharing classified information in spite of the risk to the United States and our allies.”

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