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CIA Officer Arrested in Connection with Leaked Classified Documents on Israel

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – A CIA official was arrested in Cambodia and indicted on charges of violating the Espionage Act by leaking classified U.S. documents detailing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike against Iran following a missile attack earlier this year, according to court records and a source familiar with the case.

Media reports have identified the CIA official as Asif W. Rahman, who was indicted last week on two counts of “willful retention and transmission of national defense information.” He was subsequently transferred to federal court in Guam to face the charges.

Rahman, who held a top-secret security clearance through his CIA duties, had access to the information that later surfaced publicly on a Telegram channel linked to the Iranian regime.

The leaked documents revealed Israeli military movements for a retaliatory strike on Iran, and was posted last month, that ignited international outrage.

American and Israeli officials accused the Biden-Harris administration of undermining Israel’s sensitive operations.

In response, U.S. launched an investigation into the leak of top-secret Pentagon documents last month.

The leaked documented detailed two reports, prepared by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency that included U.S. analyses of Israeli Air Force and Navy planning based on satellite imagery from October 15-16 and other intelligence sources.

A senior Biden-Harris official called the leak “deadly serious” and described it as “a concerted campaign to leak what at least seems to be classified information by anti-Israel elements.”