Guam (Nov. 13) — CIA agent Asif W. Rahman has been taken into custody by the FBI on charges of leaking highly classified documents detailing preparations for last month’s Israeli retaliatory strike against Iran. The documents were shared on Telegram channels linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to federal authorities.
The FBI arrested Rahman in Cambodia, where he was stationed and swiftly extradited him to Guam. He now faces charges filed by a federal court in Virginia under the Espionage Act, specifically for the “willful retention and transmission of national defense information.” The leaked information is believed to have originated from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), which plays a integral role in supporting U.S. military and intelligence operations worldwide.
As The New York Times reports:
The leak offered a glimpse into the depth of American concerns over Israel’s plans and illustrated the extent to which the United States spies on even its closest allies.
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Federal prosecutors have charged a man with disclosing classified documents that appeared to show Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran for a missile attack earlier this year.
The man, Asif W. Rahman, was indicted last week in federal court in Virginia with two… pic.twitter.com/GifaXZluE8
The information in the documents is highly classified and details interpretations of satellite imagery that shed light on a possible strike by Israel on Iran, including the type of missiles, planes and other aircraft its military could use.
They began circulating last month on the Telegram app. U.S. officials have previously said that they did not know from where the documents had been taken, and that they were looking for the original source of the leak.
Mr. Rahman worked abroad for the C.IA., and court documents said he held a top-secret security clearance with access to sensitive compartmentalized information, which is typical for many C.I.A. employees who handle classified materials.
The CIA declined to comment when approached by The Times. Nonetheless, Rahman’s alleged transgressions may have significant implications for U.S.-Israeli relations and national security, with the full consequences yet to be seen.
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Is Gitmo still open? There is quite a list of people that could fill up spaces.
Time to start doing what they did in the old days, execute traitors that do harm to our national security. This was a direct act to hurt Isreal in their efforts to retaliate for Iran’s rocket attack by Iran. He should be an example of what will happen if traitors give highly sensitive information to an enemy, especially since we are very close to a WWIII. Justice needs to be harsh when trusted people in high places deem, they need to betray our country.
It’s about f***ing time! This traitorous scumbag needs to rot in prison for a looooong time!
Any retribution? This could qualify as treason in my opinion.
What’s the penalty these days for treason?
Execute the POS !
CIA agent Asif W. Rahman is an Arab Muslim with a top secret clearance. What the he** is he doing with a top secret clearance in the first place, let alone with access to Israeli intelligence papers? I can understand the need for Arabs in the CIA, but having access to Israeli intelligence makes no sense to me at all. He needs to go to prison as well as the moron who gave him access to the intelligence.
Death sentence by firing squad may be coming back.
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