FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel's attack plans against Iran
Source: CNN Politics
Updated 9:01 AM EST, Wed November 13, 2024
CNN The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israels plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case.
Asif W. Rahman was indicted last Thursday for willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information, according to court documents. He was arrested Tuesday in Cambodia and will first appear in court in Guam, though the department has asked a federal judge to move him to Virginia to stand trial.
Rahman was employed by the CIA, according to a person familiar with his employment. Court documents indicate he was employed by the US government. Rahman held a top secret security clearance and could access sensitive compartmentalized information. The New York Times first reported Rahmans indictment.
The documents were posted by a Telegram account in mid-October called Middle East Spectator. They are marked top secret and have markings indicating they are meant to be seen only by the US and its Five Eyes allies Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/israel-iran-attack-plan-leak/index.html
Botany
(72,481 posts)tornado34jh
(1,294 posts)I feel like he is someone I have heard of, but again, I'm not that good at recognizing faces unless it is someone really well known.
Botany
(72,481 posts)And Trump has just given him top secret information about an Israeli agent who was
inside ISIS in Syria.
tornado34jh
(1,294 posts)At first I thought he looked like someone from the Middle East, maybe Saudi Arabia or Qatar. But yeah, we all know who he is. But it doesn't surprise me as Russia is friends with Syria, al-Assad in particular.
Autumn
(46,321 posts)I don't give a fuck what he leaked.
Blue_Tires
(55,787 posts)Of course now King Donnie might give him a pardon...
moniss
(5,737 posts)they want to.