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'No excuse for my actions.' Indian Hill valedictorian, ex-CIA analyst sentenced for leak
- Asif William Rahman, a 34-year-old former CIA analyst from Vienna, Virginia, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison on June 11, 2025, for leaking classified national defense information.
- Rahman accessed two top secret documents on October 17, 2024, related to Israeli military plans against Iran, and shared them with unauthorized individuals, causing their public release on social media by October 18.
- In January 2025, he admitted guilt to two felony charges involving the deliberate retention and disclosure of classified information related to national security, and investigators discovered he deleted files and destroyed electronic devices in an effort to hide his misconduct.
- U.S. officials cautioned that the leak compromised allied missions and the credibility of intelligence operations. FBI Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky emphasized that Rahman's actions constituted a serious breach of trust and duty owed to the American public as a government employee.
- Rahman’s sentencing underscores continued government vigilance against unauthorized disclosures, and his attorneys attributed his conduct to family grief and trauma, though the judge ruled these were no excuse for his crimes.
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Former CIA Analyst Sentenced To Over Three Years In Prison, Justice Department Says * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
A former CIA analyst was sentenced to 37 months in prison for “retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it,” the Justice Department announced. “According to court documents, Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an employee of the CIA since 2016 and had a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) until his employment was terminated…
Former CIA Analyst Who Leaked Israeli Strike Plans Gets Lenient Prison Sentence
A former CIA analyst who leaked Israeli strike plans against Iran was sentenced to just three years and one month in prison on Wednesday. Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, Virginia, was convicted of “unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it,” the U.S. Department of Justice said. Rahman was arrested in November 2024 and pled guilty to two counts of willful retent…
In October, an employee of the U.S. foreign intelligence agency CIA passed on secret documents on Israeli military preparations, which later even circulated to Telegram and Israel has to replan. The guilty agent now has to go to prison for several years.
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