Asif William Rahman has pled guilty to transmitting classified national defence information, US Justice Department says.

A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel's plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he willfully retained and transmitted national defense information,

A former CIA official pleaded guilty Friday to leaking top secret US intelligence documents about Israeli military plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran.

A former CIA analyst charged with leaking highly classified records showing Israeli plans to launch a retaliatory strike on Iran pleaded guilty Friday in Virginia.

In his confirmation hearing, John Ratcliffe spoke about Iran's development of nuclear weapons, evidence of Syria's Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons and the FISA.

In pleading guilty, Asif William Rahman acknowledged that he illegally downloaded, printed and distributed classified information on multiple occasions, including several in 2024.

Iran’s navy received its first signals intelligence ship on Wednesday, semi-official Tasnim news organization reported, a few days after the country’s army took delivery of 1,000 new drones.

In pleading guilty, Asif William Rahman, who worked at the US intelligence agency since 2016, acknowledged that he illegally downloaded, printed and distributed classified information on multiple occasions,

Since the day the most dangerous Islamic terrorist, Qassem Soleimani—the commander of the Quds Force—was eliminated by Trump and the then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, Khamenei has repeatedly threatened Trump’s life in a vindictive manner during his speeches.

The move to strike a plea deal will take decisions over Asif William Rahman’s fate away from Trump appointees.

The analyst was charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and faces up to a decade in prison for disclosing sensitive information about Israel’s response to an Iranian attack.