On January 18th, former CIA analyst Asif Rahman admitted to the crime of leaking highly classified documents in a federal district court in Alexandria, Virginia. Last year, these documents were posted on social media, detailing Israel’s military preparations to retaliate against Iran, which led to the postponement of related actions. Rahman is charged with two counts of defense information transmission and faces up to 20 years in prison. It is reported that these documents from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency are marked as “top secret” and describe the exercises and movement of ammunition vehicles on the Israeli Air Force base. Rahman downloaded these files from the workstation of the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and uploaded them to social media. The prosecutor stated that his actions may have been driven by some political or religious motive, posing a threat to US national security. This leak not only delayed Israel’s military plans, but also complicated the security situation of the relevant countries.
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