Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking Israeli retaliation plans

Former CIA analyst Asif Rahman, 34, pleaded guilty to leaking classified records on Israel’s plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran.

Rahman admitted to printing the documents in October, sharing them with unauthorized individuals, and attempting to conceal his actions.

Arrested in Cambodia and later extradited, he faces up to 13 years in prison, with sentencing set for May 15.

Prosecutors revealed he deleted 1.5GB of top-secret data from his CIA folder, much of it related to the Middle East, ABC News has reported.

Rahman had worked for the CIA since 2016.

Written by B.C. Begley