ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty Friday to leaking information on a planned Israeli attack on Iran. Asif Rahman, 34, was arrested by the FBI in November weeks after classified documents appeared on the Telegram messaging app.

An ex-CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking top secret documents about Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran last year, forcing the attack to be delayed.

A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents about Israel’s preparations to attack Iran late-last year, according to the Department of Justice.

Nicole Grajewski is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is the author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance From Syria to Ukraine.

A former CIA official pleaded guilty on Friday to leaking classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran following the Islamic Republic’s missile attack on the Jewish state last fall. Asif Rahman,

Trump’s strained relationship with prominent Iran hawks, such as Pompeo, ex-national security advisor John Bolton, and former Iran special representative Brian Hook, has been evident. All three individuals, once central to Trump’s foreign policy team, have now been sidelined, barred from rejoining his team.

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,

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

I think there was enough time. We take a job, you take a job, you want to do a job, we’re not going to have security on people for the rest of their lives. Why should we?” Trump said.

A former CIA analyst has pleaded guilty to leaking information on a planned Israeli attack on Iran ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty Friday to leaking information on a planned ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty Friday to leaking information on a planned Israeli attack on Iran. Asif Rahman, 34, was arrested by the FBI in November weeks after ...

I have previously discussed the CIA's challenges during the Biden administration, but now, with enhanced engagement with Middle East and Iran specialists—whether they are CIA staff or allies ...