Justice has caught up with a rogue CIA analyst whose betrayal put lives at risk. Asif William Rahman will spend over three years behind bars for leaking sensitive intel about an Israeli strike on Iran—an act that disrupted military plans and strained key intelligence alliances.
A Betrayal of Trust and National Security
Asif William Rahman, once a trusted CIA analyst working at the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia, has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for compromising critical intelligence. The 34-year-old Yale graduate accessed, printed, and transmitted top-secret documents detailing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike against Iran in October 2024.
The leaked documents included satellite imagery from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency showing Israeli military movements and aviation exercises. This sensitive information quickly spread across social media platforms, including Telegram, forcing Israeli officials to delay their planned response to Iran’s earlier missile attack.
Asif Rahman was a CIA employee with Top Secret clearance who leaked war plans
He gets 37 months in prison
This is less time than many of the J6 protestors pic.twitter.com/eZ82QPs2al
— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire) June 12, 2025
Severe Consequences for Global Security
The impact of Rahman’s actions extended far beyond compromising a single military operation. Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg stated, “For months, this defendant betrayed the American people and the oaths he took upon entering his office by leaking some of our Nation’s most closely held secrets.”
The leak occurred during a period of heightened tensions in the Middle East following Iran’s launch of nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on October 1. This Iranian attack was itself retaliation for Israel’s targeting of senior figures in Hamas and Hezbollah, creating a volatile situation that Rahman’s disclosures further destabilized.
🚨NEW: Ex-CIA Leaker Asif Rahman Gets 3 Years for Blasting Top-Secret Intel Online
Asif William Rahman, 34, will spend 37 months in federal prison after stealing two TS/SCI docs on a U.S. ally’s military plans, snapping photos, and dumping them on social media last October.… pic.twitter.com/RJJSiOrsRj
— Walter Curt (@WCdispatch_) June 12, 2025
A Calculated Crime and Swift Justice
Court documents reveal that Rahman took deliberate steps to cover his tracks after leaking the classified information. He deleted work products, destroyed electronic devices, and shredded original documents “in an attempt to conceal their source and delete his activity.”
The FBI arrested Rahman in Cambodia on November 12, 2024, and he has remained in custody since. While facing potential sentences of up to 20 years, Rahman ultimately received 37 months after pleading guilty to two counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information.
During sentencing, Rahman reportedly accepted responsibility for his actions, citing “family-related grief” and trauma from his previous assignment in Iraq as contributing factors. FBI Counterintelligence Division Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky emphasized that Rahman “not only violated the law; he also betrayed his oath as a government employee and his responsibility to the American people.”
U.S. Attorney Erik S. Siebert highlighted the case as “a stern warning to those who choose to place their own goals over their allegiance to our nation.” The Department of Justice has affirmed its commitment to investigating and prosecuting security breaches within the U.S. intelligence community, underscoring the critical importance of protecting classified information in an increasingly complex global security environment.