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WASHINGTON: The United States has sentenced former CIA analyst Asif William -ur -Rehman to 37 months imprisonment for retaining illegal retaining and delivering high secret national defense information to those who were publicly posted on the social media platform in October 2024.
Court documents show that Rehman, 34, of Virginia, Virginia, was an employee of the CIA since 2016 and had a high security clearance with access to sensitive compartments (SCI) until his job was finished.
Some media reports claim that Rehman was born in California, and he grew up in Ohio. On October 1, Tehran allegedly leaked confidential information about plans to attack Iran after a missile attack on Israel.
“For several months, the defendant, with the American people and the oath -taking secrets, leaked some close secrets of our country by leaking into their office,” said John Eisenberg, National Security Assistant Attorney General of National Security.
John Eisenburg remarked, “As the issue shows that the Justice Department will continue to protect our nation through a thorough investigation and legalization of leaked leaks compromising our nation.”
“[Asif] “Eric District Virginia lawyer, Eric Sesbert, said,” The United States and its allies violated their trust by illegally accessing, removing and transferring highly capable secret documents for national security for national security.
Keeping Seburt, “the immediate identity of the Qadir, who was immediately identified, arrested, charged, charged, and prosecuted, which is proof of the commitment and professionalism of investigators and prosecutors who brought him to justice.
“Rehman not only violated the law by trying to steal information and then hide his crimes,” said Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen Rosen, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Anti -Jang Division.
“Now he will pay the price to endanger the American lives and US national security,” Roski remarked. Let it be warned for all clearance holders: the FBI will eliminate all the paths to find and bring anyone with justice – it does not matter without any permission.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ): “On October 17, 2024, Rehman accessed and printed two high -profile documents containing national defense information about his planning measures against the US foreign allies and foreign opponents. Rehman removed the documents, and did not receive them, and they did not receive them.
However, the names of the documents were not taken.
As of October 18, 2024, documents appeared publicly on social media platforms, which are complete with ranking signs. The DOJ says that after October 17, 2024, Rehman was busy campaigning to delete work products at his high secret work station.
In 2024, while continuing until November, Rehman repeatedly reached and printed on the national defense information, including documents, which were ranked at the highest secret and more compartments level, which he learned during his job and transferred several persons to whom he knew he was not right.
Rehman was charged by a grand jury on November 7, 2024. Earlier, he was arrested in Cambodia, where he worked at the US Embassy in Naam Pina on January 17, 2025, Rehman proved deliberately maintaining national defense and transferring information information.
He has been in custody since his arrest.
Rehman’s conviction is according to the Iranian Intelligence Minister’s claim that his country is a treasure of confidential information about Israeli nuclear facilities and its relations with the West. Ismail Khatib has vowed to make them public soon.