Former CIA analyst learns fate after pleading guilty to leaking highly classified information
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A former CIA analyst has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for unlawfully transmitting Top Secret Information.

Asif William Rahman, aged 34, has been sentenced to more than three years of imprisonment for disclosing Top Secret national defense information to individuals without proper authorization, as stated by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Rahman had access to Top Secret security clearance information along with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information until he was arrested. 

The report reveals that Rahman gained access to and printed two Top Secret documents on October 17, 2024. These documents detailed information regarding a planned attack by a U.S. allied nation against an opponent.

The Department of Justice has confirmed that Rahman received a sentence of over three years in prison after he unlawfully distributed Top Secret documents through the Telegram messaging app. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Rahman had begun deleting information on his workspace the same day he printed out the documents, according to the DOJ.

Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division said in the news release that Rahman will pay for putting American lives and national security at risk.

“Let this be a warning to all clearance holders: The FBI will exhaust all avenues to find and bring to justice anyone — no matter who they are — who endangers our nation by disclosing sensitive information without authorization,” said Rozhavsky.

Rahman was indicted on charges by a grand jury on November 7,2024, according to the news release.

FBI agents next to the FBI logo. Photos by Getty and AP, illustration via Fox News Digital.

Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division said in the news release that Rahman will pay for putting American lives and national security at risk.”Let this be a warning to all clearance holders: The FBI will exhaust all avenues to find and bring to justice anyone — no matter who they are — who endangers our nation by disclosing sensitive information without authorization,” said Rozhavsky. (AP/Getty Images)

The FBI arrested Rahman in Cambodia while he was arriving to work on November 12, 2024. He later pleaded guilty to the charges. 

John Eisenberg, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, said in a news release that this case demonstrates that the DOJ will continue to protect the American people.

“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,” said Eisenberg.

Fox News Digital’s Chris Pondolfo and Jake Gibson contributed to this story.

Nick Butler is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Do you have any tips? Reach out to Nick.Butler@Fox.com.

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