{"id":2446214,"date":"2025-06-12T02:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cia-analyst-sentenced-to-prison-for-illegally-sharing-top-secret-information-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T02:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:20:24","slug":"former-cia-analyst-sentenced-to-prison-for-illegally-sharing-top-secret-information-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cia-analyst-sentenced-to-prison-for-illegally-sharing-top-secret-information-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CIA analyst sentenced to prison for illegally sharing \u2018top secret\u2019 information &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-cia-analyst-sentenced-to-prison-for-illegally-sharing-top-secret-information-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Asif Rahman, a former CIA analyst, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >illegally sharing top secret national defense information<\/a>. He was arrested in November 2024 after disclosing highly classified details regarding a planned attack by Israel on Iran to unauthorized individuals. Following his arrest, Rahman pleaded guilty in January 2025.Authorities, including the Department of Justice and the FBI, emphasized that his actions jeopardized American lives and national security, and they warned others against similar violations. Rahman&#8217;s case highlights the serious consequences of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">leaking classified information<\/a> and the commitment of law enforcement to protect national security.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former CIA analyst sentenced to prison for illegally sharing &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rarest-v-e-day-artifacts-at-auction-highlighting-d-day-anniversary-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Rarest V-E Day artifacts at auction, highlighting D-Day anniversary - Washington Examiner\">top secret&#038;rsquo<\/a>; information<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2146096\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CIA<\/a> analyst was sentenced to over three years in prison on Wednesday for obtaining highly classified information and giving it to people who were not authorized.<\/p>\n<p>Asif Rahman was arrested in November 2024 for taking &ldquo;Top Secret National Defense Information&rdquo; and sending it to &ldquo;people who were not entitled to receive it&rdquo; in October 2024, the Department of Justice announced. The information Rahman obtained was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2025\/06\/11\/cia-analyst-leak-israel-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reportedly<\/a> highly classified information about a planned attack by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran<\/a>. Shortly after distributing this, it was posted on a social media platform later that month. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3439275\/trump-booed-cheered-kennedy-centers-les-miserables\/\">Trump jeered and cheered at Kennedy Center&#8217;s Les Miserables opening performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3439262\/grenell-urges-tolerance-trump-run-kennedy-center\/\">Grenell urges &lsquo;tolerance&rsquo; amid boycott questions at Trump-run Kennedy Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3439235\/terry-moran-joins-unemployed-former-tv-journalists-joining-substack\/\">Terry Moran joins growing wave of unemployed former TV journalists joining Substack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In January 2025, about two months after his arrest, the DOJ reported that Rahman pleaded guilty to his transgressions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Rahman betrayed the trust of the American people by unlawfully sharing classified national defense information he swore an oath to protect,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/former-cia-analyst-pleads-guilty-transmitting-top-secret-national-defense-information\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department&rsquo;s National Security Division.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Asif Rahman is pleading guilty in federal court three months to the day that he disclosed top secret American documents in violation of his oath, his responsibility, and the law,&rdquo; U.S. Attorney Jessica D. Aber for the Eastern District of Virginia <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/former-cia-analyst-pleads-guilty-transmitting-top-secret-national-defense-information\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> at the time. &ldquo;Mr. Rahman&rsquo;s actions placed lives at risk, undermined U.S. foreign relations, and compromised our ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-security-threats-persist-as-arrests-made-in-virginia-nc-florida-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... threats persist as arrests made in Virginia, NC, Florida - Washington Examiner\">collect vital intelligence<\/a> in the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rahman received 37 months in prison for &ldquo;unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Roman Rozhavsky, assistant director of the FBI&rsquo;s counterintelligence division, said Rahman violated the law and betrayed his responsibility as a government employee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By stealing and divulging classified information and then attempting to conceal his crimes, Asif Rahman not only violated the law; he also betrayed his oath as a government employee and his responsibility to the American people,&rdquo; Rozhavsky said. &ldquo;Now he will pay the price for putting American lives and U.S. national security at risk.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3438742\/us-bases-middle-east-iran-threat-nuclear-discussions\/\"><strong>MIDDLE EAST HEATS UP AS IRAN THREATENS US BASES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He issued another warning to anyone else who had thoughts of trying to share vital private information illegally.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let this be a warning to all clearance holders: The FBI will exhaust all avenues to find and bring to justice anyone &mdash; no matter who they are &mdash; who endangers our nation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-adversaries-using-ai-to-improve-cyberattacks-microsoft-and-openai-warn\/\" title=\"Microsoft and OpenAI caution about foreign adversaries leveraging AI to enhance cyberattacks\">disclosing sensitive information<\/a> without authorization,&rdquo; Rozhavsky warned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2146096\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2146096\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CIA analyst sentenced to over three years for sharing classified info<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2446215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CIA-central-intelligence-agency.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7362,12646,4786,50611,32433],"class_list":["post-2446214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cia","tag-espionage","tag-intelligence","tag-national-security-2","tag-prison-sentence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CIA-central-intelligence-agency.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446214"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446218,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446214\/revisions\/2446218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}