CIA Analyst Admits He Gave Iran Early Warning of Israeli Military Preparations

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by Christopher Tomlinson, The National Pulse:

A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst has pleaded guilty to charges of leaking intelligence to Iran regarding Israeli military preparations for striking the country, which led the Israelis to delay the strikes. Asif W. Rahman pleaded guilty to the charges at a U.S. District Court in Alexandria on Friday, January 17, after being charged with two counts of leaking and transmitting national defense information.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) initially arrested Rahman after leaked documents were traced to the United States embassy in Cambodia, where he worked. The records he passed to Iran were top secret and originated from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

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The 34-year-old could face a prison sentence of up to 20 years for violating the Espionage Act, but lawyers have agreed to a prison term of five to six and a half years as part of a plea deal.

Iran struck Israel twice last year. The initial strike came in April after Israel bombed an Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, killing several high-ranking Iranian officials. Israel then carried out limited retaliatory strikes less than two weeks later, but they were seen as limited in scope. In July, Israel again struck Iran, killing Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Israel did not admit responsibility for the attack until December, however. In response, Iran launched a much larger attack than the initial April strikes, including nearly 200 ballistic missiles along with drones. Some of the missiles were able to hit areas around the Nevatim Airbase along with the headquarters of Mossad in Tel Aviv.

Israel again retaliated on October 26, launching three waves of airstrikes at various targets in Iran and Syria, targeting military sites such as air defense systems and military production facilities.

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