Former CIA Analyst Sentenced for Leaking Top Secret Information
Asif Rahman gets 37 months in prison for transmitting classified material that later appeared online
A former CIA analyst was sentenced to 37 months in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting highly classified national defense information that later surfaced on social media in October 2024.
Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, Virginia, held a Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access from 2016 until his termination following his November 2024 arrest. According to prosecutors, Rahman printed, photographed, and shared Top Secret documents concerning a U.S. ally’s planned actions against a foreign adversary. The materials, complete with classification markings, appeared publicly online the day after he transmitted them.
FBI officials said Rahman deliberately tried to conceal his actions. After leaking the information, he launched a deletion campaign on his secure workstation and continued accessing and transmitting additional classified materials into November.
Rahman was indicted by a federal grand jury on Nov. 7 and arrested on Nov. 12, 2024, as he arrived at CIA headquarters. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 17 to two counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. He has been held in custody since his arrest.
The FBI’s Washington Field Office led the investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy A. Edwards Jr. and DOJ Trial Attorney Christopher Cook.
Read the DOJ Press Release
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