US government employee charged with leaking secret documents about Israel’s plans to attack Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged Leakage of confidential information This emerges from court papers filed on Wednesday, assessing Israel’s previous plans to attack Iran.

The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by the FBI in Cambodia this week and was scheduled to appear in court for the first time in Guam.

He was charged last week in a US court in Virginia with two counts of intentionally disclosing national defense information – offenses that can carry significant prison sentences.

It was not immediately clear whether Rahman had a lawyer or which federal agency hired him, but officials say he had a top-secret security clearance.

The indictment arises from the documents attributed to it National Geospatial Intelligence Agency And National Security Agencyappeared on a channel on the messaging app Telegram last month. The documents noted that Israel was still moving military assets into place to carry out a military strike in response Iran’s devastating ballistic missile attack on October 1st.

Israel led one Retaliatory attack on multiple locations in Iran End of October.

The documents could be shared within the “Five Eyes,” consisting of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

The New York Times was first to report his arrest.