CIA official charged over intelligence leak

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CIA official charged over intelligence *****

A US government official has been charged for allegedly leaking classified documents appearing to show ******** plans for a retaliatory ******* on Iran.

******* carried out air strikes on Iran in October, targeting military sites in several regions, in response to the barrage of missiles launched by Tehran weeks earlier.

Leaked classified documents are said to have contained the US’s assessment of the plans ahead of the *******, as well as the movements of ******** military assets in preparation.

The official, Asif Rahman, was arrested in Cambodia on Tuesday and brought to federal court in Guam to face charges, according to the indictment, seen by US media.

Mr Rahman worked for the CIA abroad and held a top secret security clearance, the New York Times reported. He was due to appear in court on Thursday, charged with two counts of wilfully transmitting classified information.

The documents that Mr Rahman allegedly leaked were not stated in the court documents, but a source confirmed to the BBC’s US partner, CBS News, that they related to the ******** ******* plans.

In October, two documents appearing to be attributed to the US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, a Department of Defense agency, were published on an Iranian-aligned Telegram account.

The documents, marked top secret, were shareable between the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, made up of the US, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

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appeared to be based on satellite information obtained from 15-16 October.

The first was titled: “*******: Air Force Continues Preparations for Strike on Iran and Conducts a Second Large-Force Employment Exercise.” It described ballistic and air-to-surface missile handling.

The second was titled: “*******: Defense Forces Continue Key Munitions Preparations and Covert UAV Activity Almost Certainly for a Strike on Iran.” It discussed ******** drone movements.

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, having spent weeks deciding how to respond to the missiles fired by Tehran on 1 October.

The ******* Defense Forces (IDF) said it targeted military sites in several regions, with subsequent reports suggesting an Iranian missile production site had been hit. One civilian and four soldiers were ******* in the attacks, Iranian authorities said.

Iran initially launched around 180 ballistic missiles at ******* in response to the killings of ****** and Hezbollah leaders.

The US Department of Justice has been contacted for comment.

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