Asif W. Rahman, 34, admitted he leaked 17 classified documents last year. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

A former CIA official pleaded guilty Friday to leaking top secret US intelligence documents about Israeli military plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran. According to The Washington Post, the documents,

The analyst was charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and faces up to a decade in prison for disclosing sensitive information about Israel’s response to an Iranian attack.

Today, the United States is navigating an increasingly unsettled world. The positions advising the president on national security are as important as ever. One such position, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency,

WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announced Jan. 15 it selected 13 companies for a $200 million contract to provide commercial satellite data and analytics, marking a shift in how the intelligence agency acquires critical information for national security.

Former CIA analyst Asif Rahman admits to leaking highly classified records detailing Israeli military preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, reversing his earlier denial of the charges.

A former CIA official pleaded guilty on Friday to leaking classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran following the Islamic Republic’s missile attack on the Jewish state last fall. Asif Rahman,