U.S. government employee charged in leak of Israel's plans to attack Iran
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A U.S. government employee faces charges over an online leak of classified documents about Israel's potential plans for a retaliatory strike against Iran.
Federal prosecutors charged Asif Rahman, a one-time employee of the U.S. government who held one of the highest levels of security clearance, with two counts of illegal transmission of national defense information after classified government records related to Israel's possible plans for a strike surfaced online, according to court documents and two sources familiar with the matter.
According to court records, Rahman allegedly illegally leaked the information on Oct. 17 from locations outside the U.S., including in Cambodia. The documents Rahman is accused of leaking are not specified in court documents, but sources confirmed to CBS News the leaked documents pertained to the possible attack plans. News of Rahman's arrest was first reported by The New York Times.
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