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.

A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty Friday to leaking highly classified records that detailed Israeli military preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, which were posted on social media last year and led officials to delay the attack.

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,

According to a court filing, former CIA official Asif Rahman, on October 17, printed out two top secret documents, photographed the files and used a computer program to edit the images in 'an attempt to conceal their source and delete his activity.

A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty Friday to leaking information on a planned Israeli attack on Iran. Asif Rahman, 34, was arrested by the FBI in November weeks after classified documents appeared on the Telegram messaging app.

A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel's plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he willfully retained and transmitted national defense information,