A CIA official has been charged with leaking highly classified documents about Israel’s potential plan to strike back against Iran over a missile attack.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A CIA employee with ties to the Tri-State area has been accused of leaking classified information regarding Israeli attack plans. Asif William Rahman, who graduated from Yale in 2013 and listed his hometown as Cincinnati, was arrested by the FBI this week in Cambodia.

Asif William Rahman was arrested in Cambodia on Tuesday and expected to appear in federal court in Guam.

A CIA employee accused of leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran was ordered by a federal judge Thursday to face felony charges in Virginia. The FBI arrested Asif William Rahman this week in Cambodia,

The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case.

The U.S. has charged a man who worked for the CIA overseas with leaking a classified document last month that assessed Israeli preparations for a counterattack of Iran. The man, Asif William

The FBI arrested Asif William Rahman this week in Cambodia, and he made his first court appearance Thursday in Guam.

The CIA official identified as Asif William Rahman was arrested in Cambodia on Tuesday by the FBI and charged with two counts of willful retention and transmission of national defence information, according to filings in Guam's federal court.