National security threats persist as arrests made in Virginia, NC, Florida

Published January 18, 2025 2:44pm ET



(The Center Square) – As Islamic terror incidents and national security threats increased under the Biden administration, major arrests, indictments and guilty pleas were recently announced in Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

In Vienna, Virginia, 34-year-old former CIA analyst Asif William Rahman pleaded guilty Friday to retaining and transmitting “Top Secret National Defense Information,” including removing classified documents, photographing them, transmitting them, and destroying devices, according to a federal complaint. He was indicted by a grand jury and arrested last November. He remains in federal custody and faces 10 years in prison for both counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related to national defense.

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