Israeli retaliation leak

The leaks also revealed the significant contribution of the United States' spying on Iran towards providing intelligence for Israel's planned military operations.

Asif William Rahman (born 18 September 1990),[1] a CIA employee with top-secret security clearance, was indicted on 7 November for willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information.

[6][9][10] One of the documents was an alleged Department of Defense National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Visual Intelligence report that had been distributed in the week prior to the leak consisting entirely of satellite image analysis.

[6] According to the leak, the US noted that the Israeli Air Force was handling ALBMs including 16 Golden Horizons and at least 40 ROCKS located at the Hatzerim Airbase since October 8.

The documents also indicated the use of United States satellites to spy on and gather information on Israeli Air Force operations, contributing to the seriousness of the security breach.

[8] CNN reporters Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt noted that the data breaches would likely bring anger from Israel against the United States at a period where mutual diplomatic relations have been complicated during the Israel-Hamas war and associated conflicts with Iranian proxies.