A U.S. Government employee who worked in some capacity for the CIA faces charges over an online leak of classified documents about Israel's potential plans for a retaliatory strike against Iran. That man was brought to Guam to appear before a federal court judge.

Federal prosecutors charged Asif Rahman, who held one of the highest levels of security clearance, with two counts of illegal transmission of national defense information.

Documents linked to the case were filed in the District Court of Guam Wednesday.

This comes after classified government records related to Israel's possible plans for a strike - surfaced online.

According to court records, Rahman allegedly illegally leaked the information on October 17th from locations outside the US, including in Cambodia.

The documents Rahman is accused of leaking are not specified the court's record, but sources confirmed to CBS News the leaked documents pertained to the possible attack plans.

However, it's still not clear that Rahman was the source of the classified documents or whether he may have acted alone.

He was indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia last week and appeared before Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood in the District Court of Guam today for removal proceedings.

Federal investigators inside the Pentagon and with the FBI launched an investigation last month after documents apparently belonging to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency were posted in a telegram channel around the time that Israel was considering a retaliatory strike against Iran.

A source saying the documents posted online appeared to be authentic.

The Justice Department declined to comment.