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Military court convicts U.S. sailor of attempted espionage
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https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1246108780/navy-classified-information-sailor-convicted-espionage
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A military court found a U.S. Navy sailor — who previously served on a guided-missile destroyer based in Japan — guilty of sharing classified defense information with a “representative of a foreign government,” according the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
“This guilty verdict holds Mr. Pedicini to account for his betrayal of his country and fellow service members,” NCIS Director Omar Lopez said in a statement.
NPR has reached out to the Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s office for comment from Pedicini’s lawyer.
Days before his arrest, Pedicini tried sharing photos of his computer screen aboard the Japan-based destroyer USS Higgins with his contact, according to the charging documents.
In all, Pedicini gave classified information to a citizen or employee of a foreign government at least six times, the charging documents said.
The representative of the foreign government received information from Pedicini “under the guise of writing research papers.”
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