US sailor found guilty at court martial on attempted espionage charges
Source: CNN Politics
Published 10:39 AM EDT, Sat April 20, 2024
CNN A US sailor who served in Japan was found guilty on Friday at a general court martial for attempted espionage, failure to obey a lawful order and attempted violation of a lawful general order.
The sailor, Chief Petty Officer Bryce S. Pedicini, will be sentenced on May 7, according to a statement from 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 the statement. Adversaries of the United States are unrelenting in their attempts to degrade our military superiority.
Pedicini was accused earlier this year of 14 counts of espionage and the communication of defense information, in addition to failing to obey a lawful order by not reporting a foreign contact or that a foreigner had solicited classified information from him. He was assigned to the Japan-based destroyer USS Higgins (DDG-76). CNN has reached out to the Navys Judge Advocate Generals office for comment from Pedicinis attorney.
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MarineCombatEngineer
(12,449 posts)hope this POS traitor spends the rest of his miserable life in prison.
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,461 posts)onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)Prairie Gates
(1,066 posts)irisblue
(33,035 posts)tornado34jh
(950 posts)It probably was either Russia or China, with the latter probably being more likely. I give it 60/40 it was to China.
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)a Trump pardon.