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Luke Garrett

Military court convicts U.S. sailor of attempted espionage

The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) is pictured in the South China Sea on July 28, 2022. (Christopher Bosch/U.S. Navy)

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.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Bryce Pedicini was convicted on Friday of attempted espionage, failure to obey a lawful order and attempted violation of a lawful general order.

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