US sailor found guilty at court martial on attempted espionage charges

[BumRushDaShow]

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 Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s office for comment from Pedicini’s attorney.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/20/politics/espionage-us-sailor-pedicini-navy-found-guilty/index.html

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. Good,

hope this POS traitor spends the rest of his miserable life in prison.

[onecaliberal]

2. But why? It was his personal information. He can have personal information.

[Irish_Dem]

3. He waved his hand and the information belonged to him.

[onecaliberal]

5. Exactly! I mean, whom among us...

[Prairie Gates]

11. LOL

[irisblue]

4. Wanna be Aldrich Ames can rot

[tornado34jh]

6. Although it doesn't say which government, if I had to take a guess

It probably was either Russia or China, with the latter probably being more likely. I give it 60/40 it was to China.

[Turbineguy]

7. Well, there's another guy who will be looking for

a Trump pardon.

[Cha]

8. FAFO.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. "Adversaries of the United States", such as traitortrump, Moscow Marge, Moscow Mitch, et. al.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. No Immunity for Traitors