"US Navy Chief Faces Espionage Charges in Japan"

Navy chief Bryce Steven Pedicini is facing eight espionage charge specifications for allegedly delivering classified information to a foreign contact between November 2022 and May 2023. He is accused of providing classified national defense documents to a citizen and employee of a foreign government, with the most recent alleged occurrence taking place in Japan. Pedicini, who has been held in pre-trial confinement since May, is also accused of transporting and processing classified material improperly, failing to report a foreign contact, and communicating defense information to foreign contacts. His trial date has not been announced, and the head of Naval Surface Forces is overseeing the case.