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An IT specialist from the Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested for attempting to transfer classified information to a foreign government, involving multiple covert exchanges and the use of a thumb drive, highlighting ongoing concerns about espionage.
A U.S. Navy sailor based in Japan, Bryce Pedicini, has been charged with espionage for allegedly providing classified material to a foreign government. He is accused of passing documents and photos to an employee of a foreign government multiple times between November 2022 and May 2023. Pedicini, who was assigned to the USS Higgins, is also accused of failing to report a foreign contact and taking a personal electronic device into a secure room. This comes after another sailor, Wenheng Zhao, was sentenced to prison earlier this year for accepting bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for providing photos of U.S. military information.
A U.S. government contractor, Abraham Teklu Lemma, has been arrested on espionage charges for allegedly delivering classified national defense information to aid a foreign government. Lemma is accused of copying classified information from intelligence reports, removing classification markings, and transmitting the material to a foreign government official associated with a foreign country's intelligence service. The charges carry a potential penalty of death or life imprisonment. The FBI, State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, and Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General are investigating the case.