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A chief petty officer assigned to a Japan-based destroyer has been accused of passing secret information to a "foreign contact," according to charging.
Chief Petty Officer Bryce Steven Pedicini, a fire controlman, was charged in January on allegations of committing espionage in Virginia, aboard the Higgins and while in Japan, in addition to the wrongful communication of defense information and disobeying lawful orders.