About this episode

Mike Garzon discusses a significant espionage case involving Bryce Pedicini, a Navy fire controlman who sold secrets for a meager sum.

You may have heard of the long-running TV show NCIS, based on the real work of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. But you may never have heard of a unit inside it, called the Office of Special Projects, where staff work on espionage cases that originate inside the U.S. Navy. Case agent Mike Garzon has worked in the office for four years. He sits down with Sasha to talk about a case that closed in 2024. It's the first case in a few decades that the Navy prosecuted from start to finish. It revolved around Bryce Pedicini, who was working for the Navy in Japan as a fire controlman chief. That meant he could operate and maintain advanced weapons systems on ships. And in 2023, he entered a classified government network, took photographs that he sent to a foreign agent, and received payment through PayPal. Pedicini said he needed the money because of… inflation. He was dishonorably discharged and now he's spending 18 years behind bars, which comes to $377 per year for the information he was paid to share. Subscribe to Sasha's Substack, HUMINT, to get more intelligence stories: https://sashaingber.substack.com/ For more information about the International Spy Museum, visit:&nbsp…

People in this episode

Host: Sasha

Guest: Mike Garzon

Topics covered

• espionage
• navy
• criminal investigation
• case study
• intelligence

Keywords

• espionage
• Navy
• classified information
• foreign agent
• criminal prosecution

Sponsors

N2K Networks, Goat Rodeo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, International Spy Museum

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