US Army soldier to be sentenced after pleading guilty in attempted espionage case
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A sentencing hearing for a soldier who pleaded guilty to attempted espionage and other charges has begun at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.
An eight-member panel is debating the sentence of 24-year-old Spc. William Colton Millay on Monday.
The military policeman pleaded guilty before a military judge on March 19 to charges including attempted espionage, soliciting another to commit espionage and communicating national defense information.
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The Army says Millay had access to information that he believed could hurt the United States. He is accused of providing classified information to a woman who was posing as a Russian intelligence agent.
Officials say there is no connection between Millay's case and the one involving Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of disclosing intelligence information to WikiLeaks.