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ByJulieWatson TheAssociatedPress SANDIEGO ANavycaptain who oversaw operations in the U.S. Pacific Fleet was sentenced Friday to nearly four years in prison for pro- viding classified informa- tion to a Malaysian defense contractor in exchange for luxury hotel stays and the services of prostitutes. Capt. Daniel Dusek, 49, is the highest-ranking offi- cer to be charged in one of the military's worst bribery scandals. U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino also ordered Dusek to pay a $70,000 fine and $30,000 in restitution to the Navy for giving ship and submarine schedules to help Leonard Glenn Fran- cis. Francis' company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd., or GDMA, overbilled the maritime branch by more than $34 million, accord- ing to court documents. "It's truly unimaginable to the court that someone in your position with the United States Navy would sell out based on what was provided to you — ho- tel rooms, entertainment and the services of pros- titutes," Sammartino told Dusek, adding that he "po- tentially jeopardized na- tional security." Dusek told the federal court in San Diego that he will never forgive him- self for his actions, which spanned a seven-month pe- riod starting in July 2010. His lawyer pointed out that Dusek turned himself in. "I will hold this guilt in my heart for the rest of my life," he told the judge be- fore being sentenced. Francis, known as "Fat Leonard" in military circles, has acknowledged bribing Navy officials with more than $500,000 in cash and a staggering amount of lux- ury goods worth millions, including prostitution ser- vices, spa treatments, top- shelf alcohol, ornamental swords and handmade ship models. Ten people have been charged in the case, in- cluding five Navy officials, and nine defendants have pleaded guilty. GDMA has provided fuel, food and other services to Navy ships in Asia for two decades. Prosecutor Mark Pletcher said Dusek used his posi- tion to influence admirals to re-route ships to ports either owned by Francis or with lax oversight so fake tariffs and other fees could be imposed without being detected. NAVY Ca pt ai n se nt en ce d to 4 6 months in bribery case The Associated Press NEW YORK Apple wants a judge to delay government demands for data from a locked iPhone in a Brook- lyn drug case while the FBI sees if it can get contents from a San Bernardino at- tacker's phone without Ap- ple's help. Apple attorney Marc Zwillinger asked U.S. Dis- trict Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn late Thursday to postpone deadlines un- til the Department of Jus- tice reports the FBI's find- ings to a California judge. Zwillinger said the Brooklyn case will be af- fected by the outcome in California regardless of what the Justice Depart- ment concludes regarding its methods of obtaining data without Apple's help. He said if the same method can be used to un- locktheiPhoneintheBrook- lyn case, Apple's assistance willnolongerbeneeded.He added that Apple will seek totestanyclaimsbythegov- ernment that the method cannot work on the iPhone in Brooklyn or claims that other methods cannot be used. The government is scheduled to update a Cal- ifornia magistrate judge on April 5 about its efforts to access iPhones without the company's assistance. Investigators want infor- mation from a phone used by a shooter who with his wife killed 14 people in De- cember. Days ago, prosecu- tors notified the magistrate judge that the FBI may be able to break into phones without Apple's help but needed more time to be sure. ENCRYPTION Citing FBI, Apple asks judge to delay iPhone case The Associated Press NEW YORK A JetBlue flight attendant accused of trying tosneakasuitcasefullofco- caine through Los Angeles International Airport and making a dramatic dash to escape has been ordered re- turned to California. U.S. District Judge An- drew Birotte Jr. in Los Angeles issued the order Thursday after prosecu- tors appealed a New York City jurist's decision to free Marsha Gay Reynolds on $500,000 bail. Birotte directed U.S. marshals to transport the Jamaica-born Reynolds, 31, to Los Angeles. She ap- peared in Brooklyn federal court Friday afternoon. Reynolds, a U.S. citizen and resident of Queens, is a former Jamaican beauty queen and New York Uni- versity track athlete. She surrendered in New York on Wednesday. Authorities said they found 70 pounds of co- caine in her luggage at LAX on March 18 after she was flagged for a random secu- rity screening, flung off her high heels and bolted bare- foot down an upward-mov- ing escalator. They said she ran out of the terminal and made her way to New York. Birotte decided she should remain in custody while being transported to an April 7 hearing in Los Angeles. Allan Jennings, a spokes- man for Reynolds' legal team, said defense lawyers were not invited to appear before Birotte before he is- sued his order late Thurs- day in Los Angeles. "It was grossly unfair for him to sign an order with- out giving her an opportu- nity to be heard," he said. As a former U.S. attor- ney, Birotte has some ex- perience with the subject of drug smuggling at LAX. In 2012, he announced the arrests of two one- time Transportation Se- curity Administration em- ployees on drug trafficking and bribery charges. 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