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Captain James Yee (AP)
The Army has dropped all charges against Muslim chaplain James Yee, who had been accused of mishandling classified documents at the terrorist detention camp at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Those classified documents weren't the only thing that was mishandled. The government has been fumbling the case from the start.
The CNN story's final line suggests a plea deal of some kind, but the government is being decidedly unhelpful.
Was James Yee carrying classified information when he was searched? It seems impossible to think otherwise. If so, why? If not, why was he charged?
All charges against Army Muslim chaplain James Yee have been dropped, the U.S. Army said Friday.Yee faced charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified information at the terrorist detention camp at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Yee, a West Point graduate and Army captain, had been serving as a chaplain for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay when he was arrested in September and originally accused of espionage. He was jailed for 76 days.
The formal charges were reduced to mishandling classified information, and Army prosecutors never introduced any evidence on what that was. They delayed Yee's preliminary hearing five times.
The only testimony about what Yee may have done wrong came from a U.S. Customs agent, who said Yee was carrying lists with names of detainees and interrogators when he arrived in Florida on leave in September. The agent searched Yee's belongings on a tip from military investigators.
The Army had added four minor charges, mainly involving adultery and pornography, at the time it filed the reduced accusations of mishandling classified information.
Earlier this month, Yee signed a proposed agreement to resign from the Army if the military would end its effort to prosecute him, according to a document his defense team said it mistakenly sent to news organizations.
Posted by Robert at March 19, 2004 8:23 PM
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"according to a document his defense team said it mistakenly sent to news organizations. " ???
jay
He agreed to resign if the Army stopped pursuing him legally? This clearly says he isn't clean. An what kind of good Muslim looks at pornography?
He is now an infidel! A Chaplain no less. Chalk another one up for that Awesome Islamic public image they have going for them.
Posted by: D.C. Watson at March 19, 2004 10:31 PMmuslims have no bussiness in the U.S. military. They might as well have let nazis serve during WWII.
Posted by: proud infidel at March 20, 2004 4:59 AMBungle, bungle. Why can't trained law enforcement do it right, and what about all those years in law school, why can't those lawyers get it right? THEY should be prosecuted as they are putting us at risk because of their incompetency.
Posted by: epg at March 20, 2004 6:26 AMEPG; Keep in mind that the role of investigatore is quit frankly to investigate the possibility of a crime. Captain James Yee certainly sent out smoke signals by resigning from the army and going to lebanon and Syria for more islamic education. And then coming back and re-enislisting back into the army to minister to Islamic detainees in Guantanamo. Many times where there is smoke, there is fire. The security people would be remiss in their duty if they failed to take a hard look at Captain James Yee, whether there was hard evidence to prosecute him or not for possible treasonous acts given the environment we are living in today.
Posted by: Mackie at March 21, 2004 2:54 PMproud infidel: are you saying Muslims are Nazis, or that they are enemies of America? If so, I would think that it is you the Nazi.
Posted by: Greg at April 26, 2004 5:03 AM
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