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No longer accused of spying Yee to face judge on lesser charges
Navy Times ^
| 2/17/04
| McMurray
Posted on 02/17/2004 5:15:14 AM PST by pabianice
Edited on 05/07/2004 10:11:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Army Capt. James Yee, shown here in a December file photo, no longer faces capital espionage charges.
James Yee, a Muslim chaplain in the Army, spent 76 days in a prison cell while authorities tried to build a capital espionage case against him. Now he is free, the most serious allegations replaced by lesser ones like adultery and possession of pornography, and the military justice system itself is on trial.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chaplain; gitmo; jamesyee; jihadinamerica; muslimchaplain; muslimchaplains; muslimtroops
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posted on
02/17/2004 5:15:15 AM PST
by
pabianice
To: pabianice; hchutch
I've known a few Keystone Kops types in the JAG office.
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posted on
02/17/2004 5:17:17 AM PST
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: pabianice
The only formal charges against Yee, a captain, are mishandling classified material, failing to obey an order, making a false official statement, adultery and conduct unbecoming an officer for allegedly downloading pornography on his government laptop.
Only? His career has ended.
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posted on
02/17/2004 5:19:28 AM PST
by
verity
To: verity
I think they got what they needed out of him. A few months in the brig at Charleston no doubt made him very eager to cooperate, hence the reduction in charges.
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posted on
02/17/2004 5:21:43 AM PST
by
livius
To: livius
Good point.
The Navy Times, using the word ONLY, suggested that the offenses were tantamount to jaywalking.
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posted on
02/17/2004 5:30:16 AM PST
by
verity
To: verity
Only? His career has ended.A chaplain who has commited adultery and has downloaded pornography deserves to have his career ended.
With respect to the rest of the charges, he was made an example.
We are at war.
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posted on
02/17/2004 10:27:58 AM PST
by
happygrl
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