Two More at Gitmo Suspected of Espionage

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[tioga]

Two more U.S. service members working at the prison on the grounds of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (search) are in custody, under suspicion of espionage and possible improper communications with the camp's detainees, senior military officials told Fox News Tuesday afternoon.

One of the accused is in the Navy, the other is in the Air Force, officials said. Their roles at the camp have not been disclosed yet, nor their ranks and religion.

Fox News has learned they both were detained roughly two weeks before Islamic military chaplain James Yee (search) was arrested. Officials declined to tell Fox News where the two are being held.

Yee's connection to these two is not clear at this time, though officials do say that the two were being surveyed for some time before Yee came to their attention, and Yee's path may have crossed theirs.

None of the three have been charged with any crimes at this time and the investigation is considered ongoing.

About 660 suspected Al Qaeda (search) or Taliban (search) members are imprisoned at the U.S. Navy base. American officials are interrogating them for information on the terrorist network.

Yee, 35, was arrested Sept. 10 in Jacksonville, Fla., after getting off a flight from Guantanamo Bay and is being held at the consolidated Naval Brig in Charleston, SC. A senior law enforcement official said authorities confiscated classified documents Yee was carrying.

But determining what Yee’s intentions were may be difficult, according to one senior official. The official told Fox News that he was having a difficult time assessing the meaning of the articles said to be in the chaplain's possession when he was arrested.

Yee was detained in part because he carried classified information without having something called a "courier card" in his possession. Such mistakes are not uncommon, the official said. Yee also possessed a laptop equipped with a modem, and modems are strictly forbidden at the base. The official pointed out that nearly every laptop now sold is equipped with a dialup modem.

A Pentagon official told Fox News that classified information was also found on the laptop of the Air Force member now in custody. But the official said slip-ups like this -- which he described as "sloppy computer security" -- are somewhat common.

Yee can be confined under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for up to two months without being charged.

[tioga]

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[mrs tiggywinkle]

Jeez Louize!

[Bikers4Bush]

$20 says they were both muslim. Probably interpreters/sympathizers.

[Shermy]

$20 says they were both muslim. Probably interpreters/sympathizers.

Maybe it was "$" from a foreign power that bought them off.

[zerosix]

You'll never get rich on that sure thing!

[prairiebreeze]

Fox had a guest who wrote this book about all the Muslim converts in the military after the first Gulf War.

She said that Saudi Arabia set up tents at the rear end of US military supply lines and estimates about 3,000 soldiers converted to Islam at that point. Hard to believe really but that was her story.

I would think these days that even if tents were set up around military troops, they would be designated off limits. For obvious reasons

Prairie

[r9etb]

The stuff on Yee is interesting -- sounds like they're bending over backwards to give him the benefit of the doubt.

However, the fact of the matter is that an chaplain would have no need to be in possession of classified information. That alone is pretty damning.

[prairiebreeze]

I would say that they must have a lot of stuff against him for them to arrest and detain a chaplain.

Prairie

[tioga]

There will not be a muslim jury in place to judge him, his pears are the military he willingly signed on with, no PC bull at the trial, just the facts.

[Credo]

I would say more Service Members either deepened their Christian walk or came to Christ than converted to Islam in first Gulf War. A lot more. Especially the ones that were closer to the fighting.

[RoughDobermann]

I would think these days that even if tents were set up around military troops, they would be designated off limits

Should tents with Christian recruiters be "off limits" too?

[joesnuffy]

DIVERSITY...they rope they will hang us with

[50sDad]

Should tents with Christian recruiters be "off limits" too?

Did the Pope's followers fly two jets into the symbols of our national economic power and kill 3000 people? Get with it!

[prairiebreeze]

Did I specify a type of tent? I reported what was said by a guest on a news show then followed with a comment about "tents" being set up around military camps.

Security concerns, especially in a field of major operations or combat should preclude such a thing I would think.

Prairie

[1Old Pro]

CODE RED

[RoughDobermann]

Did the Pope's followers fly two jets into the symbols of our national economic power and kill 3000 people? Get with it!

No, last time I checked they were radical Muslims. What's your point?

[RoughDobermann]

Just asking a simple question. You seemed to be implying that our troops should be kept away from Islamic recruiters. Yes or no?

[prairiebreeze]

I'm stating that any sort of extraneous tents, shacks, buildings, or huts set up around military camps should be viewed or screened with an overabundance of caution by military authorities from a strictly security standpoint. For obvious reasons.

The FOX guest was commenting on research she did for her book on Muslim converts in our military after Gulf War 1.

Prairie

[varon]

She said that Saudi Arabia set up tents at the rear end of US military supply lines and estimates about 3,000 soldiers converted to Islam at that point.

Probably some Saudi marketing guru convinced the GIs that upon conversion they would get their 72 virgins that were in the next tent ;-)

[RoughDobermann]

Fair enough.