Muslim Chaplain's Case Sparks Questions

[Judi Lynn]

Feb 16, 1:35 AM EST

Muslim Chaplain's Case Sparks Questions

By JEFFREY McMURRAY
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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.

Yee is due to appear Wednesday in front of a military judge in Fort Benning, Ga., for his preliminary hearing. Originally scheduled for Dec. 2, the hearing has been postponed four times - for a total of 78 days - so the Army can review classified documents in the case.
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"Is this guy Jack the Ripper or is he not?" asked Gary Solis, a former Marine Corps judge advocate and current adjunct law professor at Georgetown University. "You have to appreciate that at the outset they thought they were onto something very serious, but they don't seem to be able to accept the evidence that in fact this was just a garden-variety screw-up."

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. The last two were added since his release from the brig.
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[damnraddem]

1. Adulltry unbecoming an officer, perhaps?

As opposed to adultry that is acceptable for an officer, like DD Eisenhower's?

Or is the real charge: adultry while Muslim?