Guantanamo Chaplain Found Guilty of Adultery

[Judi Lynn]

Guantanamo Chaplain Found Guilty of Adultery


By Will Dunham

ARLINGTON, Va. (Reuters) - A U.S. general on Monday found a Muslim Army chaplain who ministered to terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay guilty of committing adultery and storing pornographic images on a government computer.

Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, at the end of an hour-long administrative hearing in Arlington, Virginia, issued a reprimand against Capt. James Yee, but the general's verdict did not represent a criminal conviction.


In fact, the Army on Friday dropped all criminal charges against the 36-year-old West Point graduate, abandoning an espionage case that started with his arrest last September and at one time included accusations in court documents of spying, mutiny, sedition, aiding the enemy and espionage.


Miller commands the task force overseeing the prison at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States holds roughly 610 foreign terrorism suspects. Yee worked with prisoners there for 10 months.
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On edit, related story:

Mother of Muslim Guantanamo chaplain demands apology over spy charges
Mon Mar 22, 1:03 PM ET

NEW YORK (AFP) - The mother of a US Army Muslim chaplain accused of mishandling classified materials from the Guantanamo Bay naval base, has called on military officials to apologise after dropping the charges against her son.

"Realize you made a mistake and apologize," Fong Yee, the mother of Captain James Yee, told the Star-Ledger of Newark by telephone at the weekend from her New Jersey home.

"What's wrong with that? It's an honorable thing to do. That's just basic human decency," she said.

The charges against Yee -- mishandling classified information, adultery, possession of pornography and making a false statement -- were dropped Friday because, military officials said, pursuing the prosecution would have required the release of additional secrets.

Yee was arrested in September in possession of classified documents from the US naval base in Cuba where some 600 suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters are detained.
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[historian]

1. NO!!!!!

I dont believe it! A cleric?????? Indulging in no - nos???? My faith is shattered

[Art_from_Ark]

2. Guilty of adultery, eh? So what are they going to do,

stone him? Or make him wear a scarlet "A" on his shirt?

[Moderator]

3. Please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x438587