jamiroguy1 Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Guantanamo Spy Cases Evaporate Chaplain and Arabic Translator Are Now Facing Only Lesser ChargesBy John MintzWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, January 25, 2004; Page A03Last September, top officials of the Navy prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, told a military judge in Florida that the prison's Muslim chaplain, Army Capt. James Yee, would soon be charged with mutiny, sedition, espionage, spying and aiding the enemy -- crimes that could lead to his execution.Based on those allegations, Yee was held in solitary confinement in a Navy brig in South Carolina for 76 days. But authorities never charged him with any of those offenses. Instead, Yee will face much less serious charges, such as mishandling classified materials and adultery, when the case against him resumes at a hearing at Fort Benning, Ga., scheduled for Feb. 4.At the same time Yee was being detained, Air Force Senior Airman Ahmad I. Halabi, who worked as an Arabic translator at Guantanamo Bay, was also in solitary confinement 3,000 miles away, held in California on charges of espionage and aiding the enemy. In time, the most serious of those allegations have been withdrawn as well.Full Articlehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44930-2004Jan24.html?nav=hptoc_n**Flashback**Military confirms Muslim chaplain had secret papers (click me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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