Update: Military Drops All Charges Against Chaplain Yee

March 20, 2004

Source: The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001884078_yee20m.html

On March 20, 2004 The Seattle Times reported, " The fading espionage case against Army Capt. James Yee, the Muslim chaplain who ministered to Guantánamo Bay prisoners, came to an abrupt end yesterday after the U.S. military dropped all charges against him. In a surprise move, the Army dismissed allegations of mishandling classified information — the most serious offenses left in a case authorities once described as involving spying, mutiny, sedition and aiding the enemy... Yee, who was stationed at Fort Lewis before Cuba's Guantánamo, was unavailable for comment yesterday, his lawyer said. Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, the Guantánamo commander, said he dropped the charges because of national-security concerns that would arise from the release of evidence in a court proceeding, according to a statement released by the U.S. Southern Command in Florida."