{"id":1880,"date":"2004-03-22T02:05:18","date_gmt":"2004-03-22T07:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2004-03-22T02:05:18","modified_gmt":"2004-03-22T07:05:18","slug":"charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/03\/charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done\/","title":{"rendered":": Charges Against Yee Dropped, But The Damage Is Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/yee_free.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Usually, when a trial (especially a military one) involves \u201cnational security concerns,\u201d you would expect it to be railroaded through, possibly invoking the use of \u201csecret evidence\u201d or preventing access to a lawyer.  Those security concerns, however, led to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeerah.info%2FOpinion%2520editorials%2F2004%2520opinions%2FMarch%2F21%2520o%2FGuilty%2520until%2520Proven%2520Innocent%2520the%2520James%2520Yee%2520Story%2520By%2520Mike%2520Whitney.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">vindication<\/a> of sorts in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org%2Fwright02022004.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">embarassing case<\/a> of Captain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justiceforyee.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Yee<\/a>.  Yee, a former chaplain at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay who was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com%2Fcs%2FCDA%2Fssistory.mpl%2Fnation%2F2458122\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">arrested<\/a> on suspicion of espionage but later charged with mishandling classified data, storing porn on his government-issued laptop, and adultery, unexpectedly found himself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com%2Fnews%2Fledger%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnews-14%2F1079766616224360.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">free of criminal charges<\/a>, ostensibly due to government fears that the release of evidence would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com%2F2004%2F03%2F20%2Fnational%2F20YEE.html%3Fex%3D1395118800%26en%3De3c55b1405bbfd4b%26ei%3D5007%26partner%3DUSERLAND\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">threaten<\/a> national security.  (The same evidence was mistakenly sent to Yee\u2019s legal team, who reviewed the documents and found no classified information before returning them to government prosecutors who sheepishly asked for them back.)  Even the easy-to-prove charge of storing porn on his laptop (deleting is isn\u2019t enough to conceal evidence) was dropped.  \u201cChaplain Yee has won,\u201d said his lawyer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA9356-2004Mar19.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eugene Fidell<\/a>. \u201cThe Army\u2019s dismissal of the classified information charges against him represents a long-overdue vindication. We reject the notion that security concerns played any role in this decision.\u201d  So what happens now?  Yee will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fchi-0403200069mar20%2C1%2C1134748.story%3Fcoll%3Dchi-newsnationworld-hed\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">return to service<\/a> as a chaplain at Ft. Lewis, near his hometown of Olympia, Washington, where he served before being called up for service at Guantanamo.  He may also face administrative, non-judicial actions related to the adultery\/pornography charges.  Meanwhile, family and friends are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news12.com%2FNJ%2Ftopstories%2Farticle%3Fid%3D103693\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">asking<\/a> for an apology.  \u201cThis has been a really bad experience,\u201d said Yee\u2019s wife <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com%2Flocal%2F165638_yee20.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Huda Suboh<\/a> from her home in Olympia, where she lives with their daughter. \u201cIt broke my heart. It\u2019s hard when someone talks about your husband like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After $100,000 in legal fees, 76 days in detention, and a reputation dragged through the mud, the Army dropped all charges against Chaplain James Yee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: Charges Against Yee Dropped, But The Damage Is Done<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After $100,000 in legal fees, 76 days in detention, and a reputation dragged through the mud, the Army dropped all charges against Chaplain James Yee.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/03\/charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\": Charges Against Yee Dropped, But The Damage Is Done\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After $100,000 in legal fees, 76 days in detention, and a reputation dragged through the mud, the Army dropped all charges against Chaplain James Yee.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/03\/charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2004-03-22T07:05:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/yee_free.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/03\/charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/03\/charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done\/\",\"name\":\": Charges Against Yee Dropped, But The Damage Is Done\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2004-03-22T07:05:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2004-03-22T07:05:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/0e0efbb645cc461c721083358f82f945\"},\"description\":\"After $100,000 in legal fees, 76 days in detention, and a reputation dragged through the mud, the Army dropped all charges against Chaplain James Yee.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/03\/charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/03\/charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/03\/charges_against_yee_dropped_but_the_damage_is_done\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\": Charges Against Yee Dropped, But The Damage Is Done\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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