… the Abu Ghraib horrors, the 9/11 hearings and the upcoming election… I don’t think many people even remember the “traitor” the military dredged up last year. I was curious as to what had become of the Yee story, and this is what I found:
The Ordeal of Chaplain Yee
Mon May 17, 6:22 AM ET
By Laura Parker, USA TODAY
Last fall, he was the Muslim chaplain who had betrayed America.
Accused of espionage, Army Capt. James Yee saw his notoriety bloom overnight. He was vilified on the airwaves and on the Internet as an operative in a supposed spy ring that aimed to pass secrets to al-Qaeda from suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where Yee ministered to them. After his arrest, Yee was blindfolded, placed in manacles and taken to a Navy brig, where he spent 76 days in solitary confinement.
Eight months later, all the criminal charges against the 36-year-old West Point graduate have melted away. A subsequent reprimand has been removed from his record. And while many legal analysts are questioning whether a security-conscious military over-reached in its investigation, Yee is back home at Fort Lewis, Wash., pondering what remains of his military career.
Military officials involved in the case won’t say what they thought they had on Yee, or why they pursued him with such zeal. Prosecutions are proceeding against three other men – two Arabic translators and an Army Reserve colonel – who worked at Guantanamo, where the military is holding nearly 600 suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives captured in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Today is a bad day for me to try and write anything coherent here. Not enough sleep this month, P[ost]MS, a fuckall lot of drama surrounding the Lab’s new space, leaky bottles, three dogs that rolled in something horrid, papercuts and cardboard-box-inflicted injuries striping both hands and a very, very, very long day at the office.
Class should be good tonight, tho, assuming I get out of here in time to make it. Every time I go I realize how deeply ingrained my HOGD habits really are. So much for being flexible. This is helping me gain a fresher perspective on things.
Maybe I should dust off some of my old Phil Hine books this evening. He’s always good for snapping me out of a rut.
Chomped off of kiwitrip‘s pizza.
Which is surprising, since I usually hate photos.
Left to right: your narrator, Brian, Nella, Michelle.
Remove all the spaces except between “font” and “color”.
kebechet
Take the quiz: “Which Random Irish Gaelic Phrase Are You? “
Go n-eithe na peisteoga thu
Go n-eithe na peisteoga thu – ‘May the worms eat you.’You’re one sick bastard. When you die, you’re going to to a very warm place. That is, if you don’t already run it.
Plucked from chyldone‘s pocket.
Passing on something I got from one of vitriol120‘s posts:
::|:| the unanswered questions of nick berg’s murder |:|::
Bush Job Approval Hits New Low
By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer
PHOENIX – President Bush’s job approval ratings are hitting the lowest levels of his tenure as problems in Iraq crowd out other issues for voters, public opinion specialists say.
Magpiedee posted this on the BPAL forum.
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