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Detained Muslim Army chaplain to be freed

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Published: Nov. 26, 2003 at 7:03 AM

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Muslim army chaplain detained for three months on suspicion of espionage at Guantanamo Bay is to be released.

The Pentagon announced it was releasing Capt. James J. Yee, the former chaplain at the detention center in Cuba, and that Yee will be allowed to resume his chaplain duties at Fort Benning, Ga.

However, the Miami-based Southern Command, which administers the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, said it was investigating other possible violations of military code by Yee, including contentions he had kept pornography on his government computer and had an affair, the New York Times said Wednesday.

Those new charges are in addition to the ones brought in October contending Yee had disobeyed orders by taking classified information home when he was leaving Guantanamo in September.

Yee's civilian lawyer, Eugene Fidell of Washington, discounted the Southern Command's investigation.

"They have destroyed this man's reputation for what turns out to be no good reason," Fidell said, "and now it appears they are pursuing matters in a completely vindictive manner."

Topics: Eugene Fidell
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