WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Capt. James Yee, the Muslim Guantanamo Bay chaplain accused of espionage but later fully exonerated, has left the military.
He left the Army Friday with an honorable discharge, his lawyer Eugene Fidell told reporters.
Yee, a Chinese American who converted to Islam, was arrested Sept. 10, 2003 and spent 76 days in a naval brig. He initially was linked to a potential spy ring operating at the naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was counseling more than 650 al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.
In March 2004, the Army dropped all criminal charges against Yee, abandoning a case that once included accusations in court documents of spying, mutiny, sedition, aiding the enemy and espionage.
His supporters say Yee deserves an apology from the military for the way it treated him. A U.S. military spokesman, however, has said that would not happen.
