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| Yee Resigning, Wants Apology |
| 2004-08-04 |
| EFL - I think this guy slept through West Point course work concerning the UCMJ. SEATTLE (Reuters) - Muslim Army chaplain Capt. James Yee, frustrated by a lack of an apology for being jailed at Guantanamo Bay on espionage charges that were later dropped, is resigning from the military, his civilian attorney said on Tuesday. "The government owes him an apology," Yee's attorney Eugene Fidell told Reuters. In a letter to the Army saying he would resign in January, Yee said Army officials had tarnished his reputation with bogus charges and prevented him from repairing it by slapping a gag order on him. "Those unfounded allegations -- which were leaked to the media -- irreparably injured my personal and professional reputation and destroyed my prospects for a career in the United States Army," Yee wrote in the letter, excerpts of which were provided by the lawyer to Reuters. "I have waited for months for an apology for the treatment to which I have been subjected, but none has been forthcoming. I have been unable even to obtain my personal effects from Guantanamo Bay, despite repeated requests," Yee wrote. I am forced to rebuild my library of porn from scratch. Yee has been stationed at Ft. Lewis in Washington state since the Army dropped all charges against him, including noncriminal convictions of committing adultery and storing pornography on a government computer, which were dismissed by Southern Chief Gen. James Hill in April. "Dropped the charges" is not really and accurate description of what happened to him. -snip- Yee will not speak publicly until he leaves the Army, Fidell said, citing a document he received at Ft. Lewis "which reminds him if he makes any adverse criticism of U.S. military policy, it could lead to disciplinary action." It's sad that he would have to be reminded of one of the basic tenants of his COMMISSION AS AN OFFICER! "That order is clearly intended to chill his free speech rights and having been incarcerated once already, he doesn't feel like tempting fate," Fidell said. Yee is working toward a master's degree in international relations and considering following up with doctoral studies, Fidell said. "He is probably going to head back home to New Jersey when he is out of the Army," Fidell said. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #4 I can't take any of this demanding an apology shit seriously. What's done is done, and no apology is going to undo it. Don't like it? Well, life's a bitch sometimes. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-04 1:04:25 PM |
| #3 I look forward to when he gets out of the military and "the gag order" is removed. Then, I'm sure some of those charges which have been "dismissed" will be reevaluated and we'll get a better idea of just what really happened. These guys never seem to get the concept of "better to remain silent" if guilty, and it all starts to unravel the minute they attempt to prove just how mean everyone was to them. |
| Posted by: B 2004-08-04 9:45:21 AM |
| #2 The Army did not cover itself with glory on this one and seems to keep digging the hole deeper. |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-08-04 8:53:17 AM |
| #1 What a mess! Feel sorry for the guy, he wasn't the evil mole I was led to believe. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5987 2004-08-04 8:43:01 AM |