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Group Seeks U.S. To Apologize to James Yee

HeadlineMar 30, 2004

The California-based group Justice for New Americans is planning to hold a press conference today to demand the U.S. government issue a formal apology to Captain James Yee who served as a chaplain at Guantanamo Bay. Last September, Yee was detained and jailed. Reports soon emerged that he was going to be charged with espionage and aiding the enemy. He was held in solitary confinement for over two months. When charges were finally filed the most serious was for illegally transferring classified documents as well as unrelated charges of downloading pornography and committing adultery. Last week the government dropped all of the criminal charges. Meanwhile attorneys for Yee called for the Army throw out the reprimand given to Yee related to the adultery and pornography charges. His lawyers said the proceedings were biased and a “hoax by any standard.”

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