It's worse than I thought:
Prosecutors Say It’s Unclear Papers Chaplain Carried Were Classified:
The criminal proceedings against Capt. James J. Yee, the former Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, fell into confusion on Tuesday and stalled as the military prosecutors asked for extra time to determine whether documents that were found in Captain Yee's luggage when he was leaving the base were, in fact, classified.The hearing was postponed until Jan. 19 to give the prosecutors time to review the documents that set off a major investigation into whether Captain Yee was a spy, a contention from which the government has since emphatically distanced itself.
Oh, man. Those JAG prosecutors are so lucky they are not in front of a real court. They'd had walked out of that courtroom 3 feet shorter, that is if their heads weren't rolling out the door before them.
May I now please hear a retraction from all of the right-wingers who originally called for Yee to be shot immediately? Can we also have a moment to recognize the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"? Yeah, I am looking at you, you, you, and you assholes (oh, fuck it), and you, and you.
Here's more on how this has affected Yee and his family:
Mrs. Yee said that it was a joy to see her husband at last but that she was still deeply troubled by what had happened."Many American people came to me and said, `Do not be angry with us,' " she said. "I cannot blame all the American people. Praise God, I love America and I want to live here, but in better times."
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