[Marxism] From West Point > Muslim Chaplain > Accused Spy > Honorable Discharge

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This series on Captain James Yee runs through next Sunday. Here is a  
description of the series and relevant URLs for the initial  
installments.

About this series

Seattle Times reporter Ray Rivera spent seven months investigating the  
origins and collapse of the spy case against Army Capt. James Yee. He  
interviewed more than 70 people, including more than a dozen directly  
involved in or intimately familiar with the investigation and the legal  
cases of Yee and Air Force Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi. The story  
also draws on more than 130 documents, comprising more than 1,000  
pages, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and from  
government sources and legal proceedings involving Yee and Al Halabi.

Most key sources spoke on the record. However, The Times also relied on  
military and government sources who asked to remain anonymous because  
of nondisclosure orders or fear of professional retaliation. These  
sources were used mostly to provide context for documents and to  
provide greater detail about incidents and information already obtained  
through reporting. No information based on a single unnamed source was  
included in the series.

In the course of his work, Rivera traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba;  
Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Fla.; Springfield, N.J.; Washington,  
D.C.; Travis Air Force Base, Calif.; and other locations.

Dozens of interviews with Yee's friends, family and people who served  
with him before and during his service in Guantánamo provided details  
on his background and duties at the prison camp.

Some quotes from Yee and key biographic details about his time in Saudi  
Arabia and Syria and his desire to become a Muslim chaplain were taken  
from a lengthy Seattle Times interview with him Sept. 28, 2001, at Fort  
Lewis. Since his arrest, neither Yee nor his military lawyers have  
granted interviews or shared documents with The Times. His lead  
civilian attorney, Eugene Fidell, citing attorney-client privilege,  
discussed the case only in general terms and shared only documents that  
were already in the public domain.

Contributors to the series include staff reporter Mike Carter and staff  
researcher Miyoko Wolf.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/ 
2002142925_yeeabout.html
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/ 
2002146215_fancher09.html

Introduction
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/ 
2002144988_yeeintroduction.html

A Rising Star
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/ 
2002144979_yeechapter1.html

Mission: Guantànamo
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/ 
2002145880_yeechapter2.html



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