[petuniasevan]

"highest levels" of government made the decision to arrest Capt. Yee, who had been kept under surveillance for some time

No doubt W is seriously PO'd. And the Army is embarrassed/angry for sure. BAD career move on traitor Yee's part.

Well, they took time to build a caseload of evidence. Hopefully this will be prosecuted to the full extent under the UCMJ.

[Conservative til I die]

Yeah right. He'll get 5 years and we'll hear talk about "Islam means peace in Arabic" so as not to offend anyone.

[pepsionice]

What is interesting about this thing...Capt Yee was highly reguarded by the Army because he helped to funnel US Army Muslims into the right direction and stay conviced of their mission. He kept finding ways to keep this population (and it grows each month) motivated and in line with their military training. He was basicaly a good guy...they put him in front of the cameras...he talked pro-US, pro-Army. When they sent him down to Gitmo, he was in the limelight with the press. He helped to adjust the attitude of the prisoners and seen as a positive influence.

I don't think he went bad...rather...he probably made a lot of notes, and when he left...he took them with him. The Army probably reguards these notes as classified information. They may have a point, but I doubt that they ever brought this guy in and said everything you write while here...is classified. They probably kept thinking...this guy is a chaplin, thus we aren't worried about what he thinks. And as he gets on the plane...some nimwit commander probably wakes up and thinks...this guy has all of those personal notes which might be classified.

The outcome of this...they will certainly take this guy through the cleaners and dump him out of the Army. The negative though...is that a lot of Muslims in the Army will see this as a vendata against them...having trusted the chaplin. This will echo across the US and into public communities. This is not a case the Army will come out looking good on.