http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/yee/ en-us Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:22:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026825/posts Election 2008: It's fitting that an ex-Muslim chaplain who once insisted there weren't any terrorists at Gitmo is a delegate for Barack Obama, who's itching to shut down Gitmo.James "Yousef" Yee, a former Army Muslim chaplain charged with espionage while serving at Gitmo, will represent Washington state for Obama at the Democratic National Convention, where he'll likely have a center-stage speaking role. The two are a perfect match. Obama promises to not only close Gitmo, but "reform" the USA Patriot Act. He apparently plans to take those steps in between tea parties with state sponsors of terror. Since the Pentagon... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026825/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:22:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018703/posts A former Army Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was cleared of spy accusations is now a Democratic National Convention delegate pledged to Sen. Barack Obama. Former Capt. James J. Yee was among the delegates who were elected by precinct representatives Saturday at the party's 9th Congressional District convention at North Thurston High School. Others chosen at the gathering were Zach Smith, a former supporter of ex-Sen. John Edwards who is now pledged to Clinton, and Natalie Stevens, an alternate pledged to Obama. Yee, a West Point graduate, was accused in 2003 of being part of a spy ring... Oregonlive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018703/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 16:54:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977684/posts The Cow Palace has hosted some of the biggest musical acts in the past half-century, from the Beatles in 1964 to Metallica in 2004, and it was at the Daly City venue that John F. Kennedy gave his 1960 speech that first outlined his idea for the Peace Corps. Though it is one of the Bay Area's historic venues for concerts and events, the Cow Palace may soon go the way of other old structures - like New York's Polo Grounds and San Francisco's Playland at the Beach- that are torn down to make way for redevelopment. State Sen. Leland... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977684/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:55:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911050/posts Ex-US commander at Iraq jail faces trialSat Oct 13, 2:25 PM ET BAGHDAD - A former U.S. commander at the jail that held Saddam Hussein will face trial next week on charges of aiding the enemy by providing a cell phone to detainees and acting inappropriately with an interpreter, the military said Saturday. Army Lt. Col. William H. Steele, a reservist from Prince George, Va., pleaded guilty on Oct. 7 to three of seven charges, which carry a maximum sentence of six years in prison, forfeiture of pay and dismissal from the Army, according to the military. He will be... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911050/posts#comment Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:50:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1648085/posts I can't believe the hypocrisy that is on display by ther radical left on a "successful" suicide by three terrorists in Gitmo bay. Instead of the entire west celebrating that the mass murderers killed themselves this time without any western innocent lives together with them, heck, thank you so much, Good bye! - A death (Suicide/homicide/genocide) cult by Al Qaeda or "Palestinians" that celebrate death more than life. - "Palestinian" death cult that sends it's kids as human bombs and as human shields or kids used as cannon fodders, this evil death cult cares about lost lives? - The Al... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1648085/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:20:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1498373/posts [page 1 of Miami Herald] An Army chaplain cleared of espionage suspicions described the Guantánamo prison during his 2003 tour as a hotbed of anti-Muslim feelings. As a Muslim chaplain, Army Capt. James Yee made sure terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, got pork-free halal meals and rugs for five-times-a-day prayer and wrote rules for soldiers to treat Islam's holy book, the Koran, with dignity. But, while the U.S. captain was held on suspicion of espionage, the military took away his Koran, refused him a prayer rug at a Navy brig -- and even for a few days fed him... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1498373/posts#comment Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:23:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316411/posts SEATTLE (AP) - A Muslim chaplain imprisoned for 76 days as part of an espionage investigation by the government has received an honorable discharge from the Army. Although Capt. James Yee has been cleared in the investigation, he resigned in August, saying officials never apologized to him. His discharge was effective at midnight Friday, said his civilian defense attorney, Eugene R. Fidell. "As a West Point graduate, he leaves the Army with great sadness," Fidell said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "The fact that he was imprisoned for a prolonged period for no valid reason remains indefensible." After... Bellsouth National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316411/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jan 2005 01:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1166521/posts Lawmakers Attack Violent Video Games Tue Jul 6, 3:28 PM ET By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - The video game industry seems to delight in pushing the envelope — and the bounds of good taste — with ever-gorier content. That has put it under renewed attack from legislators and activists who claim some titles must be kept out of kids' hands, though courts have repeatedly granted games First Amendment protections. The opponents cite new research that they say suggests strong links between violent games and aggressive behavior. They are disturbed by games' cultural ubiquity and the always-improving... Ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1166521/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jul 2004 01:33:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1101600/posts AP News Alert 03/19 6:07p CST MIAMI (AP) U.S. military drops all charges of alleged mishandling of classified information against Muslim Army chaplain at Guantanamo Bay. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1101600/posts#comment Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:11:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1037835/posts FORT BENNING, Ga., Dec. 9 — The criminal proceedings against Capt. James J. Yee, the former Muslim chaplain at Guantánamo 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. The military's... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1037835/posts#comment Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1028828/posts SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Muslim chaplain who served at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was charged Tuesday with adultery and storing pornography on a government computer, a U.S. Southern Command spokesman said. Army Capt. James Yee, who worked at the prison camp for terror suspects in eastern Cuba, was released from custody Tuesday after being served with the additional charges, Raul Duany, a spokesman for U.S. Southern Command in Miami, told The Associated Press. He was arrested earlier this year in Florida and confined to the military brig in Charleston, S.C. Military officials brought... AP via Excite news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1028828/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:14:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013648/posts Just after the 1991 Persian Gulf War against Iraq, huge tents were erected in Saudi Arabia near the barracks of U.S. military personnel. Inside, day and night, Saudi imams sent by their government lectured the GIs about Islam and made aggressive pitches to convert them. Saudi officials had promised that the discussions would touch only on Arab culture. But within months, about 1,000 soldiers, and perhaps as many as 3,000, converted to Islam -- the largest surge of Muslims ever into the U.S. armed forces. "It was quite aggressive," said David Peterson, then the military's top chaplain in the region.... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013648/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:48:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/996590/posts <p>The Muslim organizations that certify chaplains for the U.S. military have come under renewed scrutiny since the arrest of Army Chaplain Yousef Yee and two Muslim translators who worked with al Qaeda prisoners in Guantanamo Bay — and that's all to the good. The Graduate School of Islamic Social Sciences (GSISS) and the American Muslim Foundation (AMF) were already being investigated, and it may well be that somehow Mr. Yee picked up his radical Islam from some contact with these groups. But so far another possibility has been overlooked, perhaps because its political incorrectness quotient is positively off the scale: The possibility that Yee was sincere when he denounced the September 11 attacks, and that his mind was changed by the Guantanamo prisoners themselves.</p> The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/996590/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:37:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992710/posts <p>A leading Muslim activist arrested for reportedly violating U.S. sanctions against Libya once helped select and train Islamic military chaplains as part of a Pentagon-approved process being investigated by the Defense Department and Congress.</p> <p>Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi, founder of the American Muslim Council and the American Muslim Foundation, was involved with the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council and the Islamic Society of North America, two groups that selected and trained Muslim clerics for the U.S. military, authorities said.</p> Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992710/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2003 04:32:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992719/posts <p>An ex-U.S. soldier contracted by the military as an Arabic-language translator has become the third person arrested in connection with an espionage investigation at the U.S. naval base prison for suspected al Qaeda and Taliban members in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</p> Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/992719/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2003 04:53:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/991698/posts Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - Following the arrests of a Muslim chaplain and an Arabic translator for suspected spying at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility, two senators are calling for a full investigation of terrorists' attempts to recruit members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Muslim-American groups fear the investigation may become a "witch hunt" for followers of Islam. "How, in our most sensitive Army prison [at] Guantanamo, the most sensitive of Army facilities, were there breaches?" asked Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Thursday. "When you hear that, at Guantanamo, security has been breached, you say to yourself, 'Well, what's happening at... CNSNEWS.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/991698/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:19:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/991658/posts <p>WASHINGTON — A Muslim activist whose Virginia home was searched as part of a federal investigation of terrorist financing was arrested shortly after arriving back in the United States, law enforcement officials said.</p> <p>Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi (search) was taken into custody at Dulles International Airport on Sunday after a flight from London, officials said. The charges against al-Amoudi were expected to be unsealed following an initial court appearance Monday.</p> Fox News/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/991658/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:08:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990498/posts Many Chinese Americans are feeling dread in the wake of the arrest of Capt. James Yee, a Muslim chaplain stationed at Fort Lewis Army Base, Wash. The case brings back memories of the prosecution -- some would say persecution -- of Dr. Wen Ho Lee. Lee, the Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist, was arrested by the FBI in 1999 on espionage charges and found not guilty after months in solitary confinement. President Clinton later apologized to him, though Dr. Lee's career as a scientist was already ruined. Yee's arrest is as troubling as Dr. Lee's, says Ling Chi Wang, a... Pacific News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990498/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2003 09:56:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989748/posts <p>The Pentagon yesterday ordered a review of how it recruits military chaplains, particularly Muslim clerics endorsed by two groups with ties to radical Islam.</p> <p>Pentagon officials yesterday informed senators of the review as Sens. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, and Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, announced upcoming hearings on whether the radical Wahhabi sect has infiltrated the U.S. military chaplain corps.</p> Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989748/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2003 05:45:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989579/posts Damascus expressed its surprise yesterday on the Pentagon's arrest of an American soldier of Syrian origin who worked in the prison of Guantanamo, based on charges of espionage for Syria and leaking classified information. Syria's Minister of Information Ahmad Al Hassan said that this accusation against Ahmad Al Halabi is "baseless." He wondered how a person could be appointed for a total secrecy job and then be discovered as working for another party? "This doesn't make sense," he said. The arrest of Al Halabi, who is an Air Force translator who worked in Guantanamo, was simultaneous to the arrest of... Dar Al-Hayat (Saudi Arabia)    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989579/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:39:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989576/posts UNDER GUARD AT GUANTANAMO Gitmo GIs converting to Islam? Algerian lawmaker claims prisoners influencing U.S. security personnel Posted: September 25, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com In the wake of the arrest of two U.S. Muslim troops at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp on espionage charges, an Algerian lawmaker is claiming the terror-related detainees at the facility have convinced several of their guards to convert to Islam. Hassan Aribi says eight Algerian arrestees whose freedom he negotiated told him of the development, reports Islam Online. "They told me that the American guards were very sympathetic with them to the... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989576/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:32:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988880/posts WASHINGTON - An investigation into possible security breaches at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terror suspects has expanded to a third member of the military, Pentagon (news - web sites) officials said Wednesday. The arrests of an Air Force translator and a Muslim Army chaplain — both worked at the Cuban base and have apparent ties to Syria — have shaken Defense Department officials. About 660 suspected Taliban or al-Qaida members are being held at the high-security base. "We don't presume that the two we know about is all there is to it," Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988880/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2003 02:49:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989018/posts <p>September 25, 2003 -- Less than a week after Army Chaplain Capt. James J. Yee was detained on suspicion of espionage, a second U.S. serviceman stationed at the Guantanamo Bay terrorist camp - Air Force translator Ahmad al-Halabi - has been arrested and charged with the same crime. Moreover, three other military personnel at Guantanamo are said to be under investigation for possessing classified information, and for having improper contact with prisoners.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989018/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:36:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989408/posts <p>A whole lot of people are proclaiming themselves to be stunned that a former resident of Springfield [NJ] who spent four years in Syria somehow ended up having the political and religious beliefs common to Syrians.</p> <p>The former James Yee is a 35-year-old U.S. Army chaplain who grew up in Springfield and who is being held on unspecified charges stemming from his work among Muslim combatants captured in Afghanistan and being held in Guantanamo Bay. Yee has an interesting life story. After graduating from Jonathan Dayton High School, he won an appointment to West Point. After graduation, he left the Army and decided to go to Syria, a country that was then and is now on the list of nations supporting terrorism. He converted to Islam, changed his first name to Yousef, married a Syrian woman, and returned to the United States.</p> Newark Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989408/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:12:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989019/posts <p>September 25, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - An Air Force translator at the terrorist prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was caught downloading secrets from the military's ultra-secure computer network and e-mailing the files to Syria, Pentagon officials revealed yesterday. The brazen act of betrayal by Syrian-born Air Force Senior Airman Ahmad al-Halabi, 24, was among new details that emerged in the spy scandal at the high-security prison that could involve four other officers.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989019/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:40:35 GMT