Pentagon inspector general to investigate treatment of Muslim chaplain

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's inspector general will investigate the treatment of a Muslim chaplain imprisoned in solitary confinement for 76 days and then cleared in an espionage probe at Guantanamo Bay, according to a letter to lawmakers released Wednesday.
House and Senate Democrats have been pushing for the probe of the case of Capt. James Yee, who submitted his resignation to the Army on Monday.

Yee was arrested last year and charged with mishandling classified material and other crimes in a suspected espionage ring at the Naval base prison in Cuba, but the criminal charges were later dropped. He was then reprimanded for adultery and downloading pornography, but an Army general threw out that reprimand.

"We will conduct an investigation into the issues raised with respect to your correspondence," John R. Crane, an assistant inspector general, wrote in a July 29 letter to House Democrats who sought the investigation. He wrote that because of "other ongoing and urgent matters" the investigation would start in the fall rather than immediately.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-08-04-muslim-chaplain_x.htm

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Prediction:

The actions of some boneheaded ringknocker who had a class rank of 912. Stupidity and ambition all wrapped up in one delightful melange'.

[mike_c]

3. LMAO....

Too bad it's not really, funny, but delightfully said anyway!

[MasonJar]

2. After the election no doubt. These people are so transparent in

their partisanship.

[Judi Lynn]

4. If the House and Senate Democrats pace themselves well

a great FALL investigation on what the hell happened to Chaplain Yee should have optimum timing.

This was despicable, and not one person has acknowledged the _Bush administration behaved like fiends in its treatment of Chaplain Yee and the translator at Guantanamo Bay.

They need to have this material covered slowly and in detail so all Americans can see how they deal with people they decide to destroy who have been compassionate to prisoners.