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Ex-Army chaplain cleared in Gitmo spy case is Obama delegate
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| Last Edited | RBH May 20, 2008 04:45pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 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 at the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay. He spent 76 days in solitary confinement before being exonerated and later resigned from the Army, receiving an honorable discharge.
Yee now lives with his wife and daughter in Olympia, south of Fort Lewis, where he was assigned before and after his ordeal.
The experience left him as "living proof that civil liberties have been eroded since 9/11," Yee told The Olympian newspaper on Monday. |
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