Biography
James Yee was a U.S. Army chaplain at Guantánamo Bay who raised concerns about prisoners’ treatment. The Easter 2006 Hartford Catholic Worker review of his memoir records his September 10, 2003 arrest and subsequent imprisonment. In an October 6, 2005 interview, Yee personally described 76 days in jail and said the criminal classified-document charges were dropped. His account links the prosecution to hostility toward his work and faith; that interpretation is attributed to him, not presented as a judicial finding. No exact first brig-admission or physical-release day is inferred.
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James Yee was a U.S. Army chaplain at Guantánamo Bay who raised concerns about prisoners’ treatment. The Easter 2006 Hartford Catholic Worker review of his memoir records his September 10, 2003 arrest and subsequent imprisonment. In an October 6, 2005 interview, Yee personally described 76 days in jail and said the criminal classified-document charges were dropped. His account links the prosecution to hostility toward his work and faith; that interpretation is attributed to him, not presented as a judicial finding. No exact first brig-admission or physical-release day is inferred.
The 76 days are personally reported actual jail time, not a nominal sentence. Initial espionage accusations are distinguished from the actual classified-document charges described in his interview. No criminal conviction or imposed prison sentence is asserted. Calendar endpoints are left blank rather than reconstructed from the arrest and duration. The account does not establish an exhaustive lifetime custody total.
Hartford Catholic Worker, Easter 2006, Bill Cook memoir review, original pages 8–9; James Yee first-person interview, October 6, 2005, preserved by UC Davis CSHRA.
Front Line reports that General Hill removed Yee’s remaining disciplinary reprimand on April 14, 2004, clearing the remaining allegations from his military record.
