CNN crawler said Chaplain Yee was reassigned...

[mike_c]

...to Fort Benning, and former charges have been dropped, but that he is now charged with ADULTERY and storing porn on a gov't computer. WTF? I can't find any further info on this (my SO saw it-- I didn't).

[ewagner]

1. Saw that too

Also saw a short blip on the morning CNN show. All the espionage charges were apparently bogus, but they've got to pin something on him............

[Catfish]

2. TPM

has something about it:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

here:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2003_11_23.html#002238

Here's part of what he says:

Now we hear that he has been charged with adultery and having pornographic material in his possession; the espionage accusations are apparently yesterday’s news. And the Army is letting him go back to serving as a military chaplain at Fort Benning, with the only bar being that he can’t have contact with any of the dudes at Guantanamo.

Now, I’m not naïve enough to doubt that even the faithful can have cheating hearts or fall prey to the allure of saucy pictures. But does this add up exactly? I mean, is Yee an Islamic extremist or a philandering pornmeister? Which is it?

On the surface at least this sounds a lot like those first changes turned out to be bogus and that the military investigators were looking for some other charges to hit him with to prevent too humiliating a climb-down.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

3. Adultery?????

Huh? How is that a crime in 2003?

[Ilsa]

4. Here's a link

http://www.msnbc.com/news/998262.asp

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"PUNISHABLE OFFENSE
The Uniform Code of Military Justice classifies adultery as a punishable offense, U.S. Southern Command said. No other information was provided on the pornography allegation."
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