James Yee Tonight At Vandy

By Kleinheider Posted on September 22, 2008 at 7:38 am

From the University:

James J. Yee, Army captain and former Muslim chaplain at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, brings his story to Vanderbilt. He was arrested and imprisoned in a Navy brig for 76 days in September 2003 after being accused of spying, espionage and aiding alleged Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners. He was held in solitary confinement and subjected to the same sensory deprivation techniques used on detainees in Cuba.

The criminal charges were later dropped and Yee was reinstated to full duty. He tendered his resignation from the Army and received an honorable discharge in 2005 as well as a second Army Commendation medal for “exceptionally meritorious service.” Yee, a third-generation Chinese American who converted to Islam in 1991, chronicles his story in the book For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire.

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