Former Army chaplain (James Yee) says he was unfairly detained at border

[flamingyouth]

SEATTLE -- Former Army Capt. James Yee, whose work as a Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo ended when he was arrested and accused of spying, said Sunday he believes he was unfairly detained at the Canadian border this past weekend on his way back from a day trip.

Yee, who spent 76 days in solitary confinement before being cleared of all charges in March 2004, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that memories of his experience in Army detention came back to him while he was being questioned for two hours at the border on Saturday evening.

"Perhaps this is an indication I'm still of interest to the federal government," Yee said.

He said customs' officials were polite and professional but would not tell him why he was stopped or if he had done anything wrong.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Yee_Border_Stop.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. He can probably expect to be harrassed, unfortunately, until we have

a decent President.

There's no excuse for what happened to him at Guantanamo, and there's no excuse for his being detained and questioned for TWO HOURS just trying to get back to Olympia, from Vancouver.

He has been through hell. Don't know how he held it together.