SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. military on Tuesday charged a former Muslim chaplain accused of taking classified material from the U.S. prison for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay (search), Cuba, with adultery and storing pornography on a government computer.
The military released Army Capt. James Yee (search) from custody and will allow him to return to duty at a base in Georgia, said Raul Duany, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command.
Yee will be prohibited from having contact with prisoners at Guantanamo, the spokesman said.
Authorities arrested Yee, 35, in September and charged him with disobeying an order for allegedly taking classified material from Guantanamo and improperly transporting it. He was one of three men who worked with prisoners at the base in Cuba to be accused of wrongdoing.
The new charges include making a false statement, storing pornography on a government computer and having sexual relations outside marriage, which violates military law.
The adultery allegedly occurred with an unspecified woman at Guantanamo and in Orlando, Fla., between July and September 2003, and the pornography was on his government-issued computer at the base in eastern Cuba, Duany told The Associated Press.
Yee, who also uses the first name Yousef, will be sent to Fort Benning, Ga., and will be assigned to the base chaplain, but his exact duties have yet to be determined, said Capt. Tom Crosson, another spokesman at the U.S. Southern Command (search).
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When he was arrested, rumors swirled he had been charged with espionage relating to his contact with the detainees in Guantanamo, none of whom have been charged. Some have been held for nearly two years.
His wife, Huda Suboh, 29, lives in Olympia, Wash., with their two young children. She was not immediately available for comment on Tuesday but earlier defended her husband's innocence.
