A former Muslim chaplain at the US military prison for terrorism suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been charged with disobeying orders for improperly handling classified information, the military announced on Friday.
Army Captain James Yee, who has also used the name Yousef Yee, was charged with two counts of failing to obey a lawful order, US Southern Command announced. He is charged with taking classified information home and wrongly transporting classified information.
The charges, as outlined in a document released by Southern Command, say Yee was carrying classified information when he was arrested last month and had taken secret materials to a housing unit while serving as chaplain at the base from November last year until last month.
Yee is one of three former workers at the high-security military base to be arrested in a probe of alleged espionage there. Yee is not charged with espionage.
Conviction of disobeying orders carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a bad conduct discharge.
Army Major-General Geoffrey Miller, the commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison, will decide on the next step. His options include dismissing the charges, convening a special court-martial or sending the case to an Article 32 hearing, a kind of mini-trial to determine whether the charges warrant a court-martial.
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