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MILITARY PROSECUTORS MISTAKENLY RELEASE SECRET RECORDS. Military prosecutors may have mistakenly released secret materials in the lead up to a hearing for a Muslim Army chaplain accused of mishandling classified information. The possible mistake led to the postponement of a hearing at Ft. Benning, Ga., where an Army colonel is to decide whether U.S. Army Capt. James ''Youseff'' Yee, 35, should face court martial for violating the military code at the military prison in Cuba. The hearing was delayed from today until next week, according to the Miami Herald. Military officials said the potential mistake would not affect the case, but Yee's civilian defense lawyer said it should be dismissed. "If they don't know that something they are releasing is classified, how's anyone else supposed to know?" said Eugene Fidell, Yee's attorney and president of the nonprofit National Institute of Military Justice. "One of their people - an attorney, probably - has violated the same general order that my client allegedly has," Fidell told the Boston Globe. "I don't know how my client can be expected to know the rules if the Defense Department doesn't know them."
Good point.
Friday, December 05, 2003
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