So remember when I wrote on here about Army Chaplain James Yee last year? He's the guy that was staffed at Guantanamo amongst the internees and then was accused by the Army of being a terrorist himself and thrown into solitary confinement for two and a half months and threatened with the death penalty. And then, when I wrote about him back in November, suddenly all the charges were dropped because the government's case involved 'national security' or whatnot and then the government charged him with adultery and downloading porno. Well, here we are again. And the judge has ruled that those charges are over now too and he's not currently charged with anything, been sent to be with his family, has $100,000 worth of legal bills, and has been given an order from the military that he cannot talk about anything on the case with the media.

Well, now what? This poor guy has been run through the ringer, held in a solitary brig for around 75 days, had his personal life and career ruined publicly, had his own sense of decency destroyed publicly, has $100,000 in legal bills, has to keep quiet by order of the military, is to be put back on duty with the Army, and the government just says 'ooops, sorry.' Except that's the thing, the government isn't even saying 'sorry.' They're refusing to admit they made a mistake. And they don't want to talk about it or have him talk about it because it's a huge embarassment for them.

Where's the media on this story? Where's the interviews and follow-up and national outrage? Nowhere. Except in the Asian-American press. They are all over this, just like a few years ago with Dr. Wen Ho Lee and his similar destruction by our government. It once again raising the question for the Asian-American community of 'when are they seen are real Americans and not foreigners' no matter how much they live, breathe, work for, devote to, pay taxes to, give blood to, and love their country. And when will this racial profiling of Asian-Americans in the military and government service stop?

Just a terrible, terrible story to hear about and witness. The only positive note of all of it is that he is free and out of jail now and with his family.