US Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, the officer in charge of the Gunatanamo Bay detention camp, found US Army Muslim chaplain James Yee guilty Monday of adultery with a female officer at Guantanamo and of storing pornographic images on his computer. The Army had dropped its criminal charges [PDF] against Yee Friday, who had originally been accused of espionage-related activities and improperly handling classified documents while ministering to Muslim prisoners at the camp; yesterday's proceeding was an administrative "Article 15 hearing" under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. According to a Department of Defense webpage on military justice:

The commander may dispose of the offense with nonjudicial punishment. Article 15, UCMJ, is a means of handling minor offenses requiring immediate corrective action. Nonjudicial punishment hearings are non-adversarial. They are not a "mini-trial" with questioning by opposing sides. The commander conducts the hearing. The service member may request an open or closed hearing, speak with an attorney about his case, have someone speak on his behalf, and present witnesses who are reasonably available. The rules of evidence do not apply. In order to find the service member guilty, the commander must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the service member committed the offense. The maximum punishment depends on the rank of the commander imposing punishment and the rank of the service member being punished. The service member has a right to appeal the imposing commander's decision to the next higher commander.

Yee did not speak in his own defense, and his civilian attorney objected that he had had just three days notice of the hearing and had only been allowed to see the evidence against Yee 20 minutes beforehand. Yee was issued a reprimand. An appeal is expected. Reuters has more.