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"CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq: A former U.S. commander at the jail that held Saddam Hussein was acquitted Friday of aiding the enemy by loaning an unmonitored cell phone to an inmate, but a military judge convicted him of unauthorized possession of thousands of pages of classified documents and two other charges.
Lt. Col. William H. Steele, 52, had faced a life sentence if convicted of accusations he allowed prisoners use of his cell phone for unmonitored calls.
The judge, Lt. Col. Timothy Grammel, found him not guilty of that charge but convicted him of unauthorized possession of classified documents, behavior unbecoming an officer for an inappropriate relationship with an interpreter and failing to obey an order. Steele had pleaded innocent to all charges."
U.S. officer avoids life sentence on charges of aiding the enemy - International Herald Tribune
Lt. Col. William H. Steele, 52, had faced a life sentence if convicted of accusations he allowed prisoners use of his cell phone for unmonitored calls.
The judge, Lt. Col. Timothy Grammel, found him not guilty of that charge but convicted him of unauthorized possession of classified documents, behavior unbecoming an officer for an inappropriate relationship with an interpreter and failing to obey an order. Steele had pleaded innocent to all charges."
U.S. officer avoids life sentence on charges of aiding the enemy - International Herald Tribune