James Yee, the Muslim chaplain who was charged with espionage but later cleared completely, has handed in his resignation. He never even received an apology from the army - much less from all the right-wing pundits who savaged him in their reporting on the matter.

CNews reports:

"Those unfounded allegations - which were leaked to the media - irreparably injured my personal and professional reputation and destroyed my prospects for a career in the United States army," Yee wrote in his resignation letter. ... In March, army officials dismissed all criminal charges against him, but found him guilty of the non-criminal army charges of adultery and downloading pornography. The reprimand he received was thrown out by an army general a month later. Senators Carl Levin of Michigan and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts have asked the Pentagon to investigate the handling of Yee's case, saying it called into question the fairness of military justice.

Hysteria and suspicion of Muslims in America can get out of hand far too quickly.

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