James Yee:  

eparation he was awarded with a second Army Commendation medal for “exceptionally meritorious service.” In 2004, Chaplain Yee received a Community Service Award from CAIR "For having the moral courage to stand against injustice; For his bravery in the face of adversity" – and another in 2005 from ISNA for “perseverance in overcoming prejudice with dignity.” Chaplain Yee’s gripping account of his Guantanamo experience and struggle for justice has been recently published and is entitled For God And Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire, about which the Washington Post wrote “required reading for all U.S. officials waging war on Islamist terrorists.” For this work, Yee accepted the Exceptional Communicator Award from New America Media in Jan 2006. In June 2006, Chaplain Yee earned his Masters degree in International Relations. He now lectures about his harrowing ordeal, Guantanamo, Islam, Asian-American and religious diversity issues, and the challenges of protecting both national security and civil liberties. He has appeared on national and global news programs including The O’Reilly Factor, MSNBC’s Hardball, CNN Paula Zahn Now, Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, PBS Religion and Ethics, Al-Jazeera’s From Washington, Democracy Now, NPR All Things Considered, MSNBC’s The Situation with Tucker Carlson, CSPAN-2 After Words, ABC Australia’s The 7:30 Report, UK Sky World News Tonight, and BBC World Service. Chaplain Yee has recently made presentations on Capitol Hill to congressional staff members, at Harvard University, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern University and several other academic institutions of higher learning.