U.S. officer found not guilty of aiding the enemy in Iraq

A former U.S. commander at the jail that held Saddam Hussein was found not guilty Friday of aiding the enemy by loaning an unmonitored cell phone to an inmate, but a military judge convicted him on three
lesser charges, including unauthorized possession of
classified documents.
Lt. Col. William H. Steele, 52, had faced a life sentence
if convicted of accusations he allowed high-ranking former
regime prisoners use his cell phone for unmonitored calls.
The judge, Lt. Col. Timothy Grammel, found him not guilty
of that charge but guilty of unauthorized possession of
classified documents, behavior unbecoming an officer for an
inappropriate relationship with an interpreter and failing
to obey an order.
Witnesses were then called to testify before a sentence
was rendered, according to a report of the Associated Press.