Lt. Col. William Steele Accused Of Lending His Cell Phone To Iraqi Prisoner CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, Oct. 19, 2007
(CBS/AP) 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 three lesser charges.
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