William H Steele

A U.S. military commander who helped oversee the prison camp that once held Saddam Hussein has been charged with aiding the enemy, mishandling classified information and engaging in "inappropriate" relationships, officials said Thursday. Lt. Col. William H. Steele was arrested last month and accused of nine violations of U.S.

U.S. military prosecutors Monday began outlining their case against an Army commander accused of aiding the enemy, suggesting that he let a "high-value" detainee use his cellphone and carried on an inappropriate relationship with the man's daughter. The line of questioning pursued on the first day of a military hearing appeared to be aimed at showing that Lt. Col. William H.

A senior U.S. Army officer accused of aiding the enemy when he oversaw detainees at an American-run prison in Baghdad stashed huge amounts of "extremely sensitive" topsecret material in his living quarters that could have devastated the United States' mission in Iraq if it had been leaked, an investigator testified Tuesday. Another investigator in the case against Lt. Col. William H.

A U.S. Army officer who oversaw high-profile prisoners such as former dictator Saddam Hussein at a detention center in Iraq will be court-martialed on charges of aiding the enemy and other offenses, the military said Thursday. Lt. Col. William H. Steele, 51, is the first U.S. service member stationed in Iraq to face such charges, which can carry the death penalty.