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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/30/2009
John Yoo: Justice Approacheth
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Scott Horton takes another look at the bizarre op-ed the war criminal just penned for the WSJ: I???ve followed John Yoo and his writings with some care for a while now, and I think I finally understand what this is about. Namely, a pending probe by the Justice Department???s Office of ...
politico.com - 1/28/2009
Obama lawyers set to defend Yoo
— politico.com — Former Bush Justice official John Yoo was the chief author of the so-called torture memos.... (more) Obama lawyers set to defend Yoo

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harpers.org - 1/30/2009
Yoo for the Defense—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)
— harpers.org — Scott Horton John Yoo is at it again. In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal , the indefatigable advocate... of crushing the testicles of small children to extract actionable intelligence launches a full frontal attack on President Obama. What’s Obama’s ... (more) Yoo for the Defense—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)

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ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society:  Former DOJ Lawyer Yoo Forming Defense of Torture Memos

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Former DOJ Lawyer Yoo Forming Defense of Torture Memos
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society — ... for the Wall Street Journal that his much-maligned memos intending to provide legal cover to the Bush administration’s use of harsh interrogation techniques – some, many define as torture -- for military detainees in Afghanistan and Iraq were produced in good faith. Andrew Sullivan says the “key issue is whether the cockamamie legal opinions Yoo delivered to his superiors were a sincere and genuine attempt to say what the law was – or obvious attempt to provide pseudo-legal cover for the war crimes the president and vice-president ...

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