politico.com - 3/6/2009
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A man Bush ordered detained without charge is suing John Yoo over the legal opinions he issued.
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sfgate.com - 3/7/2009
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"We're not saying we condone torture," department attorney
Mary Mason said at a hearing on the government's
request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Jose Padilla. But any recourse against a government lawyer "is for the executive to decide, in the first ...
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Obama lawyers argue to drop Yoo torture suit
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A federal judge is asking the Obama administration if it’s sure it wants to proceed with the Bush administration’s defense of John Yoo, a former Justice Department attorney who authored some of the government’s most controversial legal opinions in the war on terror.
A man Bush ordered detained without charge for more than five years as an alleged enemy combatant, Jose Padilla , is suing Yoo over the legal opinions he issued. The suit claims that Yoo deliberately issued legal advice that ...
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