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Obama lawyers set to defend Yoo
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Francisco federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought against Yoo by Jose Padilla, a New York man held without charges on suspicion of being an Al Qaeda operative plotting to set off a dirty bomb. The suit contends that Yoos legal opinions authorized Bush to order Padillas detention in a Navy brig in South Carolina and encouraged military officials to subject Padilla to aggressive interrogation techniques, including death threats and long-term sensory deprivation. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18063.html
Tortured Times
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... Get on board! The Bipartisanship sails brightly into the future. “Next week, Justice Department lawyers are set to ask a San Francisco federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought against Yoo by Jose Padilla . . .“ So we sail on together. Everybody on board for this? ...
Defending Torture? Condoning it as well?
QandO —
An interesting turn of events: In Democratic legal circles, no attorney has been more pilloried than former Bush Justice Department official John Yoo, chief author of the so-called torture memos that Barack Obama last week sought to nullify. But now President Obama’s incoming crew of lawyers has a new and somewhat awkward job: defending Yoo in federal court. Next week, Justice Department lawyers are set to ask a San Francisco federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought against Yoo by Jose Padilla, a New York man held without ...
Obama Administration Attorneys Defend John Yoo:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
The Politico reports that Justice Department attorneys are defending John Yoo and other former Bush Administration officials in civil suits filed by Jose Padilla and other former detainees. Next week, Justice Department lawyers are set to ask a San Francisco federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought against Yoo by Jose Padilla, a New York man held without charges on suspicion of being an Al Qaeda operative plotting to set off a “dirty bomb.” The suit contends that Yoo’s legal opinions authorized Bush to order Padilla’s detention in a Navy brig in South Carolina and ...
The System. Baby.
Once Upon a Time... —
... the lawsuit asking the courts to rule on the constitutionality of the Bush administration's warrantless-eavesdropping program. The former president approved the wiretaps in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. "The Government's position remains that this case should be stayed," the Obama administration wrote (.pdf) in a filing that for the first time made clear the new president was on board with the Bush administration's reasoning in this case.Item: In Democratic legal circles, no attorney has been more pilloried than ...
Just what is our responsibility?
The Reaction —
... Legally speaking -- Another ironic reality has to do with how the new administration will represent the interests of the U.S. government in all of the upcoming court cases involving detainees. Under a change of leadership the government's representations in court may not change as we would have assumed. Politico.com has the story: "Obama's lawyers set to defend Yoo" (1/28/09). To quote: ...
Talk About Torture with Bruce Fein
Firedoglake —
... ) that Obama meant only to grant immunity to those who were following orders dictated and written by those above them, they were disabused of that notion by statements made yesterday by Rahm Emanuel. Obama's lawyers will be defending John Yoo against a torture suit initiated by Jose Padilla, despite the fact that Eric Holder has said the Bush administration was “wrong” when it “authorized the use of torture. ...
