tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/4/2009
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Marty Lederman has argued that Yoo's March, 2003 memo is "in effect, the blueprint that led to Abu Ghraib and the other abuses within the armed forces in 2003 and early 2004." Well, we decided we needed a brief timeline to size it all up. You be the judge. TPM Research Hound Peter Sheehy ...
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Yoo: I wouldn’t change the substance of my torture memos, but they do ‘lack a certain polish.’
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Yesterday, the Orange County Register released an interview with John Yoo, the former Bush Justice Department official who took the lead in crafting the legal justifications for the the former president’s torture policies. Despite the fact that Yoo’s “sloppy” memos were subsequently withdrawn by the Justice Department, Yoo told the Register that he doesn’t believe that he would “have made the basic decisions differently.” His only regret, he said, was that the memos “lack a certain polish“: ...
ThinkFast: March 4, 2009
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... for the the former president’s torture policies. Despite the fact that Yoo’s “sloppy” memos were subsequently withdrawn by the Justice Department, Yoo told the Register that he doesn’t believe […] Yesterday, the Orange County Register released an interview with John Yoo , the former Bush Justice Department official who took the lead in crafting the legal justifications for the the former president’s torture policies. Despite the fact that Yoo’s “ sloppy ” memos were subsequently withdrawn by the Justice Department, Yoo told the Register that he ...
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