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UC professor under fire for White House memo
Yoo, a tenured professor at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, wrote the memos offering legal justification for torture while he worked for the White House from 2001 to 2003. The five measures attacking Yoo were drafted by the city's Peace and Justice Commission, the same group that ...
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UC professor (Yoo) under fire for White House memo
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Peace and Justice Commission, the same group that recommended that the city tell the Marines they were "unwelcome intruders." The city council will vote Monday on the five measures. In addition to demanding that Yoo be charged with war crimes, the city will decide whether to order Boalt to offer alternatives to Yoo's courses, so no student is forced to take a class from him if they don't want to. Yoo has taught constitutional and international law at Boalt since 1993. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/1...

Berkeley: “Peace And Justice Commission” Wants Bush Adviser Charged With War Crimes
Say Anything — ... You have to wonder just what planet these people are from.  Just guessing, but I’d say it would the the Planet of the Deluded Self Righteous Leftie Idiots: ...

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