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Amid Scrutiny, Yoo Pushes Back
The Washington Post ^ | 7-27-2009 | Carrie Johnson

Posted on 07/27/2009 1:58:52 PM PDT by stan_sipple

Some public figures, if their judgment and ethics come under fire, retreat into solitude. Then there is John C. Yoo.

The former Justice Department official, whose memos blessed the waterboarding of terrorism suspects and wiretapping of American citizens, has come out fighting, even as negative assessments of his government service pile up.

Last month, a federal judge in California refused to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Yoo of violating a detainee's constitutional rights.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bushadministration; johnyoo; torture; waterboarding

1 posted on 07/27/2009 1:58:53 PM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: stan_sipple

He did his best to keep us safe. Screw his critics.


2 posted on 07/27/2009 2:13:31 PM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: 12Gauge687

‘Come round two, we’re REALLY going to get our asses kicked!


3 posted on 07/27/2009 2:34:20 PM PDT by Flintlock
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To: 12Gauge687

Yoo’s critics really are critics of the Executive’s Article II war making power. I guess we arent supposed to win wars any more.


4 posted on 07/27/2009 2:36:33 PM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: stan_sipple

Who?

Yoo.

Who's yoo?

Who's you what?


5 posted on 07/27/2009 3:14:47 PM PDT by Nick Danger (I am Obama of Borg. Allegiance is futile. You will be capitulated.)
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