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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He did his best to keep us safe. Screw his critics.
‘Come round two, we’re REALLY going to get our asses kicked!
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.
Who? Yoo. Who's yoo? Who's you what? |
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