About John Yoo:
At the U.S. Dept. of Justice, John Yoo authored and coauthored memos authorizing aggressive war (including the Sept 25, 2001, and probably the Oct. 23, 2002, memos) as well as warrantless spying, torture, and indefinite detention, giving presidents powers to violate laws. Yoo has claimed that a president has the right to crush a child’s testicles, massacre a village, or drop nuclear bombs on cities.
The Dept. of Justice found that Yoo “committed intentional professional misconduct”. Spain is seeking to indict Yoo but is facing strong resistance from the White House.
Aggressive wars, torture, lawless imprisonment, and warrantless spying are continuing because Yoo and his co-conspirators have not yet been prosecuted. And they are not being prosecuted because the new president is continuing the crimes. We must raise our voices for the rule of law.
Yoo does not deny his crimes, but claims power on behalf of a president to commit them in a time of war. But war is the supreme crime, and Yoo has the blood of over a million Iraqis and Afghans on his hands. We should give Yoo what he has helped deny to thousands: a fair trial.
Given congressional failure to subpoena Yoo, these events will be the closest he comes to speaking in Washington.
“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.” –Edmund Burke
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Yoo on crushing testicles: video.
Yoo protested at Johns Hopkins: video.
Yoo protested in his classroom: video, article.
Most memos are here. Worst memo is here.
About Yoo’s book.
Senate Armed Services Committee report.
Robert Jackson Steering Committee report.
DOJ Report on Torture Memos and Related Documents:
- Memorandum for the Attorney General
- OPR Final Report
- OPR 1st Draft Report
- OPR 2nd Draft Report
- Yoo Response to OPR 2nd Draft
- Yoo Response to OPR Final Draft
- Bybee Response to OPR 2nd Draft
- Bybee Response to OPR Final Draft
Timeline of how this happened.
Read Jason Leopold on this here.