Archive for the 'John Yoo' Category
Hey, New York Times: You Suck!
Posted on April 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, John Yoo, New York Times, detainee abuse, the media, torture | Leave a Comment
’03 U.S. Memo Approved Harsh Interrogations
Way to euphemize your own article, NYT headline person. The White House declared all laws designed to prohibit torture to be irrelevant to its conduct. That’s what the memo says and that’s what your reporting says; why does the headline need to be shrouded in bullshit about “harsh interrogations”?
For the [...]
The Yoo Memo Is Freed
Posted on April 1, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Department of Justice, John Yoo, detainee abuse, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
Time to fire up the international war crimes tribunal!
Federal laws prohibiting assault and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president’s ultimate authority as commander-in-chief overrode such statutes, according to a newly declassified 2003 Justice Department memo released today.
The memo–which was rescinded just nine months after it was [...]
