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March 19, 2006 at 08:40:43
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Yoo played a major roll in "paving the legal road to torture."
Yoo, early, before the war, was building a case, advising Alberto Gonzalez that Bush "that there are effectively “no limits” on the president’s authority to wage war—a sweeping assertion of executive power that some constitutional scholars say goes considerably beyond any that had previously been articulated by the department."
Newsweek seems to have a good fix on the powerful role of Yoo in the Bush administration's disregard of the nation's laws and the constitution. Just do a search of the Newsweek website and you'll find dozens of references to his nefarious inputs.
Yoo's "theory" even goes so far as to justify the legality of torturing children-- say the child of a suspect in custody.
Yoo has been one of the prime drafters of the theory that Bush, as president can ignore any laws, do anything he wants. He is, alone, one of the greatest threats to democracy the nation has ever faced, because his opinions have been used by the criminals in the white house as justification for their lawbreaking.
Ironically, when and if the Bush whitehouse criminals are ever brought to trial, Yoo may get off scott free, since he's been an advisor, not a perpetrator. Justice may never bring him in.
His legacy could be the end of democracy and constitutional rights and law in the USA.
He is, at the time of the writing of this article, at UC Berkeley
Rob Kall is executive editor, publisher and site architect of OpEdNews.com, President of Futurehealth, Inc, more...)
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The right wLet people know about him and boycott him
I am assuming there are student councils, etc. Mr Yoo's name should be officially referred to all those students asking them to consider; 1. Not atending his lectures 2. Not attending his seminars 3. Not to become his graduate students 4. Not attend any of his speeches and not participate in any of his projects 5. Warn every freshman about him 6. Compile and publish the ' enemies of humanity' list similar to the ones Horowitz has. Why not? 7. Address the BAR with the official request to disbar him That would be a start. by Mark Sashine (72 articles, 19 quicklinks, 269 diaries, 4101 comments [131 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Mar 19, 2006 at 10:54:42 AM  (0+)
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