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August 21, 2009

Torture and Academic Freedom - Room for Debate Blog

By Margaret Bassett

When law classes began on Monday at the University of California, Berkeley, protesters gathered at the law school to call for the firing of John C. Yoo, a tenured professor and the author of Justice Department memos that critics say were used to justify the torture of terrorism suspects. The dean of the law school, Christopher Edley, has rejected calls for dismissal,

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When law classes began on Monday at the University of California, Berkeley, protesters gathered at the law school to call for the firing of John C. Yoo, a tenured professor and the author of Justice Department memos that critics say were used to justify the torture of terrorism suspects. The dean of the law school, Christopher Edley, has rejected calls for dismissal,

Authors Bio:
Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.

Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.

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