democrats.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
November 22, 2009, Bay Area, CA * 10-11 a.m. protest at John Yoo's (Torture Professor) house, 1241 Grizzly Peak Blvd., Berkeley, CA Followed by events on David Swanson's book tour: "Daybreak, Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" * 12:00 p.m. in downtown Walnut Creek Community Center 1375 Civic Drive (in Civic Park) Walnut Creek 94596 925-933-7850 http://www.mtdpc.org...
Nuts & Boalts (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I was sitting in the library Atrium when the fire alarm went off and of course I dutifully shuffled into the exit stairwell with about 30 other students. We descended a flight to the marked exit only to find said exit locked. So, we turned around and marched back up, bumping into other students who were coming down. Right as I was about to re-enter the library proper, John Yoo burst through...
faith in honest doubt (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... much blithe indifference (or merriment, or cynicism, or whatever it is) as his worst predecessors. John Yoo is also a constitutional scholar. Constitutional scholarship manifestly doesn't help.
Cato-at-liberty (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published an article by John Yoo that criticized the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) and several of his fellow Guantanamo prisoners in civilian court. Yoo makes too many claims for me to respond to in a blog post, but let me address a few. According to Yoo, “The [...]
Solomonia (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
John Yoo: The KSM Trial Will Be an Intelligence Bonanza for al Qaeda...
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... Sullivan's take : But what an open civilian case will also do - and it's why a war criminal like John Yoo is so apoplectic - is reveal the extent to which the brutal torture of KSM was unnecessary, and led to the government's inability to prosecute him to the full extent of the law. It will be a civic lesson to America and the world. It will show the evil of terrorism and the futility and...
Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Manhattan is, so far (but give it time), the most suicidal of any American administration in history. For instance, the hazard to American intelligence: John Yoo: The KSM Trial Will Be an Intelligence Bonanza for al Qaeda The government will have to choose between vigorous prosecution and revealing classified sources and [...]
The Blue Pelican (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704431804574537370665832850.html Trying KSM in civilian court will be an intelligence bonanza for al Qaeda and the hostile nations that will view the U.S. intelligence methods and sources that such a trial will reveal. The proceedings will tie up judges for years on issues best left to the president and Congress. Whether a jury ultimately convicts KSM and...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
I'll have a column this morning on the Obama administration's irresponsible, politically motivated decision to transfer the 9/11 plotters to civilian court. Meantime, John Yoo's excellent WSJ op-ed this morning remnids us that we've seen this movie before: Prosecutors will be forced to reveal U.S. intelligence on KSM, the methods and sources for acquiring its information, and his relationships...
Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | yesterday
Where criminals are still free and desperately arguing for a continued coverup of their crimes: I’m not amused that the Wall Street Journal solicited an op-ed attacking the decision to try KSM in civilian court from one of the people–John Yoo–with the biggest conflict on such a decision. It’s yet more proof that Rupert Murdoch is [...]
No Sheeples Here! (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... their smugness as they mocked the rule of law, the law of armed conflict and God’s law. John Yoo, who was an official in the Justice Department from 2001-2003 wrote in the Wall Street Journal , “KSM's lawyers will not save the government from itself. Instead they will press hard to reveal intelligence secrets in open court. Our intelligence agents and soldiers will be the ones...
They gave us a republic (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I've said it all along: Only Perverts Torture. Now Marcy Wheeler identifies the perversion at the heart of the Bushies' hysterical opposition to civilian trials for the criminals they tortured. I'm not amused that the Wall Street Journal solicited an op-ed attacking the decision to try KSM in civilian court from one of the people-John Yoo-with the biggest conflict on such a decision. It's yet...
Emptywheel (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Holder said there's just one last career person reviewing the OPR report on John Yoo et al, and that it should be released before the end of the month.
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Marcy Wheeler knocks John Yoo's op-ed: John Yoo pretends he knows the universe of information on KSM. His argument suggests that the only evidence came from illegal or highly sensitive means. What the trial will likely show, instead, is that...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
No reason of law or justice, history or tradition, supports the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et al. in federal court. Indeed, as Thomas Sowell observes , it is something of an obscenity. The cost of cloaking Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et al. with the constitutional protections afforded American citizens comes at a steep price. John Yoo spelled it out in painful detail in the Wall Street Journal...
