2014-12-29 US and Torture: A medieval love affair...
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UN-Recommended Prosecution of Lawyers Who Cleared US Torture Program a Good First Step
Sharon Adams, Truthout: The United Nations Committee Against Torture recommended prosecution of those who provided "legal cover" for the Bush administration's rendition, detention and torture programs, citing memos by John Yoo and Jay Bybee.
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PIC: JOHN YOO - Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice (OLC), during the George W. Bush administration. He is best known for his opinions concerning the Geneva Conventions that legitimized the War on Terror by the United States. He also authored the so-called Torture Memos, which concerned the use of what the Central Intelligence Agency called enhanced interrogation techniques including waterboarding. Today - Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.
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UN-Recommended Prosecution of Lawyers Who Cleared US Torture Program a Good First Step
Sharon Adams, Truthout: The United Nations Committee Against Torture recommended prosecution of those who provided "legal cover" for the Bush administration's rendition, detention and torture programs, citing memos by John Yoo and Jay Bybee.
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PIC: JOHN YOO - Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice (OLC), during the George W. Bush administration. He is best known for his opinions concerning the Geneva Conventions that legitimized the War on Terror by the United States. He also authored the so-called Torture Memos, which concerned the use of what the Central Intelligence Agency called enhanced interrogation techniques including waterboarding. Today - Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.
Read the Article
http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp…
A UN panel's call to prosecute lawyers who cleared US torture program is a good start.
TRUTH-OUT.ORG|BY SHARON ADAMS
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