February 16, 2008
John Yoo, the author of the infamous Aug. 1, 2002, "torture memo" that formed the legal basis for so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques against high-level terrorist detainees, used a statute governing health benefits when he provided the White House with a legal opinion defining torture, according to a former Justice Department official.
Yoo's legal opinion stated that unless the amount of pain administered to a detainee results in injury "such as death, organ failure, or serious impairment of body functions" than the interrogation technique could not be defined as torture.
6 comments:
Why doesn't congress subpoeana john yoo? He should be forced to testify about this.
Interesting topic. Unfortunately, you lost me at Jason Leopold.
This must be one of those daily kos commenters. This person has nothing to say about the merits of this article so attack the messenger. This type of ignorance only makes the person commenting look foolish and uneducated. I don't see anything wrong with the article.
-carl feldstein (too lazy to sign up for a google acct to have my name show up)
This must be one of those daily kos commenters. This person has nothing to say about the merits of this article so attack the messenger. This type of ignorance only makes the person commenting look foolish and uneducated. I don't see anything wrong with the article.
-carl feldstein (too lazy to sign up for a google acct to have my name show up)
Yes, Lisa Pease...not everything @ Wiki is true, but a lot of it is....therefore, for thinking people, here's a start on researching Jason Leopold's bona fides
Kudos to leopold. I see from his new story that their is an investigation now and their investigating john yoo. This'll be interesting
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