More for Yoo
Submitted by pbtrue1 on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 11:18pm.
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/18usc23402340a2.htm
LEGAL STANDARDS APPLICABLE UNDER 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A
This opinion interprets the federal criminal prohibition against torture codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A. It supersedes in its entirety the August 1, 2002 opinion of this Office entitled Standards of Conduct under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38894-2004Jun13.html
Justice Dept. Memo Says Torture 'May Be Justified'
By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 13, 2004; 6:30 PM
Today washingtonpost.com is posting a copy of the Aug. 1, 2002, memorandum (PDF)
PDF of dojinterrogationmemo20020801
"Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. 2340-2340A," from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel for Alberto R. Gonzales, counsel to President Bush.
The memo was the focus of a recent article in The Washington Post.
The memo was written at the request of the CIA. The CIA wanted authority to conduct more aggressive interrogations than were permitted prior to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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http://news.findlaw.com/wp/docs/torture/30603wgrpt.html
Portions of Pentagon Working Group
Draft Report on Interrogation Methods,
Reportedly Prepared In Consultation With
The U.S. Deptartment of Justice
March 6, 2003
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before I read it
Isn't the point of Yoo's memo to be a legal wedge. Whether what these people are doing is legal does not seem to be the intent. It seems to be that 'I was doing what I was doing because the DOJ said it was ok' and it is therefore takes the partisipans beyond prosecution.
Sad, sad, sad.
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Jamesbennett
title says it all
bla, bla, bla,
and Operational Considerations
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23373-2004Jun7.html
Memo Offered Justification for Use of Torture
Justice Dept. Gave Advice in 2002
By Dana Priest and R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, June 8, 2004; Page A01
The legal reasoning in the 2002 memo, which covered treatment of al Qaeda detainees in CIA custody, was later used in a March 2003 report by Pentagon lawyers assessing interrogation rules governing the Defense Department's detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At that time, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld had asked the lawyers to examine the logistical, policy and legal issues associated with interrogation techniques.
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So the Post got the 50 page 2003 memo in June 2004.
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the above referenced
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38894-2004Jun13.html is from:
Justice Dept. Memo Says Torture 'May Be Justified'
By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 13, 2004; 6:30 PM
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a yoo memo
THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST TERRORISTS AND NATIONS SUPPORTING THEM
September 25,2001
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/warpowers925.htm
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U.S. Dept. of Justice Memo from
Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo
To Alberto R. Gonzales, White House Counsel Page 1 of 6
Memo from Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo to the White House Counsel on interrogation methods that do not violate prohibitions against torture.
August 1, 2002
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/doj/bybee80102ltr.html
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Jamesbennett
jbenet
I was lucky to find the Aug, 2002 stashed on the Washington Posts server. I could not access the original, but then my hacker skills are non existent.
TPM had a lot of good info on Yoo.
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