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Justice Dept Releases John Yoo Torture Memo | 132 comments (132 topical)

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Freedom is freedom (1.00 / 0) (#53)
by jimakaPPJ on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 08:33:14 AM EST
His actions while employed by the government have not been shown to be improper, illegal and/or immoral. Your disagreement with him is just that. Your disagreement.

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Yoo's justifications turned the Nuremberg trials (none / 0) (#65)
by kindness on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 11:11:59 AM EST
on their heads.  Essentially he says bringing harm to a prisoner is OK if the Executive branch says so.

Sorry but torture is immoral, it is illegal and just because some yahoo in the Department of Justice says it isn't doesn't change the law nor the US's treaty obligations.

Yoo, Addington, Darth & dubya should all be tried.

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Define torture (none / 0) (#83)
by jimakaPPJ on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 04:30:39 PM EST
As for him being a "yahoo."

He's there and you are commenting on an Internet blog.

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TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 113C > § 2340 (none / 0) (#108)
by SantaMonicaJoe on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 08:49:02 PM EST
§ 2340. Definitions
As used in this chapter--
(1) "torture" means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control;
(2) "severe mental pain or suffering" means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from--
(A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering;
(B) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality;
(C) the threat of imminent death; or
(D) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality....

Seems pretty clear to me.

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Buddy....look in the mirror. (none / 0) (#120)
by kindness on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 10:41:04 AM EST
Where do you think you are?  I mean, if you want to call me a nobody because I'm here, feel free to.

I don't share your views.  I don't share your attitudes, and I certainly would prefer not to share your company.

But for what ever reason, you keep baying at the moon, right here with the other dirty hippies.

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Uh... I'm not your buddy (none / 0) (#127)
by jimakaPPJ on Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 06:45:47 AM EST
and if you don't want to be called out on your actions, quit calling people names.

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Freedom, i.e., (none / 0) (#66)
by jondee on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 11:21:54 AM EST
an army of lawyers and equivocating cowards to hide behind.

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