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BTD, please weigh in on the Yoo memo! (5.00 / 2) (#2)
by FoxholeAtheist on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 02:29:17 PM EST
The original thread on the release of the torture memo is still running without any adult supervision. Today's comments are horrifying.

Meanwhile here's the Vanity Fair story on the subject: The Green Light.

"As the first anniversary of 9/11 approached, and a prized Guantánamo detainee wouldn't talk, the Bush administration's highest-ranking lawyers argued for extreme interrogation techniques, circumventing international law, the Geneva Conventions, and the army's own Field Manual. The attorneys would even fly to Guantánamo to ratchet up the pressure--then blame abuses on the military. Philippe Sands follows the torture trail, and holds out the possibility of war-crimes charges."

Glenn Greenwalkd is my goto guy (5.00 / 1) (#19)
by Fabian on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 02:50:01 PM EST
for Constitutional Law.  His post is HERE.

Certainly there are others who are well qualified to comment as well- anyone else have suggestions?

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