On AlterNet: yoo

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "yoo"

Why We Can't Afford to Let Obama Give Bush's War Criminals a Free Pass

Charlotte Dennett, AlterNet. February 6, 2010.

Punishing the guilty for deeds they committed in the past is the only way to show the world that we are truly on a new path.

Courts Open Door to Terror Suits Against Senior Bushies

Mark Sherman, The Associated Press September 29, 2009.

Supreme Court rulings allow high-ranking officials to be held liable but set a high bar.

'Chasers' Drop in on Class Taught by Torture Lawyer John Yoo, Bring Childhood Joy to Dick Cheney (VIDEO)

Eric Stoner, Waging Nonviolence AlterNet: World. July 18, 2009.

An awkward moment for the professor.

Press Attorney General Eric Holder to Bring Torture Architects to Justice

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 14, 2009.

Demand accountability and help topple ugly Bush precedents.

Strike Back Against Yoo: Send Blog Posts On Torture to the Philadelphia Inquirer

tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Media and Technology. May 13, 2009.

I'd like to urge all bloggers who have addressed the issue of torture to send one of their posts to the Inquirer.

Hey Americans, the Pundits Blame You for Bush and Cheney's Torture Policies

Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. May 13, 2009.

In their mad dash to ensure that no one in the Bush administration is held accountable for torture, the media are putting the blame on all Americans.

CIA Was Authorized to Keep Prisoners Awake for 11 Days

Agence France PresseMay 11, 2009.

The method involved forcing chained prisoners to stand, sometimes for days on end.

Spanish Court to Investigate Alleged Crimes of the Bush Administration

AlterNetMarch 28, 2009.

Human rights groups have called for an indictment of Bush administration officials for years.

Do the Secret Bush Memos Amount to Treason? Top Constitutional Scholar Says Yes

Naomi Wolf, AlterNet. March 25, 2009.

Legal expert Michael Ratner calls the legal arguments made in the infamous Yoo memos, "Fuhrer's law."

Obama to Release More Bush Torture Memos: Can It Get Even Uglier?

mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 23, 2009.

We need to know. If the release of these memos provides even greater impetus for a torture truth commission, so much the better.

Are We Civilized Enough to Hold Our Leaders Accountable for War Crimes? The World Is Watching

John W. Dean, FindLaw.com. January 24, 2009.

Other countries are likely to take action against officials who condoned torture, even if the United States fails to do so.

Pretending That Bush is Not a Tyrant

Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 30, 2008.

If you listen to Bush's legal advisors, questions about the limits of his authority might not be hypothetical anymore.

The Tortured Law on Torture

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. May 14, 2008.

How has our government managed to justify one of the most egregious assaults on the rule of law?

Where Was the Military Brass Against the Yoo Memo? The Political Leadership?

Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 4, 2008.

If there was objection to the Cheney JAG end-run, why wasn't it getting more media play?

The Yoo Torture Memo Deliberately Breaks Military Law: Rumsfeld Kabuki, Anyone?

Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. April 3, 2008.

Whither Donald Rumsfeld in this public discussion? And, for that matter, Dick Cheney, in all of this minion kabuki?

Pentagon Releases '03 Memo Giving Green Light to Torture

Brad, Sadly, No! AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 2, 2008.

In other words, torture is only torture when the torturer feels guilty about doing it afterwards.