John Yoo Pranked By Australian Comedy Team (VIDEO)

Via Boing Boing comes a video from the Australian comedy show "The Chaser's War on Everything," that shows a man dressed as an Abu Ghraib prisoner disrupting one of John Yoo's classes (he currently lectures at Berkeley and Chapman University). Yoo, formerly of the Department of Justice, played a key role in the Bush administration's justification of torture.

The actor climbed on a desk while Yoo was discussing constitutionality and said, "I've got one question, how long can I be required to stand here 'til it counts as torture?" When Yoo ended the class and a student yelled at the actor to leave he said, "I'd love to move but every time I do my balls get buzzed."

He was later physically escorted out of the classroom by a school official.


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[HDR]

Those in other countries are doing what we should be doing. Disgraceful.

[NomadicView]

why aren't people doing this to Cheney and his daughter too? Rumsfeld and Powell and Rice and, naturally Bush. They all deserve public shame as well as most of the Fox news crew who were the cheerleaders for getting us into that fiasco. That Cheney even has the nerve to criticize Obama is galling.

[TheAntiNixon]

some laughed, but some applauded like vacuous zombies

[peacebro]

I couldn't tell who they were applauding. If it was John Yoo for ending class then yes they are vacuous zombies!

[underoath]

Brand new time magazine is all about bush/cheney and trying to protect there legacy from obama and leakers at the CIA

[peacebro]

Cool! Thanks forthe heads up.

[darthmaul]

It's a disgrace that Yoo is teaching at Berkeley. And the fact that he is teaching "constitutional law" is indeed funny, as his legal briefs to his political masters were designed to circumvent the constitution and the laws of the land. When asked why Yoo is allowed to teach at Berkeley, the dean has responded with a rambling lecture on freedom of speech, tenure etc. The school administration has just about the same level of integrity as Yoo.

[brummie]

The Chaser's War on Everything is ace. Please do yourselves a favour and search YouTube for Chaser's War.

[Hirnlego]

agreed

[Blurp]

Yoo needs to be sent off for re-education.

[Judyisacutie]

Those students should ask for their tuition back. They're learning bad law.

[underoath]

What would jesus torture?

[jesuswazasocialist]

Crazy Aussies do it again.

[RobertHenryEller]

Can we trade Rupert Murdoch back to Australia and get these guys instead?

[zanzig]

No.

[toxicbrainpoison]

hands on learning.

[madtom]

Yoo had "no innocent explanation", in the words of Bernie Madoff, when offered the perfect opportunity to use his prodigious intellect and powers of persuasion to justify the work for which he will be remembered FOREVER.

Instead he cut and ran. Like the curd og he is.

[CaptainQueeg]

It's amazing that no one has beat his creepy face in. !!

[doneflyin]

THAT was the best! These kids have more guts and sense of justice then our entire justice dept. and our gut.l.es-s officials.
More power to them and others like them. It is said that when people start to laugh at you, you're finished.
The fact that Yoo had to move the Chapman hopefully means that justice is finally finding him.
He will at least be tried in the court of public opinion.

[IDIOTA]

Yoo fostered an environment in which children were imprisoned and raped. He makes me sick, and he is a sycophant to power.

[madtom]

Blinded by the light ... a little too brilliant for his own good, John Yoo.