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John Yoo Torture

Dismiss John Yoo Suit, White House Says

The San Francisco Chronicle | Bob Egelko | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the tort...

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Calling Out the Torture Enablers at St. Thomas Law School

Coleen Rowley | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Coleen Rowley

As details emerged on Monday of CIA interrogators' abuse of prisoners involving mock executions, Law Professor Robert Delahunty quietly resumed teaching fall classes in Minneapolis.

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"I'm Mad as Hell, and I won't Take It Anymore"

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment

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Roger I. Abrams

I've had it with the steroid controversy in baseball. It's time to take control. MLB and MLBPA can agree to end this dripping mess by disclosing the entire list of the players who tested positive.

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The Moral Failure of Our National Intelligence

Scott Atran | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

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Scott Atran

A new government report on the Bush administration's surveillance of personal commmunications reveals a familiar pattern of intellectual deafness and moral abuse of the country.

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How Iceland's Lawyers Enabled Fraud

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

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Iris Erlingsdottir

The lack of clear ethical rules and the frontier justice mentality in Iceland continues to cause confusion and raise questions about the legal profession's ability to regulate itself in Iceland.

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Media Torture

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media

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Rory O'Connor

Defending torture -- and the torturers -- is now a long accepted practice in American journalism, one that brings you much acclaim and access to power, bylines, headlines, and lucrative contracts.

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I've Written a Play on Torture

Chris Durang | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

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Chris Durang

Why would techniques that succeed in getting false confessions have been of use, as opposed to the traditional and successful psychological interrogation techniques that have a history of working?

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Why the Torture Memos Matter

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

Throughout the nation's history, our leaders have rejected the use of torture. This is based, in part, on a recognition that our strength as a nation emanates from the values and principles we uphold.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 3, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

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It's Friday, and I'm feeling generous and mercurial, so here's a fun and shameless plug! Los Angelenos in the house? This Saturday, enjoy the dynami...

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Author Of Bush Torture Memos Regrets Style, Not Content

The Washington Independent | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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In an interview yesterday with the Orange County Register, picked up by Jason Leopold at The Public Record, John Yoo says he doesn't regret the substa...

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Bush Torture Memo Author Yoo Gets New Gig

Overruled | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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Academic freedom is very important. Universities exist to produce knowledge, unconstrained by political winds or the whims of wealthy donors. If pro...

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Obama Lawyers Set To Defend Bush 'Torture Memo' Author In Court

Politico | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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In Democratic legal circles, no attorney has been more pilloried than former Bush Justice Department official John Yoo, chief author of the so-called ...

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If You Experience An Election Lasting More Than...

Alison Teal | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Alison Teal

The debates are over but the campaign goes on and on... and on. We need it to be over, but there's still so much to be done. And will it even be over when it's over?

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Bush Rejected Ashcroft's DOJ Picks In Favor Of Torture-Legalizing Loyalist

Washington Post | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft offered the White House a list of five candidates to lead the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel in ear...

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