Author (Yoo) of interrogation memo says CIA maybe went too far

[deminks]

https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/author-interrogation-memo-says-cia-maybe-went-too-190307773.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As former Vice President Dick Cheney argued on Sunday that the CIA's aggressive interrogation of terrorism suspects did not amount to torture, the man who provided the legal rationale for the program said that in some cases it had perhaps gone too far.

Former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo said the sleep deprivation, rectal feeding and other harsh treatment outlined in a U.S. Senate report last week could violate anti-torture laws.

"If these things happened as they're described in the report ... they were not supposed to be done. And the people who did those are at risk legally because they were acting outside their orders," Yoo said on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS".

(snip)

Yoo's comments on Sunday contrasted with those of Cheney and former national security officials who invoke his memo to argue that the harsh treatment of detainees was legal.

"They specifically authorized and okayed what we did," Cheney said on NBC's "Meet the Press".

(end snip)

Somebody didn't memorize his talking points before he went on the air.

[malaise]

1. I have one standard line for that war criminal

Fuck YOO!

[SomethingFishy]

4. I second that!

[Live and Learn]

8. +1 nt

[Jesus Malverde]

13. Duzy..nt

[PoliticAverse]

2. And so Yoo attempts to distance himself from the results of his actions. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Is he quoting Pontius Pilate? Or, Heinrich Himmler?

[arcane1]

5. I have to admit, seeing them all trying to duck and blame is kind of entertaining.

I just wish it wasn't over such a depressing topic

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Yoo carefully backs away, mumbling, "Hey, I just wrote a memo.

I didn't think they'd actually do anything like that. Really, it wasn't my fault. I was just writing a theoretical opinion. No, I haven't talked to Dick Cheney lately. If you want to know the truth he sort of scares me, and he smells like sulfur. Uh, so if you'll excuse me now I've got some exams to grade, and I have to walk the dog and stuff." He pulls his door shut, and you hear a deadbolt sliding into place. A telephone rings inside the house but it is not answered. Soon a black van drives up and parks across the street. An old man gets out. There is an odor of sulfur. You decide to leave.

[malokvale77]

11. Pretty accurate scenario.

Oh, the scent of sulfur. They loved it once upon a time.

[grasswire]

7. so Yoo throws Cheney under the bus to cover his own ass

This actually is a good sign. But will Yoo's car explode next?

[HereSince1628]

9. No one can give immunity to a war crime...so

there are limited options for the criminals... the first on the list are threaten to take down with you those who can squeal and then blaming others

[Recursion]

17. That's untrue

In fact, multiple lower-level Nazis were given immunity at Nuremberg to secure their testimony.

[malokvale77]

10. All I can say is...

once they are through ripping each other to shreds, hopefully the international courts will finish the job.

It is painfully obvious this country will not do it's duty.

Oh and, Fuck John Yoo.

[Jesus Malverde]

12. He's the legal brains behind the torture.

He's running away from it as fast as he can.

He belongs with others in a war crimes trial.

[napkinz]

14. Former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo

[bluesbassman]

15. So Cheney went to Yoo and told him to write an opinion of the use of torture by US personnel...

(Remember, DimSon never had enough brain power to think that far ahead, Cheney was the mastermind on this). Then Yoo writes up a green light memo for torture, Cheney grabs it in his hot little hand and tells the CIA and military to make it so, and now Yoo wants to say that the people who were doing the torturing for Cheney were "outside their orders"?

Fuck John Yoo. He needs to sitting in the dock right next to Cheney at the Hague.

[Katashi_itto]

16. Gosh Yoo. Now you're worried?

I just want mass executions of Yoo and the entire Bush Cabal in the Rose garden on pay-per view.

Where does Hillary stand on that? Or anything really?