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• John Yoo v. Bob Barr Debate Presidential PowerOr: Did Yoo just accuse the Bush Administration of incompetence and stupidity?

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 708
  This afternoon, the Federalist Society at the University of Chicago Law School sponsored an interesting debate. It featured Berkeley law professor John Yoo , author of the so-called "torture memos," and Bob Barr , the prominent libertarian and former congressman, debating the following subject: "Presidential Power ...
  12 hours ago

• Yoo Seung-ho sings a lullaby for his castmate

  
  Dramabeans — Authority: 544
  If you want to hear Yoo Seung-ho ’s singing voice, you might want to tune in to Episode 12 of God of Study . The star of the hit KBS drama, who plays hot-tempered Baek-hyun, sings a trot song (“땡벌”) for his classmate and friend Pul-ip ( Go Ah-sung ) in today’s (Tuesday) episode. In the drama, the kids ...
  21 hours ago

• The Fast Hardening of Soft Fascism in America

  
  Corrente — Authority: 649
  In Last Rites for the USA , Cindy Sheehan addresses the substantial erosion of U.S. democracy by oligarchy. The freshest hell, as Sheehan sees it -- an ultimate tipping point, she claims, in tearing away ANY illusion of democracy -- is the Supreme Court’s recent aggressive decision to expand “personhood” ...
  1 day ago

• Podcast: Mark Steyn and John Yoo and Rob Long and Andrew Breitbart, Oh My

  
  Big Government — Authority: 811
  Rob Long and Mark Steyn are joined by guests law professor John C. Yoo and Breitbart.com ’s Andrew Breitbart. Topics covered include Miranda rights for terrorists, a report from the Tea Party convention, the joyless MSM, Al-Qaeda’s potential new bomb making strategy that may be particularly problematic for ...
  1 day ago

• Spike the Yoo Findings, Get a Judgeship?

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 719
  Last week, I suggested that the role Mary Patrice Brown played in softening the conclusion of the OPR report on John Yoo deserved closer scrutiny. Less than a year ago, Eric Holder shifted the head of OPR into a different DOJ role. Almost immediately, OPR backed off its promise that the results of the OPR report ...
  1 day ago

• Monday various & sundry

  
  Pundit & Pundette — Authority: 617
  Listening to this now: Ricochet Podcast Episode 2: News with BriocheFebruary 5, 2010Rob Long and Mark Steyn are joined by guests law professor John C. Yoo and Breitbart.coms Andrew Breitbart. Topics covered include Miranda rights for terrorists, a report from the Tea Party convention, the joyless MSM, Al-Qaedas ...
  1 day ago

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

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 161
  By Charlotte Dennett Alternet.org I n a week when one-year report cards on the Obama administration were piling up and not all the grades were good, Americans searching for the real change we heard so much about on Obama’s campaign trail were hit with some news that would send his grades plummeting. Late last ...
  2 days ago

• Asian Babe Fight of the Week…

  
  Akihabaranews.com — Authority: 153
  Hi everyone, here’s another fight between two gorgeous ladies, but first let’s check last week’s winner. With 4027 participants, the winner is the cute little babe Zhang Xin Yu (Left) with 77.5% of the votes. Today we have two new contenders… Shizuka Nakamura (JP – 21 Years Old – 163 cm) on the left, and ...
  4 days ago

• John Hawkins interviews John Yoo

  
  Fausta's Blog — Authority: 143
  An Interview With “Torture Memo” Author, John Yoo JH: Let me ask you a related question about the Geneva Convention. Since we do apply it in practice to groups like Al Qaeda and since no one seems to apply it to the United States, isn’t the treaty basically pointless? JY: The most important thing, I think, ...
  5 days ago

• Must Read Interview with the “Torture Memo” Author

  
  iOwnTheWorld.com — Authority: 642
  The indefatigable John Hawkins recently interviewed John Yoo, one of the authors of what have become known as the “torture memos.”  The memos were actually the legal arguments that the Bush Administration used as the basis for the employment of enhanced interrogation techniques. The interview can be read in ...
  5 days ago

• Boalt Students Speak Out Against Yoo and Bybee Findings

  
  Nuts & Boalts — Authority: 514
  This morning, the Berkeley Daily Planet published an op-ed written by the heads of Berkeleys chapter of the National Lawyers Guild discussing the recent findings by Obamas Justice Department on John Yoo and Jay Bybee. I found this section of the op-ed to be the most compelling, as it spells out further action that ...
  5 days ago

• John Yoo gets a sympathetic ear...

  
  Althouse — Authority: 753
  ... from Right Wing News.
  5 days ago

• Almost Over Yoo: Yoo Name To Be Cleared?

  
  The Daily Clog — Authority: 432
  Well, maybe. A forthcoming Department of Justice Report will find that Yoo - Know - Hoo did NOT, in fact, violate his “professional obligations” as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Bush administration. Apparently, the department that arbitrates that fickle b*tch, Justice, opted to “soften” an ...
  6 days ago

• Will Smarts Translate Into Strength for Obama?

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 532
  After Barack Obama schooled House Republicans last Friday in Baltimore, few objective observers could doubt he has the smarts to be an outstanding president, the kind we desperately need in troubled times. But three recent news items raise questions about whether Obama has the strength, the resolve, to reach his ...
  6 days ago

• DOJ Clears Bush Lawyers In ‘Torture’ Memo Probe

  
  THE HOT JOINTS — Authority: 140
  Much to the chagrin of leftists everywhere, the DOJ will clear Bush administration lawyers of any professional misconduct in a soon-to-be-released report. While the probe is sharply critical of the legal reasoning used to justify waterboarding and other “enhanced” interrogation techniques, NEWSWEEK has learned ...
  1 week ago

• Nam Sang-mi back in Life Is Beautiful

  
  Dramabeans — Authority: 544
  Nam Sang-mi, Yoo Min Looks like the disagreement is at an end: actress Nam Sang-mi has officially signed back on to the upcoming drama Life Is Beautiful , only a week after dropping out due to a “difference of opinion” with producers that could not be resolved (at the time). The drama has also added ...
  1 week ago

• Nam Sang-mi back in Life Is Beautiful

  
  Dramabeans — Authority: 544
  Nam Sang-mi, Yoo Min Looks like the disagreement is at an end: actress Nam Sang-mi has officially signed back on to the upcoming drama Life Is Beautiful , only a week after dropping out due to a “difference of opinion” with producers that could not be resolved (at the time). The drama has also added ...
  1 week ago

• US exonerates authors of Bush torture memos

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 576
  http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/by Kate Randallwww.wsws.org2 February 2010Bush administration lawyers whose secret memos justified waterboarding and other forms of torture will not be referred to authorities for possible sanctions, according to a forthcoming ethics report.Unnamed sources who spoke to Newsweek ...
  1 week ago

• Justice Clears Yoo, Bybee in Torture Memo Probe

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 804
  The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report on the torture memos is expected this week, and Newsweeks Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman apparently have the initial leak , reporting not only that the report clears Yoo and Bybee of misconduct, but was "softened" from an earlier finding. [A]n upcoming ...
  1 week ago

• Poor Judgement

  
  The SideTrack — Authority: 127
  Well, disappointing , if not surprising. While the probe is sharply critical of the legal reasoning used to justify waterboarding and other “enhanced” interrogation techniques, NEWSWEEK has learned that a senior Justice official who did the final review of the report softened an earlier OPR finding. Previously, ...
  1 week ago

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