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October 20, 2009 PBS News Hour The tenure of Berkeley law professor John Yoo has come under fire amid a backlash over the role he played in the Bush administration, advising on the legalities of now-controversial interrogation tactics used on terror suspects. Spencer Michels reports.

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Presto : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

Presto

4 votes NegativePositive

31 days 11 hours ago...

Is he a dick? Yes.
Should he be held responsible for accounts of torture? Yes.
Should he be fired from his teaching job? No.

Neferati : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Neferati

3 votes NegativePositive

31 days 6 hours ago...

Most of the people who are protesting, are just seeking attention.

Rekon : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Rekon

0 votes NegativePositive

30 days 18 hours ago...

^well obviously!

Tourture legal?
Whats next, Waterboarding your dog if he pisses on the carpet?

gr0g : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

gr0g

-4 votes NegativePositive

30 days 18 hours ago...

Most people who are seeking attention use it to help the cause of the protest

D! : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

D!

4 votes NegativePositive

29 days 7 hours ago...

fire him? How about putting him on trial for war crimes? he can keep his job if he is found innocent.

SantaAndFriends : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

SantaAndFriends

1 votes NegativePositive

29 days ago...

If the American government wanted to find loop holes, allowing them to torture people, they would have got it regardless of Yoo, he himself never sat there torturing the people, sure he can be instigated in the whole thing, but I think it`s rather unfair to come down so hard upon the man, I find it even more ignorant for douche bag (probly liberals) going to his fucking lecture theatre and disrupting students from their work, the univeristy has nothing to do with the charges against Yoo and nor do his pupils.

tweep0 : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

tweep0

2 votes NegativePositive

28 days 20 hours ago...

WTF?!?

Lawyers interpret the law. There might not have been any specific laws on certain forms of torture. For all we know, he could`ve interpreted the laws correctly.

If I was a lawyer and the president asked me whether he could kill aliens, I would say yes. I wouldn`t believe in it, but all I do is interpret the laws infront of me. That`s my job. Its the job of policy makers, the senate, judges, the people, etc. to make law!

Sir spanks-a-lot : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

Sir spanks-a-lot

0 votes NegativePositive

28 days 19 hours ago...

Whoa!!! It seems to me that they`re using him as a scapegoat. The people he was advising (the goverment) just passed the buck along. The goverment officials that ordered it should be the ones being punished. You can`t hurt someone just because someone else told you it was ok. The "I was following orders" excuse does not fly with me, and it shouldn`t fly with anybody in this world.

saltesc : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

saltesc

0 votes NegativePositive

28 days 18 hours ago...

I`m down with psychological "torture" (put that in quotes because it`s a really broad term). Though as soon as a person`s long-term physical and mental integrity or health status is affected, it`s just out right wrong.

But in the situation of "capturing an Al Qaeda leader planning a bombing attack on the US" , something has to be done for the sake of the potential innocent lives at stake. However, while that detainee may seem inhumane in their planning, mindset, etc., no one should drop to things like water boarding, pain, etc. etc. I think things like sleep deprivation are completely fine as long as done within the boundaries of health. It is, after all, a very passive aggressive technique not involving pain, not involving starvation, not involving physical stress or strain. But, within boundaries, it can completely upset the mind and break down its defenses, thus potentially leading to a resolution.

Some of you guys may disagree with me, but some of you guys are also the people that say pedophiles should be hung, castrated, left to bleed out, etc. etc. Considering the overall mass of lives involved between the two situations.... eh well, you be the judge.

edthegr8 : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

edthegr8

-1 votes NegativePositive

28 days 17 hours ago...

ya hes a dick and he got paid for something bad to make it ok. but the real fuck wits in this is the bush administration. they should all be put in jail and do what they say it was ok to do to them

Sarastro : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Sarastro

0 votes NegativePositive

28 days 16 hours ago...

John Yoo should be held to account, and putting him and everyone else involved in `enhanced interrogation` on trial would probably not be a bad idea. People like John Yoo who sit behind desks may not bear the same direct responsibility as the interrogator who carries out torture but he has helped to create the conditions under which the `I was just following orders` mentality is adopted and so bears a very significant burden of responsibility for the atrocities that have taken place.

However in our society, people who are that high up in the hierarchy are rarely held to account. A conviction for Yoo is probably about as likely as a conviction for Bush, Cheney or Kissinger. They are part of the institutions that run our society and these institutions are not suicidal. I therefore tend to support what these protesters are doing as it one of the few means we have of putting pressure on the system and holding it to account.

takeyourdamnclothesoff! : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

takeyourdamnclothesoff!

0 votes NegativePositive

28 days 7 hours ago...

GO BEARS!

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