Administration wants suit against Yoo dismissed

San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Egelko | Dec. 8, 2009 (News Report)

The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the torture of a terrorism suspect, saying federal law does not allow damage claims against lawyers who advise the president on national security issues. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Dec 8, 2009 - 10:18 AM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 9, 2009

The story seems to be reported straight up, and professionally.

Yoo is a war criminal. Paddilla was tortured as a result of Yoo's crimes in creating a faux protection for torture. The court should deny the Obama request. I don't want Obama to have torture powers any more than I wanted Bush to have torture powers, and skate for doing it.

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