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They Did Authorize Torture, But..., David Cole
They Did Authorize Torture, But..., David Cole
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The Sacrificial Yoo: Accounting For Torture In The Opr Report, David Cole
The Sacrificial Yoo: Accounting For Torture In The Opr Report, David Cole
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
When the Justice Department finally released the report of its Office of Professional Responsibility on the “torture memos,” recommending that the initial torture memo’s authors, John Yoo and Jay Bybee, be referred for bar discipline, John Yoo declared victory in op-eds in the Wall Street Journal and Philadelphia Inquirer. The report itself concluded that Yoo and Bybee had acted unethically, and quoted many of Yoo’s successors in office as condemning the memos as, among other things “slovenly,” “riddled with error,” and “insane.” But Yoo claimed victory because Associate Deputy Attorney General David Margolis vetoed its recommendation that he be referred …