Demand that the WH denounce the Yoo Doctrine

[ck4829]

John Yoo is the person who came up with the idea of allowing the WH to torture detainees and more.

"He contributed to the PATRIOT Act and wrote controversial memos in which he advocated the possible legality of torture and that enemy combatants could be denied protection under the Geneva Convention as a means of diminishing the likelihood of legal challenges regarding war crimes.

It was revealed that Yoo authored memos defining torture and American habeas corpus obligations narrowly. Protesters at Berkeley demanded, to no avail, that he renounce the memos or resign his professorship. Yoo, citing the classified nature of the matter, has declined to confirm or deny reports that he authored the position that the President had sufficient power to allow the NSA to monitor the communications of US citizens on US soil without a warrant, i.e. NSA warrantless surveillance controversy.

Yoo contends that the Congressional check on Presidential war making power comes from its power of the purse. Yoo also contends that the President, and not the Congress or courts, has sole authority to interpret international treaties such as the Geneva Convention "because treaty interpretation is a key feature of the conduct of foreign affairs". His positions on executive power, collectively termed the Yoo Doctrine or Unitary Executive theory, are controversial since it is suggested the theory holds that the President's war powers place him above any law. For a detailed discussion on the subject see Unitary Executive theory.

Consistent with the Yoo Doctrine, Yoo acknowledged during a December 2005 debate at Notre Dame University with professor Doug Cassel that no treaty prevents the President from authorizing the torture of a detainee's child -- including by "crushing the testicles" of the child. When asked whether any law prevents it, Yoo replied that it would depend on why the President was authorizing it."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yoo

It's time to DEMAND that the White House reject Yoo's ideas regarding treatment of detainees, their children, and the Unitary Executive Theory.

[Greeby]

1. That last part

I wouldn't have believed it if there wasn't audio. Sick bastard :scared: