Yoo: President Can Slaughter Village, But Not Force Disclosure Of Political Donations

[kpete]

Yoo: President Can Slaughter Village, But Not Force Disclosure Of Political Donations


Torture advocate John Yoo thinks that the President of the United States has the executive power to order a village of civilians slaughtered. But force federal contractors to disclose their political donations? That's a bridge too far.

In an editorial former Bush-era Justice Department official Yoo and David Marston wrote for the Wall Street Journal, the authors argued that the "only purpose" of an executive order being considered by President Barack Obama to require companies seeking federal contracts to disclose political contributions "is to dangle the specter of retaliation.. and harassment."



*****If a small businesswoman wants to sell paper clips to the Defense Department, Mr. Obama would force her to reveal contributions to groups such as Planned Parenthood or the National Rifle Association. These donations are obviously irrelevant to whether she made the most reliable bid at the lowest price.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704132204576284630941397792.html



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[sinkingfeeling]

1. To me, John Yoo's legal opinions aren't worth the ink they're written in.

[hifiguy]

2. John Yoo deserves life in front of a firing squad

If anyone had tried this defense at Nuremberg they would have been promptly hanged.