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John Yoo: Spearhead or scapegoat?

Does excess focus on a single DOJ lawyer obscure the broader responsibility for torture and other war crimes?

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  • Saturday, April 12, 2008 08:51 AM

    Breaking the Law

    Aren't US government officials bound by law to obey the Geneva Conventions? If so, then Yoo was a party to a conspiracy to break the law. That merits firing him in my book.

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