BERKELEY DOES IT AGAIN!

The Berkeley City Council hotly debated academic freedom and torture this week and passed a measure urging the US to prosecute John Yoo for war crimes.  He is a  Boalt Law School professor & was Deputy Assistant Attorney General in 2001-2003, when he wrote the memos justifying torture.  The Council also asked the university to provide alternate classes for students who do not want to attend Yoo’s.

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One Response to “BERKELEY DOES IT AGAIN!”

  1. lbsmom Says:
    December 12, 2008 at 12:06 am |

    Look at this–the Senate Armed Services Committee blames top Bush administration officials AND Donald Rumsfeld for the abuse of detainees. See this NY Times article:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/washington/12detainee.html?em

    No mention of John Yoo in it, however.

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