A very helpful review indeed

by: Salaam

Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 12:37:20 PM EST

Here's a taste:

Cheney knew what had to be done. Saddam had to be tied to Al Qaeda. As a serious man, he understood that if evidence of such a tie was unavailable, it had to be created. Detainees would need to be coerced into making false confessions. It would require torture, an act that was considered unconstitutional at the time. Cheney turned to another serious man, Yoo--a man who would later tell Congress that the President can legally order a suspect to be burned alive or that his children be tortured--to write a justification for ignoring the Fifth and Eighth Amendments.

Yoo served the Dark Lord well by not only justifying torture but by destroying the Fourth Amendment to allow domestic spying as well.

I'm giving this book five stars--not because it is well argued or well written (it isn't) but because, like Yoo, I want to help shape our nation according to Lord Cheney's righteously Stalinesque vision.

Be sure to visit Amazon and give JC's review a 'very helpful' vote.

UC Berkeley professor tells university it should fire 'torture memo' author John Yoo for misconduct

by: Salaam

Thu Feb 26, 2009 at 08:37:29 AM EST

Professor J Bradford Delong makes an incontrovertible case, well worth a read. Nice to see someone defending principles and values (both in the law and the academy) for a change instead of flouting them.