All John Yoo Quotes
- It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib… Abu
- First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully. Amendment
- American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield, making… American
- President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied. Announced
- Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond… Beyond
- Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs. Captured
- Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy never contemplated by the Conventions. Abandon
- Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and… Advocate
- If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the use of information. Base
- It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists. Asking
- Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition… Approach
- Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and… Al
- Punishing abuse in Iraq should not return the U.S. to Sept. 10, 2001, in the way it fights al Qaeda, while Osama bin Laden and… Abuse
- While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for… Claim
- Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. Any
- We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground… Abu
- This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. Condone
- Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could… Acquiring
- In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for… Abu
- It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al… Al
- The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and… Abu
- It urges policy makers and the Supreme Court to make the mistake of curing what could prove to be an isolated problem by disarming the… Attacks
- That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that have… Al
- A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages. Advantages
- The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees… Al