"This is not to condone torture, which is……" — John Yoo

"This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law."

25 Quotes by John Yoo

John Yoo has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of…
First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully.
American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is…
President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for…
Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested…
Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy…
Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision…
If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods,…
It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.
Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has…
Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive…

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The Work reveals that what you think shouldn't have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and… — Byron Katie
None of us condone terrorism in any way, shape, or form, and I believe Hezbollah is a terrorist organization that… — John Conyers
God, the source of our knowledge, has been expelled from the classroom. He gives us His greatest blessing, life, and… — Ronald Reagan
The world in which we live would benefit greatly if men and women everywhere would exercise the pure love of… — Howard W. Hunter
There are viable (and usually better) alternatives to the use of animals for food, sport, clothing, & experimentation. I beg… — Moby
If you don't want to be beaten, imprisoned, mutilated, killed ot tortured, then you shouldn't condone such behaviour towards anyone,… — Moby
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in… — Nhat Hanh
Forgiveness is not something that you do for someone else; it's something you do for yourself, To forgive is not… — Jim Beaver
I would never condone the burning of a Dan Brown novel, much though I loathe and detest his work. Well,… — Bill Bailey
I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others, — Tracy Morgan
I'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it,… — Leven Rambin
The epitome of evil is having spiritual leaders condone hate, in the name of God, against others such as our… — Unknown Author

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