"Without territory, it does not even have the……" — John Yoo
"Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs."
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25 Quotes by John Yoo
John Yoo has 25 quotes on this site.
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It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of…
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First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully.
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American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is…
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President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.
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Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for…
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Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy…
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Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision…
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If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods,…
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It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.
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Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has…
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Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive…
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Punishing abuse in Iraq should not return the U.S. to Sept. 10, 2001, in the way it fights al Qaeda,…
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More Captured Quotes
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These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty…
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A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
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The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of…
— Annie Besant
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Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of…
— John Boehner
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During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards…
— Henri Cartier-Bresson
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I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind…
— Dick Cheney
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The military value of a partisan's work is not measured by the amount of property destroyed, or the number of…
— John S. Mosby
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In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. It…
— Deepak Chopra
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Wherever man exists, he finds the need to redesign, to recreate the world. A more beautiful world, purer, sweeter smelling…
— Gary Snyder
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My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has…
— George S. Patton
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The emblem on the necktie reserved for the members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews -…
— Alistair Cooke
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There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfillment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase…
— Stephen Covey
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