Rancho La Luna

Torture State

September 25, 2001: Justice Department Lawyer Asserts There Is No Limit to President’s Authority to Wage War

THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST TERRORISTS AND NATIONS SUPPORTING THEM - John Yoo

Memos to White House on Geneva Convention by Yoo/Delahunty/Philbin

The Torture Memo By Judge Jay S. Bybee That Haunted Alberto Gonzales's Confirmation Hearings By JOHN W. DEAN

John Choon Yoo (born 1967 in Seoul[1] [2]) is an American professor of Law at the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, known for his work from 2001 to 2003 in the United States Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel,[3] assisting the Attorney General in his function as legal advisor to President Bush and all the executive branch agencies.

Judge Jay S. Bybee Jay S. Bybee (born October 27, 1953 in Oakland, California) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was originally nominated by President George W. Bush on May 22, 2002 and was confirmed by the United States Senate 74-19 on March 13, 2003.

March 14th 2003 Yoo Memo - Re: Military Interrogation of Alien Unlawful Combatants Held Outside the United States
2003 MEMO ON INTERROGATION Permissible Assaults Cited in Graphic Detail - WaPo
Drugging Detainees Is Among Techniques
’03 U.S. Memo Approved Harsh Interrogations - NYT
Abuse Of Iraqi POWs By GIs Probed