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Government

Jun. 28, 2008

Yoo Defends DOJ 'Torture' Memo

In the face of angry Democratic lawmakers, UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo Thursday defended his role in shaping the Bush administration's legal defense of harsh interrogation tactics.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      WASHINGTON - In the face of angry Democratic lawmakers, UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo Thursday defended his role in shaping the Bush administration's legal defense of harsh interrogation tactics.
      In 2002 Yoo, then a lawyer at the Office of Legal Counsel, helped write a now infamous opinion a...

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