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Sep. 2, 2007

Mad About Yoo

As the mastermind behind the Bush administration's so-called torture memo, law professor John Yoo has been accused of being a dangerous ideologue, even a war criminal. But to this day, he stands by his record of government service. By Martin Lasden

By Martin Lasden
     
      Constitutional law professor John Yoo insists that in the war on terror, the president can ignore all bans on torture. Got a problem with that?
     
      Years before he was known as the mastermind behind the Justice Department's infamous "torture memo"?a document so politically embarrassing that the Bush ...

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