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Anti-Torture Protestors Greet Yoo Book Tour Feb. 11, 2010
SAN MATEO, Calif. (KCBS) — Former Bush Administration lawyer and U.C. Berkeley Professor John Yoo was met with protestors at a speaking engagement in San Mateo Thursday, as he promoted his new book.
KCBS’ Margie Shafer Reports Yoo spoke to the San Mateo Rotary Club, saying Al-Qaeda started a war with the United States on September 11th, 2001.
“Because of the unconventional way that they fight against us, the best means for us to stop them from carrying out more attacks on the United States is through interrogation,” said Yoo.
He says that what constitutes torture is a tough line to draw.
“I don’t think that the policies that the Bush Administration approved crossed the line,” said Yoo. “There always could be cases where people went too far, or violated their authority.”
However, Yoo says the U.S. has the right to use force in its own self defense.
Yoo was met by a handful of protestors.
“We would like to see John Yoo fired from his job at U.C. Berkeley, and indicted and prosecuted for his role in torture,” said protestor Cynthia Papermaster.
Yoo has just written a book called “Crisis in Command,” which is a history of presidential power.
- from the Daily Californian
Protesters Demonstrate Against Yoo Outside of California HallBy Heather Ross
Contributing Writer
Thursday, October 29, 2009Activists calling for the firing of UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo demonstrated Wednesday at UC Berkeley in efforts to hold Yoo responsible for his involvement in the alleged torture of terrorism suspects during the Bush administration.
Read More: Protesters Demonstrate Against Yoo Outside of California Hall
Fire John Yoo Protest Aug. 17, 2009
- from the Berkeley Daily Planet:
Editorial: Orchestrating ChangeBy Becky O’Malley
Thursday August 20, 2009
Last weekend a nice lady that I know slightly through a shared interest in classical music left a message on my voicemail. She’d taken an unusual route through the Berkeley Hills and come upon the Code Pink demonstration that’s been ongoing at Law School Professor John Yoo’s house on Grizzly Peak for some weeks now.Read More: http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2009-08-20/article/33540?headline=Orchestrating-Change
Activists, UC Berkeley Alumni Protest Yoo on First Day of Classes
By Riya Bhattacharjee
Tuesday August 18, 2009Four generations of UC Berkeley law school alumni joined activists, community members and lawyers on the Boalt Hall steps to protest former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo’s return to campus Monday.
Read more: http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2009-08-13/article/33526?headline=Activists-UC-Berkeley-Alumni-Protest-Yoo-on-First-Day-of-Classes- - Democracy Now!
- from Sfgate, home of the Chnronicle:
Protesters want UC Berkeley law professor firedMonday, August 17, 2009
(08-17) 20:44 PDT Berkeley, Calif. (AP) –
Anti-war activists protested Monday at the University of California, Berkeley to call for the firing of a law professor who co-wrote legal memos that critics say were used to justify the torture of suspected terrorists.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/17/national/a144810D12.DTL#ixzz0OgQsN83B
- from East Bay Express Blogs:
Finally, a Decent John Yoo Protest
August 19, 2009For the last few years, we’ve wondered openly about why there hasn’t been a bigger outcry over UC Berkeley employing the architect of the Bush regime’s torture program.Read more here: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/blogs/finally__a_decent_john_yoo_protest/Content?oid=1178551
- from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog:
Back To School: The John Yoo Edition
By Ashby JonesWe’re sure that, for many, the living is good as a faculty member at the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) (yes that’s what the school likes to be called). After all, you’ve got the great weather, proximity to San Francisco, world-class resources, an intellectually vibrant student body, and an avenue called Ashby. What’s not to love?But the living is not quite so easy for John Woo, the tenured Berkeley law professor and former Bush administration lawyer who, while in the White House, authored controversial legal memos justifying the use of enhanced interrogation techniques.Read more here: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/08/18/back-to-school-the-john-yoo-edition/ - from No Lies Radio:
Arrest John Yoo Demonstration — at UC Berkeley Report to No Lies Radio by Vic Sadot Fire John Yoo Demonstration at UC Berkeley
August 17, 2009There was a spirited rally of about 100 people outside of the Law School entrance at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California as Professor John Yoo came to teach on the first day of the 2009 fall semester. It was an even more emotional and confrontational scene on the inside of the building at classroom 105.
Read more here: http://noliesradio.org/archives/4428
- from The Washington Independent
John Yoo Faces Back-to-School Welcome at Berkeley By Daphne Eviatar 8/18/09 11:12 AMJohn Yoo should be fired, disbarred and prosecuted for war crimes, according to anti-war activists who greeted the University of California at Berkeley law professor when he returned to Boalt Hall, the law school where he has tenure, on Monday.
Read more here: http://washingtonindependent.com/55424/john-yoo-faces-back-to-school-welcome-at-berkeley
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