John Yoo, author of 'torture memo,' speaks at Alaska bar association awards dinner; 20 walk out

05/06/11 About 20 Alaska attorneys walked out the Annual Bar Association awards dinner before former Bush Administration attorney John Yoo spoke Thursday. But at least 140 others stayed to hear a rather tame history lesson on the use of presidential power.

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John Yoo, author of 'torture memo,' defends his position to Oregon's Federal Defender Steven Wax

05/06/11 In a room full of lawyers, John Yoo defends his research and conclusions about what constitutes torture at a debate Friday in Fairbanks, Alaska. A former Bush administration attorney, Yoo is debating Oregon Federal Defender Steven T. Wax today in front of the Alaska Bar Association annual meeting.

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Torture is not worth the moral cost

05/16/11 Not long after word arrived about a Navy SEAL team slaying Osama bin Laden, the debate resumed about the use of 'enhanced interrogation,' or torture, during the presidency of George W. Bush. John Yoo, a former Justice Department official whose legal memos claimed room for torture in the fight against terrorism, saluted President Obama for the daring operation and then gave credit 'to the tough ...

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