John Yoo Blames Media For Distorting Context of His Legal Memos

[babsbunny]

http://www.pubrecord.org/torture/739-john-yoo-blames-media-for-distorting-context-of-his-legal-memos.html

Written by Jason Leopold
Saturday, 07 March 2009 11:17

By Jason Leopold

John Yoo, the former Justice Department attorney and author of several controversial legal opinions including the infamous “torture memo,” continues to live in a state of denial.

In an op-ed published Saturday in the Wall Street Journal, Yoo attempted to defend a handful of legal opinions he drafted in the aftermath of 9/11 that one colleague described as “either incorrect or highly questionable” and another colleague said was “sloppily reasoned.”

Yoo complained that his brief comments about waiving the First Amendment in a highly controversial Oct. 23, 2001 legal opinion released earlier this week were taken out of context by the news media.

"In portraying our answer , the media has quoted a single out-of-context sentence from our analysis: 'First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully.'"

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Some sentences survive removal from their contexts very well.

The one he cites is a good example. Here is another:

SCREW YOO.

[supernova]

2. Damn that media for saying what I said!

Why is he not charged with treason?

[earthboundmisfit]

3. Screw Yoo.

I consider him a principal and not an accessory to Bushco's crimes. Evil little fuck.

[indepat]

4. John Yoo's employer might put his torture memos in the right context, then fire his MFing ass!

:P

[annabanana]

5. Typical. . "It's not me... It's everybody else..

I'm so misunderstood"

:eyes:

[goforit]

6. Hmmm..... Justice would be him being treated the same way his "laws" treat others.

[rug]

7. Nice of the Wall Street Journal to give Yoo an outlet for his free speech.

[DKRC]

8. That's not what I said!

Just cause you've got originals, & copies, and ... and stuff!

:crazy: