FIRE JOHN YOO!

Obama's "disappearance" program: the nightmare continues for one of his victims

2012-01-31T21:22:26Z

Forcibly returned to Algeria in 2010, former Guantanamo

prisoner Abdul Aziz Naji has been sentenced to three years

in prison.

Charges were based on unsubstantiated accusations the US

administration made against him in 2002. But the cruel

outcome of this case rests squarely on the shoulders of the

current "Torturer in Chief".

photo c/o The New York Times "Guantanamo Docket"

the corrosive effects of torture

2012-01-30T22:15:20Z

While not the last word on the subject of reparations -- Jose Padilla can appeal the decision and his separate suit against John Yoo is still pending -- the Fourth Circuit's decision to excuse unlawful detention undermines the principle that government officials should be held accountable for their illegal conduct.

Torture, and impunity in US courts

Obama administration has "entrenched a system of arbitrary detention."

2012-01-30T22:11:20Z

"It is ten years since the US Government opened the prison at Guantánamo, and now three years since 22 January 2009, when the President ordered its closure within twelve months. Yet the facility continues to exist and individuals remain arbitrarily detained -- indefinitely -- in clear breach of international law.

- Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN Criticizes Failure to Close Guantánamo

never Safe, Legal, Ethical or Effective

2012-01-29T22:36:43Z

Four Psychologists at the Gates of Hell: A Fable for Our Time

the courage to think different

2012-01-29T20:55:39Z

When people stand up together to resist the crimes of their government, including wars of aggression, something beautiful can emerge.

"To me, the most important reason that the Occupy movement must take a leadership role in pushing back against the current demonization of Iran is that the idea of accepting people -- even those who look different from oneself -- is so central to the entire Occupy movement - Joe Scarry

Why Occupy Wall Street Should Lead the "No Iran War!" Resistance

action/events coming up:

2012-01-29T18:00:51Z

March 3: Czars, Libya, and Recent Developments

March 15: Sustaining Resistance to John Yoo

March 22: Marjorie Cohn - The United States and Torture

military commissions: the rules keep changing

2012-01-27T19:37:44Z

An Interview with Colonel Morris Davis

shaming the torture apologists: students key to exposing complicity

2012-01-23T23:45:14Z

The University of California's advocacy for the U.S.

Torture State began with a rather banal defense of

employee John Yoo, whose conduct and work at

the Bush/Cheney Justice Department fell far outside

established ethical standards. Berkeley Law Dean

Christopher Edley sticks with his misapplication of

the principle of 'academic freedom' to provide safe

harbor to his subordinate, despite repeated

rebuttals from those who correctly understand that

unethical, criminal and immoral action in the service

of government are not protected.

Photo montage: students at the 2008 Berkeley Law graduation raise a banner as an airplane circles overhead

"the more we can educate the better! Clearly, the more we can reach outside our

'anti-torture groups' to the larger uninformed, apathetic public, the better, either through

demonstrations or through sharing such news and photographs with those friends,

relatives, and citizenry who are not paying attention to the issues of war, war crimes and

war blowback -- Coleen Rowley, former FBI Special Agent

join the campaign to CLOSE GUANTANAMO: END 10 YEARS OF INJUSTICE

Can the President Kill a U.S. Citizen without a Trial?

2012-01-21T02:44:19Z

There are people who actually debate this. Unfortunately, the answer is YES, and

Obama HAS. The question is: why do we allow it? What are we going to do to stop

the practice? And, if it's not "OK" to do this to Americans, what does this say about

how we treat "others"?

prosecutor from Nuremberg war crimes trials challenges John Yoo's diatribe against International Criminal Court

2012-01-19T23:43:15Z

"In a very real sense, the world no longer has a choice between force and law. If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law. -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1958 warning

see Law Always Beats War by Benjamin B. Ferencz

Guantanamo commander, defense lawyers in showdown

2012-01-18T18:30:01Z

Rear Admiral David Woods summoned to testify in court

Video: "Guantánamo Forever?"

2012-01-18T18:29:53Z

On the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Bush administration's, now Obama's prison at Guantanamo Bay, anyone with a heart, a conscience or a respect for the rule of law calls for closure of that facility and accountability for those who enable its continued use.

Jim Moran, Andy Worthington, Morris Davis

and Tom Wilner at the New America Foundation

torture inquiry "without precedent"

2012-01-18T18:27:23Z

French judge seeks Guantanamo access

Beneath the Blindfold

2012-01-18T18:26:00Z

c/o the Atlantic magazine:

A Documentary Makes the Case Against Torture by Interviewing the Tortured

Meet the Press

2012-01-16T02:02:19Z

Come to the first anti-torture protest action of the new semester, because Torture Professor John Yoo is back teaching Constitutional Law. You're invited to a PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY JAN. 17 at 11 AM outside Boalt Hall, followed by a procession of Guantanamo and Bagram prisoners. Besides keeping the spotlight of truth on John Yoo and TORTURE, people will also be condemning Yoo's war-mongering role in the current dangerous US belligerence against Iran.

John Yoo's Ongoing Falsehoods in Service of Limitless Government Power