FIRE JOHN YOO! http://www.firejohnyoo.org/ This blog is a project of THE WORLD CAN'T WAIT! en Copyright 2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:22:26 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Obama's "disappearance" program: the nightmare continues for one of his victims 000744.jpgForcibly 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 


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

]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/forcibly-returned-to-algeria-i.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/forcibly-returned-to-algeria-i.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:22:26 -0800 the corrosive effects of torture 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.
]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/the-corrosive-effects-of-tortu.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/the-corrosive-effects-of-tortu.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:15:20 -0800 Obama administration has "entrenched a system of arbitrary detention." navipillay.jpg"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
]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/obama-administration-has-entre.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/obama-administration-has-entre.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:11:20 -0800 never Safe, Legal, Ethical or Effective Four Psychologists at the Gates of Hell: A Fable for Our Time ]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/four-psychologists-at-the-gate.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/four-psychologists-at-the-gate.html Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:36:43 -0800 the courage to think different ndaa-banner-BandW.jpg

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

]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/the-courage-to-think-different.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/the-courage-to-think-different.html Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:55:39 -0800 action/events coming up:

March 3: Czars, Libya, and Recent Developments

March 15: Sustaining Resistance to John Yoo

March 22: Marjorie Cohn - The United States and Torture 

]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/reminder-for-upcoming-actionev.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/reminder-for-upcoming-actionev.html Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:00:51 -0800 military commissions: the rules keep changing An Interview with Colonel Morris Davis]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/military-commissions-the-rules.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/military-commissions-the-rules.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:37:44 -0800 shaming the torture apologists: students key to exposing complicity graduationprotestmontage3-thumb-275x221-thumb-275x221.jpgThe 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
]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/students-hold-accountability-a.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/students-hold-accountability-a.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:45:14 -0800 Can the President Kill a U.S. Citizen without a Trial? 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"?
]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/can-the-president-kill-a.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/can-the-president-kill-a.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:44:19 -0800 prosecutor from Nuremberg war crimes trials challenges John Yoo's diatribe against International Criminal Court "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
]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/prosecutor-at-the-nuremberg-wa.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/prosecutor-at-the-nuremberg-wa.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:43:15 -0800 Guantanamo commander, defense lawyers in showdown Rear Admiral David Woods summoned to testify in court ]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/guantanamo-commander-summoned.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/guantanamo-commander-summoned.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:30:01 -0800 Video: "Guantánamo Forever?" aw_main.png


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
]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/video-guantanamo-forever.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/video-guantanamo-forever.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:29:53 -0800 torture inquiry "without precedent" French judge seeks Guantanamo access]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/torture-inquiry-without-preced.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/torture-inquiry-without-preced.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:27:23 -0800 Beneath the Blindfold c/o the Atlantic magazine:blindfold survivors collage 615.jpg

A Documentary Makes the Case Against Torture by Interviewing the Tortured
]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/beneath-the-blindfold.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/beneath-the-blindfold.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:26:00 -0800 Meet the Press

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

]]> http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/january-17-meet-the-presscome.html http://www.firejohnyoo.org/2012/01/january-17-meet-the-presscome.html Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:02:19 -0800