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Town Hall tonight (6/27): Fire "torture professor" John Yoo!
7PM Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1606 Bonita Avenue (At Cedar Street) in Berkeley
1606 Bonita Avenue (At Cedar Street) in Berkeley
TOWN HALL WITH SPECIAL GUEST STEPHEN ROHDE
Hear the “torture professor” controversy discussed by renowned civil liberties attorney Stephen Rohde (past president So. Calif. ACLU), joined by speakers from the National Lawyers Guild, World Can’t Wait, the UC and Boalt Hall communities, and others.
7 PM at Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1606 Bonita Avenue (At Cedar Street) in Berkeley
(other sponsors, speakers TBA)
Hear the “torture professor” controversy discussed by renowned civil liberties attorney Stephen Rohde (past president So. Calif. ACLU), joined by speakers from the National Lawyers Guild, World Can’t Wait, the UC and Boalt Hall communities, and others.
7 PM at Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1606 Bonita Avenue (At Cedar Street) in Berkeley
(other sponsors, speakers TBA)
For more information:
http://www.worldcantwait.org
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Yesterday John Yoo was questioned by Kieth Ellison (D-MN) about his 2002/3 memos authorizing torture. Several times Mr. Yoo evaded questions by misunderstanding definitions of words like "implement" with uncertainty of whether the word had the same meaning for Mr. Ellison as it did to him.
"Yoo is so determined to distance himself from interrogation-related policymaking that he pulls Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., into a tug-of-war over the meaning of the word implemented. Ellison wants to know whether the legal advice was implemented that reduced the definition of torture to acts that damage a suspect's internal organs. By which he means, Did interrogators use the tactics allowed by Yoo's theory of the law? The answer to this, of course, is yes, and to know that answer, all Yoo would have to admit is that he reads the newspaper. But he won't go there. "The memo was signed," he offers after much demurral. This exchange peters out, as do the next few, leading a further questioner, Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., to grimly mutter, "You guys sure are good at beating out the clock." To which Yoo replies, with an innocent shrug, "I don't play basketball." Too busy being captain of the debate team."
read on @;
http://www.slate.com/id/2194326/
Maybe we need to obtain a standard dictionary for Mr. Yoo to have present at any future hearings so that the definitions of words are not subject to personal opinions. There is nothing wrong with Mr. Yoo's english language skills, his attempts to redifine words are obviously a tactic of evasion of the truth, so much like his employers in the GW Bush regime, they've all really turned deception into an art form!!
Maybe Mr. Yoo thought Mr. Ellison was referring to implement as a garden tool??
"im·ple·ment (mpl-mnt)
n.
1. A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See Synonyms at tool.
2. An article used to outfit or equip.
3. A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.
tr.v. (-mnt) im·ple·ment·ed, im·ple·ment·ing, im·ple·ments
1. To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
2. To supply with implements."
found @;
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/implement
"Yoo is so determined to distance himself from interrogation-related policymaking that he pulls Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., into a tug-of-war over the meaning of the word implemented. Ellison wants to know whether the legal advice was implemented that reduced the definition of torture to acts that damage a suspect's internal organs. By which he means, Did interrogators use the tactics allowed by Yoo's theory of the law? The answer to this, of course, is yes, and to know that answer, all Yoo would have to admit is that he reads the newspaper. But he won't go there. "The memo was signed," he offers after much demurral. This exchange peters out, as do the next few, leading a further questioner, Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., to grimly mutter, "You guys sure are good at beating out the clock." To which Yoo replies, with an innocent shrug, "I don't play basketball." Too busy being captain of the debate team."
read on @;
http://www.slate.com/id/2194326/
Maybe we need to obtain a standard dictionary for Mr. Yoo to have present at any future hearings so that the definitions of words are not subject to personal opinions. There is nothing wrong with Mr. Yoo's english language skills, his attempts to redifine words are obviously a tactic of evasion of the truth, so much like his employers in the GW Bush regime, they've all really turned deception into an art form!!
Maybe Mr. Yoo thought Mr. Ellison was referring to implement as a garden tool??
"im·ple·ment (mpl-mnt)
n.
1. A tool or instrument used in doing work: a gardening implement. See Synonyms at tool.
2. An article used to outfit or equip.
3. A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent.
tr.v. (-mnt) im·ple·ment·ed, im·ple·ment·ing, im·ple·ments
1. To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures.
2. To supply with implements."
found @;
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/implement
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