I may be mistaken, but didn't I read somewhere that Yoo's memo never passed through the accepted chain of command?

I think the burden is on Yoo to prove he had a client that he was advising - and not just pontificating about torture in a memo.

Now if Yoo had a client that needed advice about torture, wouldn't Yoo's product have flowed up through the official chain of command?

And to claim "client confidentiality" we must first have a client. But how could we have a client if he wasn't following SOP?

C'mon, Yoo, name your client. Otherwise, your memo is just opinion -- and that's how you've tried to pass it off. And opinion is not priviledged info.

Isn't the appropriate place for those who commit crimes against humanity and the architects of such plans behind bars. I would say subjected to their own torture plans but we should be more humane than barbarians like Yoo.

this is kind of OT but I'm disgusted that I attend the same school that he teaches at...

John Yoo will testify openly and freely and withjout invoking Executive Privilege on the exact same day that a large elephant clad in glod flake and smelling of boysenberries wafts gently from my sphincter and floats on gossamer wings about the dome of the Capitol Building.

Subpoena, reject, negotiate, reach impasse, threaten contempt of Congress, wring hands, fret, issue contempt vote, litigate, wait, rinse repeat.

John Choon... can be abbreviated to JC... shorthand for Jesus Christ...

Thanks Facilitrix, err The Focilatatrix...Oh, you know who you are!

-AF

Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud

Beyond the issue of this memo's content, which is indefensible, there is the issue of why it was classified in the first place:

J. William Leonard, the nation’s top classification oversight official from 2002-2007, concurred.

“The disappointment I feel with respect to the abuse of the classification system in this instance is profound,” said Mr. Leonard, who recently retired as director of the Information Security Oversight Office, which reports to the President on classification and declassification policy.

“The document in question (pdf) is purely a legal analysis,” he said, and it contains “nothing which would justify classification.”

Beyond that crucial fact, the binding technical requirements of classification were ignored.

Thus, he explained: There were no portion markings, identifying which paragraphs were classified at what level. The original classifier was not identified on the cover page by name or position. The duration of classification was not given. A concise basis for classification was not specified. Yet all of these are explicitly required by the President’s executive order on classification.

As mentioned above did Yoo have a client? If not, was he just innocently doodling his thoughts around on a piece of paper? If so, how and why did this innocent doodling make its way into the White House and become a presidential policy? If this scenario is not the case, then Yoo had a client. Who was the client?

You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.

I can't help but notice that nearly all the neocons are double (or triple) chinned pudgy boys. They're all out of shape, lacking exercise, and must overeat chronically. The statistical probability they're all genetically obese, rather than a personality and behavioral choice, seems rather unlikely. I don't see a lot of Samoans and Inuits in the neocons.

Of course, this isn't about a beauty contest. But there are very important, I would even say critical, mental health benefits to regular exercise. And a group that collectively doesn't exercise and maintains high average levels of obesity is going to be dysfunctional. I can't help but think Yoo and other neocons would have vastly increased mental health if they improved their physical health. I notice couch potatoes are often ill tempered and somewhat obsessive compulsive, which seems to be a common trait among neocons.

Exercise increases cardio fitness which also increases capilaries in the brain delivering oxygen. About 20% of calories and metabolic activity occurs in the brain. A sluggish body often produces sluggish mental activity.

Exercise releases chemicals which greatly increase clear headedness and calm perspective. People who exercise regularly experience feelings of tranquility and calm during and afterwards which is excellent for ordering and putting things into perspective. Exercise tends to cancel compulsive or obsessive behavior and promote emotional stability.

Exercise has been shown to greatly reduce and even reverse the effects of Alzheimer's.

Exercise outdoors, in the sun, synthesizes vitamin D which has important neurological and metabolic function. Only recently was it discovered the body synthesizes a form of Vit D in sunlight which can't be eaten or supplemented, and studies indicate seasonal depression as well as various other illnesses are related to deficiency in this unique type of Vit D.

Exercise develops a healthy metabolism which is essential for clear headedness throughout the day, and it encourages a good nights sleep, both of which are essential for a healthy brain.

It's very difficult to have a healthy brain while failing to exercise and create a healthy body.

This whole mess...is much ado about nothing that will make a difference to anybody WHO HAS BEEN TORTURED (like me) IN THEIR OWN HOMES WITH DOD'S DARPA WEAPON CALLED A DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON (DEW).

I also got torturted with an RFID chip, illegally inserted in my skull while I was asleep.

When I sought to get the chip out (a due process liberty interest in a course of medical care) my SIOUX FALLS, SD, MEDICAL DOCTORS took x-rays...and...ACTUALLY HID THE FIRST SET OF X-RAYS SHOWING THE CHIP WHERE I SAID IT WAS.

So...DR. CHAD CARDA (member of SD National Guard) ordered a second set of x-rays...with another x-ray tech who put the film on the viewer while I waited in the room. UNKNOWN TO THE DOCTORS...I VIEWED THE X-RAYS (two) showing the chip with a 90 degree angle.

THEN, MY DOCTORS FRAUDULENTLY OFFERED FIVE X-RAYS THAT did not show my skull? I asked the doctors for the first two x-rays showing the chip...they then made excuses and said they were lost somewhere.

I WROTE OUT A SD BD OF MEDICAL AND OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS COMPLAINT NAMING DR CHAD CARDA AND JENNIFER BURGER. The SD Atty General LARRY LONG was contacted by WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL HARRIET MIERS a/o JOSH BOLTEN (subpoenaed by Leahy...8 months went by before legal action was used to get these subpoenas in court?).

SO WHAT IS PAT LEAHY doing with my complaint and his oversight function?

NOTHING...NOTHING...NOTHING.....NOTHING.

Do you understand the significance of CHENEY/DUMSFIELD creating "plausible credibility" by creating a bogus legal memo that pins the criminal and civil liability on John Yoo (who mysteriously resigned a WH counsel post?...to teach law at a liberal law school?...who got Yoo the job?...Yoo also taught law in Italy at the same school that former FBI OPR directer DEFIO went to, after I sent him an FBI OPR complaint that he was not allowed to investigate.

The next FBI OPR director appointed by Mueller...also...DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE POSSESSION OF MY DOJ OIG COMPLAINT THAT WAS MOVED BY DOJ HQ UNDER GONZALEZ TO FBI OPR (taped phone conversation with Denver DOJ OIG ass Dir).

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AN INNOCENT MEDICAL DOCTOR NAMED MARK GORDON was tortured in his apartment where MINNEAPOLIS FBI coerced Gordon to live across the street from THE ST. PAUL FED BUILDING WHERE MARK WAS FORCED TO TAKE POLYGRAPH EXAMS BY FBI AGENT STEVEN PLUTA.

DID YOU KNOW THAT GORDON'S BROTHER, RICH GORDON (SD US Sen Tom Daschle's ex chief of staff), was also fried with a directed energy weapon causing a fatal brain tumor? TWO OTHER KNOWN ASSOCIATES OF MINE ARE DEAD, OTHERS HOSPITALIZED WITH BRAIN STROKES including SD US SENATOR TIM JOHNSON whose office recieved my information.

Did you know that FBI/NSA illegally picked up an email I sent to Mark Gordon...mentioning my threat to get a Daschle supported congressional hearing into the RCMP canadian warrant for MIAMI FBI AGENT TERRY NELSON'S MONTANA DRUG CONSPIRACY...with GOP Gov Racicot (Waxman subpoenaed his emails in 2007) laundering the drug money into GOP campaigns.