Wall Street Journal On "The Pursuit Of John Yoo"

The Wall Street Journal writes that "this month a federal judge in San Francisco ruled that a civil suit filed by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla can proceed against former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo for violating the terrorist's rights. Mr. Yoo is one of those who wrote memos laying out the legal parameters for aggressive interrogation of al Qaeda captives. If Mr. Yoo can be sued, why couldn't Obama officials also be held liable for their advice if there's an attack on their watch?" The Wall Street Journal writes that this is "exactly the kind of lawsuit that the political left, including State Department nominee Harold Koh, has encouraged against Bush Administration officials."

The Journal points out that the outgoing dean of Yale Law School, a man who is "perhaps the most prominent legal critic of Bush interrogation policies" and "once referred to President Bush as the 'torturer in chief'" has been nominated by Obama to be State Department legal adviser.

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