My new must read blogger is Professor of Law Michael Froomkin of Discourse.Net. Today Froomkin critiqued Prof. Yoo's article that attempts to convince us that the Geneva Conventions don't apply to the war on terror and that our interrogation methods are lawful. At one point, Yoo suggests that one shouldn't expect us to treat terrorists as if they were hotel guests. Froomkin's commentary is excellent and a must read for anyone following the legal aspects of this most important issue! Consider these remarks about Yoo's "hotel guests" statement:
Neither six hours sleep nor “several hours” of interrogation are illegal acts. But that’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about scaring people with dogs, about contests to see how many detainees could be so terrified they peed on themselves. We’re talking about 16 hours of continuous interrogation, and suicide attempts. We’re talking about telling people they were about to be killed. We’re talking about simulating telephone conversations in which detainees were told their families were being held on the other end of the line and would be harmed if the detainee didn’t talk. We’re talking about not jjust threatening but abusing kids to make parents talk. We’re talking about raping women and children of both sexes. We’re talking about atrocities.
Read the whole post called Yoo, Unrepentant.
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