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If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the use of information. ↗

— John Yoo

#begin #conditions #confinement #could #court

It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al Qaeda's intentions to kill even innocent civilian prisoners. ↗

— John Yoo

#any #anything #berg #captured #civilian

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists. ↗

— John Yoo

#also #asking #geneva #limitations #make

It urges policy makers and the Supreme Court to make the mistake of curing what could prove to be an isolated problem by disarming the government of its principal weapon to stop future terrorist attacks. ↗

— John Yoo

#could #court #curing #disarming #future

President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied. ↗

— John Yoo

#applied #bush #commanders #conflict #conventions

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

After all, didn't I blow a magnificent career? ↗

— Dick York

#blow #career #i #magnificent

I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#charge #dangerous #decided #entering #good

I was seeing everything through pain. I would roll out of bed and do my exercises. I had to do that to work out the remainder of the pain pills. I would drink coffee and go to the set and plunge myself so far into my work. ↗

— Dick York

#coffee #drink #drink coffee #everything #exercises

The people in charge, globally, are maniacs. They are maniacs, and unless we do something about it these people are going to deprive us of a future. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#charge #deprive #future #globally #going