John Yoo Quotes

Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs. - John Yoo

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

Whatever benefits would have been gained by interrogating him are now gone. - John Yoo

We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war. - John Yoo

Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. - John Yoo

This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. - John Yoo

The national government has certain kinds of compelling interests that conflict with the right of the press to keep their sources confidential, like national defense and security. - John Yoo

The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at Guantanamo. - John Yoo

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda. - John Yoo

The Bush administration policy is against torture of any kind; it's prohibited by federal criminal law. The debate is whether you can use interrogation methods that are short of torture. Some who have been critical of the Bush administration have confused torture with cruel, inhumane treatment. - John Yoo

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