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Author of Torture Memo on the Ninth Circuit Court
One of the memo writers is now a justice on the federal appeals court for the western states. What's the case against Jay Bybee? bad news about the high school exit exam, but good news about state finance. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, pressure builds to prosecute former Justice Department lawyers for supporting harsh interrogation techniques.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenTwo authors of torture memos are here in the West. One's going public; the other's not. Also, the high school exit exam gets bad grades, but state finance gets a shot in the arm. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, pressure is building to prosecute former Justice Department lawyers for supporting harsh interrogation techniques. Does the Obama Administration want to have it both ways?
Banner image: Former Justice Department official John Yoo testifies before the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on the administration's interrogation policy on June 26, 2008. Yoo has cited attorney-client privilege in avoiding answering specific questions about his involvement in drafting the so-called "torture" memos. Photo: Melissa Golden/Getty Images
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President Obama says Attorney General Eric Holder will have to decide if lawyers in the Bush Justice Department should be prosecuted for memos justifying harsh interrogation techniques. This week, the Senate Intelligence Committee revealed that dissenting legal views were brushed aside by the Bush White House.
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Two former Justice Department lawyers who wrote the controversial “ torture memos ” are now in the west. John Yoo is a tenured professor of law at UC Berkeley, currently visiting Chapman University in Orange County. Jay Bybee is now a justice on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals with a courtroom in Las Vegas.
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Advocates of the California High School Exit Exam said it would boost student performance. Opponents insisted it would increase the dropout rate. It hasn’t done either one. That’s according to a study financed by the James Irvine Foundation. Associate Professor Sean Reardon at Stanford was the lead researcher
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