John Yoo Quotes

A collection of quotes by John Yoo.

John Yoo is an American legal scholar and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He gained prominence during his tenure at the U.S. Justice Department from 2001 to 2003, where he played a significant role in shaping legal justifications for controversial policies implemented during the George W. Bush administration. Yoo's legal opinions on issues such as torture and executive powers have sparked intense debates about constitutional law and human rights. He is the author of several books and continues to teach and write on legal and political matters.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, a

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection un

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.

Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too

Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda.

Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreat

Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.