Former Bush aide seeks to toss torture memos suit

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SAN FRANCISCO — A former Bush administration lawyer is asking a federal court to toss a lawsuit by a convicted terrorist who accuses him of drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture.

John Yoo, a former senior Justice Department official, asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to reverse a lower court ruling allowing the suit to proceed.

Yoo's lawyer argues that legal counsel to a president in wartime should not be subject to judicial second-guessing.

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Guess who is representing him? Miguel Estrada.

[clear eye]

1. I've read stuff Yoo's written , and seen his one appearance

on Bill Moyers' Journal, and that guy makes my blood run cold. He showed no glimmer of human compassion--neither in his words, nor his expressions, nor his tone of voice. I saw nothing but a sort of controlled hatred.

[derby378]

2. Show me where a war was officially declared by Congress...

...and Yoo might have a point. Maybe. As in "maybe I'll hike from San Francisco to Topeka in only 24 hours."

[Echo In Light]

3. Of course he does