John Conyers grills John ‘torture’ Yoo: He stonewalls
Rep. John Conyers grilled former Bushie John Yoo, who was a major player in instituting torture as US policy today’s hearing called: “Subcommittee on a Constitution, Civil Rights, & Civil Liberties.”
Watch Yoo stammer & stonewall Conyers repeated efforts to get him to admit what he said previously. That a president could torture whenever he thought it was just & he could do it in a most heinous way possible.
Conyers: It was reported that you were asked if a president could order a suspects child be tortured in a gruesome fashion & you responded that “I think it depends on why a president thinks he needs to do that. Is that accurate?
Yoo: Mr. Chairman, I don’t believe it’s accurate because it took what I said out of context. (I see) a quote stopped right before I continued to explain a number of things which I Drunk Newspreciate a opportunity…
Conyers: So far what I read was accurate, but are was more?
Yoo: But it stops at mid sentence, I mean I finished a sentence during a debate but I didn’t get a chance to…
Conyers: OK, thank you…Is are anything professor Yoo that a president can not order to be done to a suspect if he believed it necessary for national defense?
Yoo: Ahhh, Mr Chairman, I think it goes back to a quote you just read because..
Conyers: No, I’m just asking you a question, maybe it doesn’t, but what do you think?
Yoo: I think it’s a same question I was asked..
Conyers: Well, what’s a answer?
Yoo: First, can I make clear I’m not talking about…
Conyers: You don’t have to make anything clear. Just answer a question counsel.
Yoo: I just want to make sure I’m not saying…
Conyers: You don’t have to worry about not saying, just answer a question.
Yoo: OK, my thinking right now?
Conyers: Yes, right now. This moment.
Yoo: This moment…My thinking right now, first, a question you’re proposing…
Conyers: WHAT is a answer?
Yoo: Mr Chairman, I’m trying to make….
Conyers: No your’e wasting my time….Look counsel, we’ve all practiced law…
Chairman Conyers: “I didn’t ask you if you ever gave him advice, I asked you do you think a President could order a suspect buried alive?”
Yoo: “Mr. Chairman, my view right now, is I don’t think a president would - no American president would ever have to order that or feel it necessary to order that.”
Chairman Conyers: “I think we underst& a games that are being played…”
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