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John Yoo, a former Department of Justice attorney who crafted legal memos authorizing the Bush administration's notorious torture programs, will not have to face a lawsuit filed by Jose Padilla, an American citizen accused of terrorism who claims he was tortured while in U.S. military custody.
In
a unanimous decision (PDF) Wednesday, three judges with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Yoo should be granted immunity because torture law was not fully settled in 2001-2003, when Yoo wrote the memos.
"[Although] it has been clearly established for decades that torture of an American citizen violates the Constitution, and we assume without deciding that Padilla's alleged treatment rose to the level of torture, that such treatment was torture was not clearly established in 2001-03," Judge Raymond C. Fisher wrote.
"For several years, Padilla and his attorneys have been harassing the government officials he believes to have been responsible for his detention and ultimately conviction as a terrorist,"
Yoo told The Associated Press. "He has now lost before two separate courts of appeals, and will need to find a new hobby for his remaining time in prison."
Comment: Where does one begin to dissect the heart string pulling, rhetoric and blatant deception in such articles? There are so many things the media puts forward as fact when the opposite has been proven to be questionable or a lie.
9/11 - inside job, known, preplanned..
Osama Bin Laden - A created boogey man.
Al-Qaeda - a group created by US Intelligence during the Soviet Unions war in Afghanistan.
Guantanamo Prisoners - Victims of the US (Western World) pursuit of Empire.. who somehow, miraculously, were not killed on the field or drown during torture.
And the KSM farce marches forward..