A basis for torture in the U.S. Constitution

waterboarding: a U.S. sanctioned torture technique that simulates drowning John Yoo (born 1967), employed from 2001-2003 in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel In the spotlight for showing us how an architect of the Imperial Presidency thinks: Philip Watts (08-Jan-06), Bush advisor says President has legal power to torture children, Information Clearing House [onlne news and commentary published by Tom Feeley in Imperial Beach, California], online at informationclearinghouse.info (accessed 28-Jul-07).


Only a Bush supporter could find a basis for torture in the U.S. Constitution.

This article from Information Clearing House iis the source for documenting John Yoo's famous assertion (verified by audo recording, which you can download) that the President has the authority to torture the child of a suspect in custody, including by crushing that child’s testicles.

Yoo argues presidential powers on Constitutional grounds, but where in the Constitution does it say the President can order the torture of children? As David Cole puts it, "Yoo reasoned that because the Constitution makes the President the 'Commander-in-Chief,' no law can restrict the actions he may take in pursuit of war. On this reasoning, the President would be entitled by the Constitution to resort to genocide if he wished."

Posted by 3Dsound at Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:27 PM
Categories: fascism, torture, John Yoo, Bush administration

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