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I'm sure we had discussions about it. And ultimately, it was accepted. Because that was the ultimate decision and position of the Office of Legal Counsel.
[Alberto Mora, General Counsel to the Navy, 2001-2006] The office of Legal Counsel memorandum was unbounded.
Meaning that nowhere did it state that the application of cruel and unhuman and degrading treatment was prohibited.
And at one point I asked John Yoo, "Can the President authorized torture?"
And his response was "Yes."
[John Yoo, Dept. of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel 2001-2003] I think the lawyer's job is to tell people what laws do or do not apply ...
so that they know what space they have to make their policy decision.
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