John Yoo Quotes - Page 2

• It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al Qaeda's intentions to kill even innocent civilian prisoners.

  John Yoo

  Desire, Pearls, Als

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• Personally, I do not think that torture is necessary. But it may be the case that interrogation methods that go beyond questioning, but do not arise to the level of torture, may be necessary to get actionable intelligence from high-ranking al Qaeda leaders

  John Yoo

  Thinking, Leader, Levels

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• Our enemy now is a stateless network of religious extremists. They do not obey the laws of war, they hide among peaceful populations and launch surprise attacks on civilians. They have no armed forces per se, no territory or citizens to defend and no fear of dying during their attacks.

  John Yoo

  Religious, War, Peaceful

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• It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture.

  John Yoo

  Law, Criminals, United States

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• The United States of course wants to follow the highest standards of conduct with regard to enemy combatants who follow the rules of war. It should and does follow the Geneva Conventions scrupulously when fighting the armed forces of other nations that have signed the Geneva Conventions or follow their principles.

  John Yoo

  Guerra, Lucha, Enemigo

  "John Yoo: National security, executive power and the war on terrorism". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. March 3, 2010.

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• An American leader would be derelict of duty if he did not seek to understand all his options in such unprecedented circumstances. Presidents Lincoln during the Civil War and Roosevelt in the lead-up to World War II sought legal advice about the outer bounds of their power - even if they did not always use it. Our leaders should ask legal questions first, before setting policy or making decisions in a fog of uncertainty.

  John Yoo

  War, Decision, Leader

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• I think it can be very important for the president to seek congressional approval for war , even though not constitutionally required to do so, in certain situations. It makes sense to go to Congress to signal our national resolve and our willingness to fight to defend other nations or the freedom of their peoples.

  John Yoo

  Guerra, Lucha, Pensamiento

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• I believe that the power to declare war is most important in limiting the powers of the national government in regard to the rights of its citizens, but that it does not require Congress to give its approval before the president uses force abroad. I do not believe that the framers of the Constitution understood the power to declare to mean "authorize" or "commence" war. That does not mean that the separation of powers or checks and balances will not work.

  John Yoo

  Guerra, Creer, Significar

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• Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on the use of that military or the funds to support it, because it would rather let the president take the political risks in deciding on war. If Congress wanted to play a role in restricting war, it could - it simply does not want to. But we should not mistake a failure of political will for a violation of the Constitution.

  John Yoo

  Guerra, Error, Militar

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• Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad. The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.

  John Yoo

  War, Military, World

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• There was nothing wrong - and everything right - with analyzing a law that establishes boundaries on interrogation in the war on terrorism.

  John Yoo

  War, Law, Analyzing

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• Al Qaeda no es un Estado-nación y no ha firmado las Convenciones de Ginebra. No muestra ningún deseo de obedecer las leyes de la guerra; si acaso las viola directamente disfrazándose de civiles y atacando objetivos puramente civiles para causar bajas masivas.

  John Yoo

  War, Law, Desire

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• I believe that the power to declare war is most important in limiting the powers of the national government in regard to the rights of its citizens, but that it does not require Congress to give its approval before the president uses force abroad.

  John Yoo

  Guerra, Creer, Derechos

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• Estados Unidos ha utilizado la fuerza en el extranjero más de 130 veces, pero sólo ha declarado la guerra en cinco ocasiones: la Guerra de 1812, la Guerra México-Estados Unidos, la Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense y las Guerras Mundiales I y II.

  John Yoo

  War, Mexican, United States

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• Ahora es fácil para los críticos afirmar que el trabajo fue deficiente; no han elaborado sus propios análisis ni se han enfrentado a ninguna de las preguntas difíciles. Por ejemplo, ¿dirían que no se podría utilizar ninguna técnica más allá de las preguntas a gritos para interrogar a un líder terrorista de alto nivel, como Osama bin Laden, que conoce los atentados planeados contra Estados Unidos?

  John Yoo

  Leader, Osama Bin Laden, Easy

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