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...federal judge, Bybee, 55, led the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel from November 2001 to March 2003 and signed off on a 2002 memo, recently released by the Obama Administration, authorizing the rough stuff in clinical detail. Along with his deputy John Yoo, Bybee infamously claimed that interrogation practices aren't legally torture unless they inflict pain resembling that of "serious physical injury" such as organ failure or death. While supporters say the policies helped keep the country safe in the wake of Sept. 11, critics say the memos are illegal and helped pave...
...Worked as an associate at the prestigious firm of Sidley & Austin in Washington before joining the Justice Department in 1984. Later served as Associate Counsel to President George H.W. Bush...
...Returned to the Justice Department as Assistant Attorney General and head of the Office of Legal Counsel...
...Experts in the law of war say his memo is evidence suggesting he participated in a war crime. In light of these facts, why does Bybee remain on the federal bench?" -Former Nixon counsel John Dean. (FindLaw.com...
...pretty gentle soul. If you wanted to compare him to a personality, it would not be Donald Rumsfeld. He would be quieter, more reflective, quite temperate." -Douglas Kmiec, former Office of Legal Counsel head. (New York Times, June...