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More recently, since 9/11, the Bush administration has attempted to stiff-arm the Posse Comitatus law as part of the war on terror. Barely a month after the September 11 terror attacks, on Oct. 23, 2001, then Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. Yoo co-wrote a memo regarding "Authority for the Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activities Within the United States." Jay Bybee, then chief of the Office of Legal Counsel, acknowledged in a later memo that the act generally prohibits use of the military for law enforcement purposes unless there's a constitutional or statutory reason...
...humiliating epilogue to the Bush Administration's attempt to integrate what many critics describe as undeniable torture into U.S. military and intelligence policy. The Bybee memo, (named for Jay Bybee, then head of the Office of Legal Counsel) was largely authored by John Yoo, then Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Office of General Counsel. It provided legal guidance for civilians engaged in interrogating terrorism suspects. Administration officials feared that CIA employees and other nonmilitary personnel could face indictment under the federal law that upholds U.S. obligation to the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The memo narrowly defined torture...
...smug David Addington, Dick Cheney’s former legal counsel, current chief of staff, and chief architect of the “New Paradigm” that has framed the country’s current approach to counter-terrorism. By his side sat the unctuous John Yoo, the former Justice Department lawyer whose cherubic grin belies a grim view of human nature...
...When you came to direct films in the U.S., what was the biggest culture clash that you experienced? In Kyung Yoo,Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca. I tried to make Hard Target look like a Hong Kong movie, but it didn't work. When there were slow-motion shots, [the audience] didn't know how to react, so they just laughed...
...management," says Thae Khwarg, CEO of fund manager SEI Asset Korea in Seoul. Lee's departure "will make managers more conscious that they have a duty to their shareholders." And with Samsung taking the lead, other chaebols may be forced to follow suit. "Samsung has set many standards," says Yoo Jung Sang, a managing director at Good Morning Shinhan Securities in Seoul. "There should be a spill-over effect to the conglomerates of Korea...