John Yoo to tout book at SF appearance
By Josh Richman
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:18 pm in Civil liberties, War on Terror.
If those activists who’ve dogged Cal law professor John Yoo – who as a Justice Department lawyer helped build a legal framework for the “enhanced interrogation” techniques many now consider to be torture and for other perceived Bush Administration transgressions – still can’t find where he’s teaching his current class, at least they’ll know where he is for a few hours next week.
Yoo will speak to the Commonwealth Club of California about his new book, “Crisis and Command: A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush,” at 6 p.m. next Wednesday, Jan. 27 at the club’s offices on the second floor of 595 Market St. in San Francisco. Tickets are available online and cost $12 for club members, $18 for nonmembers and $7 for students with valid ID; I predict the tickets will sell out and – no, really, I’m a little bit psychic – that the club’s security will be expecting protestors to try to disrupt the event.
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January 21st, 2010 at 3:04 am
Josh, Yoo’s classroom has been located, and yes, activists will be back on the scene when he actually returns from his book tour and attempts to teach.
Meanwhile, CAL has granted him a SECOND secret class, posting NO information on size, time or location. Special treatment for war criminals… is this what “academic freedom” is all about?
Curt Wechsler
the world can’t wait – Fire John Yoo!
January 25th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
The Rest of the World can’t wait for the left-wingnut post-mortem of the Bush years to end. Let historians argue about the mistakes and achievements after the facts are collected. America has enough to ponder without nonstop second-guessing of the departed administration.