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Human Rights John Yoo Renews Claim That President's Authority to Torture Depends on What Is "Necessary"
Challenged for his 2005 statement that whether the president could lawfully torture a person's child depends on "why the President thinks he needs to do that," undaunted, John Yoo repeated his claim that it would depend on whether the president finds it "necessary."
Yoo spoke in Los Angeles Thursday at a program sponsored by the Federalist Society and the Libertarian Law Council..
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