Civil Liberties Lost, Waterboarding and the Legacy of the Bybee-Yoo 'Torture-Power' Memorandum: Reflections from an Erstwhile Bush Administration Apologist
17 Pages Posted: 9 Jun 2009 Last revised: 5 Jul 2009
Date Written: June 7, 2009
Abstract
This symposium piece argues that waterboarding is torture and that torture is wrong. It reflects on the enduring legacy of the August 1, 2002 memo defining torture narrowly, which this paper describes as the Bybee and Yoo Torture and Power Memorandum [or 'BYTAP'].
Keywords: torture, waterboarding, Bybee, Yoo, civil liberties
JEL Classification: K14
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Darmer, M. Katherine B., Civil Liberties Lost, Waterboarding and the Legacy of the Bybee-Yoo 'Torture-Power' Memorandum: Reflections from an Erstwhile Bush Administration Apologist (June 7, 2009). Chapman Law Review, Vol. 12, 2009, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 09-08
, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1415790 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1415790
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