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6. Not surprised John Yoo would believe this, he authored the "Torture Memos."

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Sat Dec 27, 2025, 07:31 AM

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Yoo was deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the DOJ when he wrote the Torture Memos, establishing the legality of detainee torture following the 9/11 attacks. Yoo wrote that "enhanced interrogation techniques" were not illegal and fell within the President's authority as commander-in-chief.

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