Posted by Jonathan Adler:
John Yoo, On the Offensive:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_07_26-2009_08_01.shtml#1248716744
The Washington Post has an interesting article today on John Yoo's
efforts to defend his work at the Justice Department's Office of Legal
Counsel. It begins:
Some public figures, if their judgment and ethics come under fire,
retreat into solitude. Then there is John C. Yoo.
The former Justice Department official, whose memos blessed the
waterboarding of terrorism suspects and wiretapping of American
citizens, has come out fighting, even as negative assessments of
his government service pile up. . . .
While former colleagues have avoided attention in the face of such
scrutiny, Yoo has been traveling across the country to give
speeches and counter critics who dispute his bold view of the
president's authority. Now a law professor at the University of
California at Berkeley, he engages in polite but firm exchanges
with legal scholars over conclusions in their academic work.
The article also discusses the effect of Yoo's decision to retain
private counsel rather than rely upon DoJ attorneys. This decision
avoids a [1]potential conflict-of-interest for DoJ attorneys who would
have had to defend Yoo while opposing his policies.
References
1. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_01_25-2009_01_31.shtml#1233275007
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