From Spencer Ackerman:
In last week's interminable Yoo/Addington hearing, John Yoo accused Vanity Fair reporter and Torture Team author Philippe Sands of lying about interviewing him. Brian Beutler... tracked Sands down....
The idea, of course, is that someone who hates America so much that he's willing to fabricate all sorts of untrue allegations about Yoo (and, perhaps, other administration veterans) is not to be believed. When I heard this interchange, though, I emailed Sands and asked him to clear the air. He was fairly unambiguous: "I never claimed to have interviewed him! As set out in my book: we debated. " So who's telling the truth?
Well, Yoo's right about approximately one thing: Sands did testify before the very same House panel, on May 6 of this year. But that's about the extent of it. In his prepared remarks, Sands submits that, "[o]ver hundreds of hours I conversed or debated with many of those most deeply involved. They included... the Deputy Assistant Attorney General at DoJ (Mr Yoo)"...
If I had it in me to torture another human being....
John Yoo would be my first practice subject at 'waterboarding'. Instead I can only feel sorry for the life Yoo must be living; only someone mentally sick could come up with and promote lies and ideas such as Yoo consistently does...
The Societal Retard
Posted by: TheSocietalRetard | July 01, 2008 at 11:44 AM