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	<title>Comments on: Conyers to Yoo: If You&#8217;ll Talk to Esquire, Come Talk to Me</title>
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		<title>By: SparklestheIguana</title>
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		<dc:creator>SparklestheIguana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Reminds me, last October I asked Tom Ricks a question about Feith in one of Ricks’ WaPo chats:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chicago&lt;/strong&gt;: So Douglas Feith is “Distinguished Practitioner in National Security Policy” (whatever distinguished practitioner means) at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Policy, and taught a course on Bush’s War on Terror last spring. I tried to access the syllabus, but you need a Georgetown ID and password. What do you suppose Feith is teaching — and does it cover how to avoid his own horrendous errors?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thomas E. Ricks: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I was similarly curious. I asked him if I could sit in on the class and write about it, but he said he would only let me come on an off the record basis, which doesn’t make it particularly useful. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Recently I was speaking to the Georgetown ROTC unit–that is, students who likely are going to be in Iraq in a year or two–about my book ‘Fiasco’ and suggested they invite him over to speak. I got the impression they weren’t real interested. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reminds me, last October I asked Tom Ricks a question about Feith in one of Ricks’ WaPo chats:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Chicago</strong>: So Douglas Feith is “Distinguished Practitioner in National Security Policy” (whatever distinguished practitioner means) at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Policy, and taught a course on Bush’s War on Terror last spring. I tried to access the syllabus, but you need a Georgetown ID and password. What do you suppose Feith is teaching — and does it cover how to avoid his own horrendous errors?</p>
<p><strong>Thomas E. Ricks: </strong><br />
I was similarly curious. I asked him if I could sit in on the class and write about it, but he said he would only let me come on an off the record basis, which doesn’t make it particularly useful. </p>
<p>Recently I was speaking to the Georgetown ROTC unit–that is, students who likely are going to be in Iraq in a year or two–about my book ‘Fiasco’ and suggested they invite him over to speak. I got the impression they weren’t real interested. </p>
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		<title>By: klynn</title>
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		<dc:creator>klynn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;The folks around here could probably give the HJC staff a good head start on some questions. Might be worth a post or ten . . .
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&lt;p&gt;Like THAT idea…&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The folks around here could probably give the HJC staff a good head start on some questions. Might be worth a post or ten . . .
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<p>Like THAT idea…</p>
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		<title>By: PetePierce</title>
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		<dc:creator>PetePierce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;This may have been posted elsewhere but I didn’t see it. On Monday, April 7, attorneys for Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri enclosed the memo signed by former Justice Department legal counselor John Yoo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/yoo-memo-goes-to-court/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Yoo Memo Goes to Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This may have been posted elsewhere but I didn’t see it. On Monday, April 7, attorneys for Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri enclosed the memo signed by former Justice Department legal counselor John Yoo.<br />
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<a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/yoo-memo-goes-to-court/" rel="nofollow">Yoo Memo Goes to Court</a></strong></p>
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		<title>By: JohnLopresti</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnLopresti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;February 8, 2005*: …”Political science Professor xyz** described Yoo’s ‘worldview as retrograde, myopic and simplistic’ during the debate, which also featured other opponents of Yoo’s views and turned into a condemnation of U.S. policies in Iraq, particularly regarding treatment of prisoners. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Yoo’s visit was especially controversial because UCI Chancellor Ralph Cicerone invited him as a “Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellow.  Hundreds of people signed a petition saying Yoo didn’t deserve that title…”&lt;br /&gt;
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*from &lt;a href=&quot;http://ocregister.com/ocr/2005/02/08/sections/local/local/article_401973.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OCRegister&lt;/a&gt;, page taken off website, and not available on wayback machine crawler.&lt;br /&gt;
**my redaction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Student &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/cardinale_021105_torture.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;perspective&lt;/a&gt; UC Irvine, same speech by prof. Yoo.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>February 8, 2005*: …”Political science Professor xyz** described Yoo’s ‘worldview as retrograde, myopic and simplistic’ during the debate, which also featured other opponents of Yoo’s views and turned into a condemnation of U.S. policies in Iraq, particularly regarding treatment of prisoners. </p>
<p>“Yoo’s visit was especially controversial because UCI Chancellor Ralph Cicerone invited him as a “Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellow.  Hundreds of people signed a petition saying Yoo didn’t deserve that title…”<br />
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*from <a href="http://ocregister.com/ocr/2005/02/08/sections/local/local/article_401973.php" rel="nofollow">OCRegister</a>, page taken off website, and not available on wayback machine crawler.<br />
**my redaction</p>
<p>Student <a href="http://www.opednews.com/cardinale_021105_torture.htm" rel="nofollow">perspective</a> UC Irvine, same speech by prof. Yoo.</p>
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		<title>By: Xenos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Xenos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The google is your friend.  It is not a friend of your theory, though.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The only site I found claiming there were links between Yoo and Moon had lots articles about the reptiles camouflaged as humans that are secretly running the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So why ask about a theory you know to be wrong, except as to slander?  There is enough legit scandal here re. Yoo, without adding new angles to it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The google is your friend.  It is not a friend of your theory, though.</p>
<p>The only site I found claiming there were links between Yoo and Moon had lots articles about the reptiles camouflaged as humans that are secretly running the world.</p>
<p>So why ask about a theory you know to be wrong, except as to slander?  There is enough legit scandal here re. Yoo, without adding new angles to it.</p>
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		<title>By: Citizen92</title>
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		<dc:creator>Citizen92</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Still looking for an answer on this one — &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What is John Choon Yoo’s religion?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is he a Moonie?  Does he believe that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon is the messiah?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I ask because the Bush clan have a good deal of history and links with the Moonies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Plus, what better way to bring around the Rapture and a round of religious war by having the Christians attacking Muslims with torture…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’ve done a good deal of searching and cannot find him identified with a religion.  And that’s beyond me assuming all South Koreans are Moonies…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Plus… his initials….  John Choon….   JC….  Jesus Christ….&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;???&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still looking for an answer on this one — </p>
<p>What is John Choon Yoo’s religion?</p>
<p>Is he a Moonie?  Does he believe that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon is the messiah?</p>
<p>I ask because the Bush clan have a good deal of history and links with the Moonies.</p>
<p>Plus, what better way to bring around the Rapture and a round of religious war by having the Christians attacking Muslims with torture…</p>
<p>I’ve done a good deal of searching and cannot find him identified with a religion.  And that’s beyond me assuming all South Koreans are Moonies…</p>
<p>Plus… his initials….  John Choon….   JC….  Jesus Christ….</p>
<p>???</p>
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		<title>By: Peterr</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peterr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The folks around here could probably give the HJC staff a good head start on some questions. Might be worth a post or ten . . .&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The folks around here could probably give the HJC staff a good head start on some questions. Might be worth a post or ten . . .</p>
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		<title>By: emptywheel</title>
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		<dc:creator>emptywheel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Yep. Didn’t want to put that in the post, but I was thinking it. Please, HJC, be prepared to nail this fucker.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep. Didn’t want to put that in the post, but I was thinking it. Please, HJC, be prepared to nail this fucker.</p>
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		<title>By: FormerFed</title>
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		<dc:creator>FormerFed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I am thrilled that Chairman Conyers is doing this. I only hope that the Democratic staff gets their members preped and coordinated much better than they have in previous hearings. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They need to nail this pompous asshole.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am thrilled that Chairman Conyers is doing this. I only hope that the Democratic staff gets their members preped and coordinated much better than they have in previous hearings. </p>
<p>They need to nail this pompous asshole.</p>
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		<title>By: Peterr</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peterr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Given Yoo’s delight in quoting his own writings, he must have been really touched by the end of Conyers’ letter. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How did Looseheadprop describe Yoo the other day, after reading Yoo’s never-should-have-been-classified-in-the-first-place-and-now-recently-declassified memo on torture? Oh yeah . . . “&lt;a href=&quot;http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/03/the-yoo-memo-time-to-stop-crying-and-get-to-work/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Smug self-referencing little bastard&lt;/a&gt;.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Someone at the HJC obviously agrees, and is trying to wipe that smug smile off his face.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Given Yoo’s delight in quoting his own writings, he must have been really touched by the end of Conyers’ letter. </p>
<p>How did Looseheadprop describe Yoo the other day, after reading Yoo’s never-should-have-been-classified-in-the-first-place-and-now-recently-declassified memo on torture? Oh yeah . . . “<a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/03/the-yoo-memo-time-to-stop-crying-and-get-to-work/" rel="nofollow">Smug self-referencing little bastard</a>.”</p>
<p>Someone at the HJC obviously agrees, and is trying to wipe that smug smile off his face.</p>
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