John Yoo Quotes


Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs. - John Yoo



While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. - John Yoo



Whatever benefits would have been gained by interrogating him are now gone. - John Yoo



We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war. - John Yoo



Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. - John Yoo



This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. - John Yoo