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Los abogados de Obama discuten para caer el juego de la tortura de Yoo
Domingo 8 de marzo de 2009
Por Bob Egelko?| Justice Department de presidente Obama defendió a abogado anterior Juan Yoo de la administración de Bush en una corte federal viernes de San Francisco, discutiendo que un preso sostenido antes pues un combatiente enemigo no tenía ninguna derecha de demandar Yoo para las notas legales de la escritura que alegado condujeron a su detención y tortura. “Somos no diciendo nosotros perdonamos tortura,” el masón de Maria del abogado del departamento dijo en una audiencia en la petición del gobierno de despedir un pleito archivado por Jose Padilla. Pero cualquier recurso contra un abogado del gobierno “está para que el ejecutivo decida, en primer lugar, y para que el congreso decida,” no las cortes, ella dijo. “Usted no está diciendo que si los funcionarios altos cometen actos claramente ilegales, un ciudadano conforme a esos actos no tiene ningún remedio en esta corte?” los E.E.U.U. pedidos Blanco de Jeffrey del juez del districto. No a menos que el congreso expreso ha autorizado un pleito, el masón contestó. Ella citó la discusión que el departamento de la justicia hizo en el caso de Yoo el año pasado, con presidente George W. Todavía Bush en la oficina, de que corteja no debe interferir en la toma de decisión ejecutiva, especialmente en tiempo de guerra. El blanco no indicó cómo o cuando él gobernaría. Yoo, profesor UC de la ley de Berkeley ahora en la licencia a enseñar en la universidad del Chapman en condado anaranjado, escribió una serie de notas en la interrogación, la detención y energías presidenciales como abogado en la oficina del departamento de la justicia de consejos legales a partir de 2001 a 2003. La nota más conocida, escrita a los consejos entonces-Blancos Alberto Gonzales de la casa en 2002, tratamiento áspero dicho de cautivos ascendió a la tortura solamente si causó el mismo nivel del dolor que “falta del órgano, la debilitación de la función corporal o aún la muerte.” También dijo que el presidente puede tener la energía de autorizar la tortura de los combatientes enemigos. Yoo también aconsejó la administración de Bush que las convenciones de Ginebra sobre el tratamiento humano de cautivos no se aplicaran a los sospechosos del terrorista clasificados como combatientes enemigos. Una nota 2001 de Yoo, hecha público recientemente por la administración de Obama, dijo los E.E.U.U. las fuerzas militares podían utilizar “cualquier medio necesario” para agarrar y para sostener a sospechosos del terror en los Estados Unidos, sin restricciones constitucionales. Las notas de Yoo “dejaron a nuestro cliente en una tierra de los ninguno-hombres legales,” dijo la esperanza Metcalfe, profesor del colegio de abogados de Yale que representa Padilla. His suit alleges that Yoo, as a member of Bush’s War Council, helped to devise detention and interrogation policies and knowingly breached constitutional standards in his memos to provide legal cover for those policies. Padilla, a U.S. citizen and Muslim convert, was arrested in Chicago in 2002 and accused by the Bush administration of plotting with al Qaeda to detonate a radioactive “dirty bomb.” Declared an enemy combatant, Padilla was held in a brig for 3 1/2 years before being charged with taking part in an unrelated conspiracy to provide money and supplies to Islamic extremist groups. He was convicted and sentenced to 17 years in federal prison. He has appealed. Padilla’s lawsuit covers his time in the brig. His lawyers say he was illegally held as an enemy combatant, kept in isolation, confined in painful stress positions for prolonged periods, subjected to sleep deprivation and sensory deprivation, and threatened with harm to his family and with transfer to a nation where he would be tortured. Obama prohibited most of those methods shortly after taking office. Padilla claims Yoo was partly responsible for his treatment. Although government lawyers normally cannot be sued for legal advice, his suit accuses Yoo of stepping outside a lawyer’s proper role and giving advice he knew was unconstitutional. Mason, the Justice Department lawyer, said Yoo had no authority over Padilla and merely “gave very general advice about very general problems” for Bush to decide. Any court scrutiny of Yoo’s actions “requires inquiry into the highest levels of the United States government,” she said. Padilla has a similar suit pending in South Carolina, where he was held, against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Attorney General John Ashcroft and other administration officials. ? Have Your Say: Obama lawyers argue to drop Yoo torture suit Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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