John Yoo, Law Professor, UC Berkeley; Author, Crisis and Command

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Crisis and Command: Presidential Power in the 21st Century


John Yoo, Law Professor, UC Berkeley; Author, Crisis and Command


Allen Weiner, Co-director, International Law Program, Stanford Law School - Moderator


At the Department of Justice, Yoo played a large and controversial role in shaping the Bush administration’s policy in the war on terrorism, arguing that prisoner of war status under the Geneva Conventions does not apply to “enemy combatants.” He further asserted executive authority to undertake “enhanced interrogation techniques” regarded as torture by the current Justice Department.


This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on January 27, 2010.