Quote by John Yoo
The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib ref

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda. – John Yoo

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Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bushs 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. – John Yoo

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Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda. – John Yoo

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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

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In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a companys machines instead of your own. The police need to present you with a search warrant to get your data from you but if they are stored in a companys server, the police can get it without showing you anything. – Richard Stallman

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For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state. – Nursultan Nazarbayev

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In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fundamental basis of law. – Aly Khan

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To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. – Potter Stewart

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Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. – Michelle Bachelet

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When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying. – Jeremy Taylor

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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. Thats the soul of a country. – Quincy Jones

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If you eat a lot of starchy foods, introduce a vegetable once a week, then twice a week, and then three times a week. Slowly fill your diet with new flavors. By the time youre ready to let go of whatever it is you want to let go of, youve got a full menu. – Lisa Edelstein

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