Government Transparency At Work

Good news! The ACLU won it's lawsuit to discover government documents! The government has turned over the infamous "Yoo-Bybee II," the document that instructed CIA torturers, er interrogators on exactly which techniques they could use and how. Yoo-Bybee II is so named becuase it was signed by Jay Bybee, then head of the Office of Legal Counsel, while the contents were heavily influenced by John Yoo, warcriminal and current professor of law at Berkley, and II because it's the second one of these to come to light (see link).

So, what interrogation techniques did OLC lawyers greenlight? And what was their legal reasoning that permitted these techniques? Well take a look for yourself citizen:



Huh, well sorry about that. I guess that your government's legal reasoning about torture techniques is top secret, because, um, if we let terrorists find out the secrets of our legal reasoning then they could blow up our legal system. Or something.

But don't worry, I'm sure that the government would only use it's power to protect you.