Jay Bybee

Jay Bybee

Jay Bybee (born October 27, 1953) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has drawn criticism for his part in writing a memo that justified the use of torture in the interrogation of terror... [more]

Jay Bybee (born October 27, 1953) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has drawn criticism for his part in writing a memo that justified the use of torture in the interrogation of terror suspects.

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Being Jay Bybee

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Jay Bybee is now a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Photo/Wikimedia It’s Oct. 23, 2002, and you’re Jay Bybee, the man in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice. John Yoo and a bunch of other lawyers — willing to claim that absolutely anything is legal — work for you. But you’d much rather be a judge. That would be a cushy job, a lifetime job, a job with a book of the Bible named for it, a job where you would get to decide which crimes to legalize rather ... Read Full Story

Bush attorneys who wrote terror memo face backlash

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Pressure is mounting against two former Bush administration attorneys who wrote the legal memos used to support harsh interrogation techniques that critics say constituted torture. John Yoo, a constitutional law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is fighting calls for disbarment and dismissal, while Judge Jay Bybee of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals faces calls for impeachment. Justice Department investigators have stopped short of recommending criminal charges, but suggest in a draft report that the two men should face professional sanctions. A number of groups across the country agree. "We believe there is a lot of evidence to suggest that war ... Read Full Story

Judge takes step to air his viewson torture

WASHINGTON — As criticism of federal appellate court Judge Jay Bybee mounts for authorizing harsh interrogation techniques as a Bush administration lawyer, the Nevada jurist has reached out to members of the state’s congressional delegation, apparently to tell his side of the story. The step suggests that Bybee believes maintaining the judicial branch’s customary distance from the political process is no longer in his best interest. Congress has the power to remove him from his seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Bybee has remained mostly quiet despite his rising profile as the former Justice Department official who, in 2002, signed off ... Read Full Story

Jay Bybee's Conspiracy To Torture

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By Dave Lindorff If the day comes that Congress finally does its duty and begins an impeachment effort against 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Judge Jay Bybee, the former Bush assistant attorney general who in 2002 authored a key memo justifying the use of torture against captives in the Afghanistan invasion and the so-called “War on Terror,” it would be fitting punishment to watch him squirm as his own words as a judge were played back to him. It was as an Appeals Court Judge Bybee, sitting on a case being heard in 2006 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, that he wrote the ... Read Full Story

Probe wrapping up for interrogation memo lawyers

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The Justice Department is nearing the end of its probe into Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memos approving harsh interrogation techniques. The Associated Press obtained a copy of a letter from the Justice Department informing two members of Congress that a key deadline in the inquiry expired Monday. The inquiry has become a politically-loaded guessing game, with some advocating criminal charges against the lawyers, and others urging the matter be dropped. The letter did not indicate what the findings of the final report will be. Jay Bybee, John Yoo, and Steven Bradbury worked in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and played ... Read Full Story
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LA Human Rights defenders to take on Torture Judge Bybee at Court
LA Human Rights defenders to take on Torture Judge Bybee at CourtExaminer.comTorture "in some situations" has become acceptable for many Americans because of people like Judge Jay Bybee who gave it a judicial green light. ...What the OPR Torture Report Will Not SayAmerican Chronicleall 5 news articles »  
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Obama attorneys step up defense of torture memo author
Raw StoryObama attorneys step up defense of torture memo authorRaw StoryCiting an argument that hallmarked the Bush years, Obama administration attorneys have asked a San Francisco court to drop all charges ...The "Torture Memos" and the Increasingly Indefensible DOJHuffington Post (blog)DOJ Watchdog Report on Yoo, Bybee Torture Memos to be Released Soon, Agency ...OpEdNewsall 13 news articles »  
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'We will not be silent' Dupré interviews Torture Judge Bybee protester Sharon...
Examiner.com'We will not be silent' Dupré interviews Torture Judge Bybee protester Sharon ...Examiner.com“In one of the more nauseating passages, Jay Bybee, then an assistant attorney general and now a federal judge, wrote admiringly about a contraption for ...  
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What the OPR Torture Report Will Not Say
It's October 23, 2002, and you're Jay Bybee, the man in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice. John Yoo and a bunch of other lawyers willing to claim that absolutely anything is legal work for you. But you'd ...  
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DOJ Delays OPR Report, Continues to Defend Yoo
My colleague Daphne Eviatar seems to have found the reason why the DOJ continues to delay the release of the Office of Professional Responsibility report on John Yoo and Jay Bybee -- because it might interfere with the legal position they continue to take in a lawsuit against former Bush DOJ official John Yoo. Yoo is being sued by Jose Padilla, an American citizen arrested as a terrorist and subjected to harsh interrogation techniques...  
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DOJ Delays OPR Report, Continues to Defend Yoo [Dispatches from the Culture...
My colleague Daphne Eviatar seems to have found the reason why the DOJ continues to delay the release of the Office of Professional Responsibility report on John Yoo and Jay Bybee -- because it might interfere with the legal position they continue to take in a lawsuit against former Bush DOJ official John Yoo. Yoo is being sued by Jose Padilla, an American citizen arrested as a terrorist and subjected to harsh interrogation techniques...  
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Still No OPR Report on Yoo, Bybee
As my colleague Daphne Eviatar notes at the Washington Independent, the Office of Professional Responsibility report from the Department of Justice regarding John Yoo and Jay Bybee has still not been released: Less than two weeks ago, Attorney General Eric Holder testified that the long-awaited report on the ethics of Bush-era Justice Department lawyers who sanctioned torture and other abuses would be released by the end of November... By...  
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