John Yoo vs Philippe Sands
Jul 31, 2020632 Shares631.9K Views
In last week’s interminable Yoo/Addington hearing, torture memo author John Yoo accused Vanity Fair reporter and Torture Teamauthor Philippe Sands of lying about interviewing him. Brian Beutler — owner of the best beard in opinion journalism, btw — tracked Sands down. Tell ‘em:
The idea, of course, is that someone who hates America so much that he’s willing to fabricate all sorts of untrue allegations about Yoo (and, perhaps, other administration veterans) is not to be believed. When I heard this interchange, though, I emailed Sands and asked him to clear the air. He was fairly unambiguous: “I never claimed to have interviewed him! As set out in my book: we debated. ” So who’s telling the truth?
Well, Yoo’s right about approximately one thing: Sands did testify before the very same House panel, on May 6 of this year. But that’s about the extent of it. In his prepared remarks, Sands submits that, “[o]ver hundreds of hours I conversed or debatedwith many of those most deeply involved. They included… the Deputy Assistant Attorney General at DoJ (Mr Yoo).” [Emphasis mine.]
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