martha: talk to me a little bit about this argument by john yu. he wrote an editorial today, he was the lawyer who was really the architect of kind of the language and framework that allowed for these extended, you know, ways of interrogation that some regarded as torture. john yu says it was a huge mistake not to take him alive because he is such a valuable resource for intelligence, obviously. >> that is true. it's an excellent op ed in today's "wall street journal." let me say this. i agree with general holder, it was actually legal to use deadly force. we could have done it from a distance, used a missile, a sniper. the fact that he was killed was perfectly legal. on the other hand john yoo's argument was very compel, it would have basketball better we can all agree to take him into custody and interrogate him for protracted periods of time. it's not a one shot deal. you want to come back again and again, which is by the way, the irony here, this is how he was discovered. he was discovered -- martha: we are on a hard break, we'll hold you over

john yu is unfit to teach. he wrote interrogation policies for the bush administration and recently wrote an editorial in usa today defending the techniques saying osama bin laden would be on the loose without them. >>> dianne feinstein will be at cia headquarters to look at photos of osama bin laden's body. we are learning bin laden sent hundreds of e-mails to operatives even though he had no internet access. he would save his messages to a thumb drive and a courier went to an internet caffee to send the e-mails. time to check in with christina for a look at the forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. we are looking good all day today. this is the last day of the sunshine as we head through the next couple days, gray skies and temperatures dropping. rain on the way for the weekend. every time i check, i'm consistently checking with the forecast models, we might get a break on sunday. it won't be relentless all day long. you'll be able to get out saturday and maybe sunday as well. watch out for the fog

professor john yu is unfit to teach. he wrote policies for the bush administration and an editorial in usa today defending the techniques saying osama bin laden would be on the loose without that. dianne feinstein will be at the capital to look at photos of osama bin laden's death. he saved his messages to a thumb drive and a courier went to send the e-mails at a cafe. >>> if you are going to barbecue, it should be tomorrow, not sunday, right? >> yeah. do out door plans on saturday. sunday, the wet, rainy pattern begins across the bay. this is today. a good looking morning. here is the weather maker. you can see the well defined counter clock wise rotation. this is cold air and here is the high pressure. as we head throughout the remainder of today, the front is going to slide south. then the rain moves in as we head into late saturday. this is what we are expecting as the front moves in, we are expecting quite a breeze. the winds picking up substantially. late saturday through early monday, we are going to see isolated

the forum is moderated by john yu. from the american enterprise institute, this is an hour and a half. >> we start promptly at 130 and end at 3 p. i am john yu and it is my pleasure to be the moderator for this panel on cra interrogations'. rather than presentations followed by discussions, we're going to do this as a round table. my job is to ask questions of what could get a word in edgewise. there are several lawyers on the panel. i pro we will not get a word in edgewise. please turn off your cellphone. that goes for the panelists also. this panel is prompted by the successful operation that killed osama bin laden and the role of interrogation methods in that success, or not. i hope this will open up some of the discussion to other issues, including detention, use of drones, and what to expect next in the war on terror. let me start by asking about the news that has been in the paper which is whether or not any of the intelligence that was used to locate -- identify and locate the couriers who led the cia to osama b

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the forum is moderated by john yu who helped draft the regulations for the bush-era policies.is an hour and a half. >> it is my great pleasure to be the moderator for this panel on cia interrogations'. rather than presentations followed by discussion of the panel, we will do this as a round table. so my job is just to ask questions, if i can get a word in edgewise. for some of it, there are several lawyers on the panel. [cell phones rings] that reminds me, please turn off your cell phones. that goes for the panelists, too. no cheating. this panel is prompted by the successful mish operation that killed osama bin laden and the role of interrogation methods i not.at success or i hope this will open up some of the discussion to other issues, including detention, use of drones, and what to expect next on the war on terror from the obama administration. let me start off just by asking about the news in the papers the last few days, which is whether any of the intelligence that was used to locate, to identify and locate the couriers who led the cia to abadobatt, whether any of that

a classmate of mine, john yu, has in fact spoken in support of professor liu's nomination, as has kenneth starr. professor liu is the recipient of the university of california's highest teaching award and clint bulloc of the goldwater institute says professor liu's writings show intellectual honesty. this high opinion of professor liu is broadly shared. in giving professor liu its highest rating of unanimously well qualified, the american bar association interviewed scores of american judges who have worked with him and found his reputation to be one of impartiality, integrity and great ability. for the nominees to our circuit courts of appeal, we could ask no less. professor liu's activity as a noted legal and policy scholar is in my view being used unfairly to impugn his judicial temperament. in meeting personally with goodwin liu, he explained to me he clearly understands and respects the difference between scholarship and jurisprudence. actacademics explore the contous and limits of the law, often advocating for specific policy outcomes. that is the work of a great law professor. judg

i was horrified to learn in january in a debate with john you that when -- yu that when the war resolutions for afghanistan and iraq were at issue, congress insisted the executive branch had to draft the language, and when the bills were shopped in congress, the members were angry they were being asked to vote. don't give us any responsibility in the matter. this is where we are as a country n my judgment -- as the worst crimes were dared by few, willed by more, tolerated by all. tolerated by all. and if we can think of where we are since 9/11, just enumerate the particular presidential use sur paces that have occurred open and notorious without any serious repudiation by congress of the american people, let's start with the one that's the most dramatic. the president has announced he has authority unilaterally to place american citizens on assassination hit lists if he thinks, in his judgment, they're in iminnocent danger -- imminent danger. state secret to try to have the judiciary probe into whether or not that was a bona fide decision or whether it violated due process. we have, also, a