Torture memo explained

Boalt Hall law professor (and former newspaper reporter) John C. Yoo, an attorney in the Office of Legal Counsel that produced the much-discussed August 2002 memo on the law governing torture, provides "A Crucial Look at Torture Law" in the Los Angeles Times today. His central thesis is that there's a difference between law, which is the province of lawyers, and policy, which he suggests should be left to the politicians.