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Protesters from World Can’t Wait were on hand to protest the employment of John Yoo by UC Berkeley at an event in Boalt Hall on the Berkeley campus. Some feel that Yoo played a role in the torture program at the United States prison at Guantanamo under the Bush Administration and should not be employed by the university.

Mike Baldwin, of Hayward and World Can't Wait, stands in protest outside an event involving UC Berkeley faculty member John Yoo held in Boalt Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Some feel that Yoo played a role in the torture program at the United States prison at Guantanamo under the Bush Administration and should not be employed by the university. The event was a debate on Obama Care with University of Saint Thomas School of Law Professor Michael Paulsen sponsored by the Berkeley Federalist Society. (Dan Honda/Staff)

Stephanie Tang, of World Can't Wait, protests outside an event involving UC Berkeley faculty member John Yoo held in Boalt Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Some feel that Yoo played a role in the torture program at the United States prison at Guantanamo under the Bush Administration and should not be employed by the university. The event was a debate on Obama Care with University of Saint Thomas School of Law Professor Michael Paulsen sponsored by the Berkeley Federalist Society. (Dan Honda/Staff)

With protesters outside, University of California at Berkeley faculty member John Yoo speaks during an event held in Boalt Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Some feel that Yoo played a role in the torture program at the United States prison at Guantanamo under the Bush Administration and should not be employed by the university. The event was a debate on Obama Care with University of Saint Thomas School of Law Professor Michael Paulsen, of the right, sponsored by the Berkeley Federalist Society. (Dan Honda/Staff)

Mike Baldwin, of Hayward and World Can't Wait, stands in protest as people enter an event involving UC Berkeley faculty member John Yoo held in Boalt Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Some feel that Yoo played a role in the torture program at the United States prison at Guantanamo under the Bush Administration and should not be employed by the university. The event was a debate on Obama Care with University of Saint Thomas School of Law Professor Michael Paulsen sponsored by the Berkeley Federalist Society. (Dan Honda/Staff)

Noel Juan, of San Francisco, left, and Mike Baldwin, of Hayward, both with World Can't Wait, protest outside an event involving UC Berkeley faculty member John Yoo held in Boalt Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Some feel that Yoo played a role in the torture program at the United States prison at Guantanamo under the Bush Administration and should not be employed by the university. The event was a debate on Obama Care with University of Saint Thomas School of Law Professor Michael Paulsen sponsored by the Berkeley Federalist Society. (Dan Honda/Staff)

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