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Born: October 27, 1953 in Oakland, California
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GW Bush Administration Position:
War crime charge(s):
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Excellent biography page on Bybee from The Center for Torture Accountability. More Information:
Note: “Physical pain amounting to torture must be equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death1.” Why should a suspected war criminal serve as a federal judge? 1From the "Bybee Torture Memo," Aug. 1, 2002, paragraph 2. From Officials of Torture, website of Sandra Koponen.  “We’ll Call These EITs”, 22x30, Oil on canvas, Sandra Koponen © 2015 Left to Right: Steven Bradbury, William J. Haynes, Jay Bybee, Robert Eatinger DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Jay Bybee, DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel Assistant Attorney General Nov. 2001 - Mar. 2003 As head of the OLC, Bybee oversaw and participated in the crafting of the legal justification for the torture program, including arguments that Geneva Convention protections did not apply to detainees. The most notorious of his memos, signed on August 1, 2002, approved of the use of waterboarding, walling, cramped confinement, insects placed in a confinement box, and more. Other memos Bybee crafted or helped craft provided the legal foundation for the U.S. to “render” detainees to countries where they faced a high risk of torture — and where many were, in fact, tortured.* **https://www.aclu.org/infographic/infographic-torture-architects
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Name: Jay S. Bybee