"Yoo, of course, is one of the most notorious of the many national security ghouls who served in the George W. Bush administration, where he used his legal expertise to write in 2002 the so-called " torture memos " that sought to justify the use of waterboarding and other violations of the Geneva Convention in the name of the Global War on Terror. This is not someone typically concerned about following the law."
"Even someone with Yoo's rotted moral compass can see that. Writing in The Washington Post on September 23, Yoo warned that "these attacks risk crossing the line between crime-fighting and war." He added that "a broad, amorphous military campaign against the illegal drug trade" would "would violate American law and the Constitution." He speculated that "the use of military force against the cartels may plunge the U.S. into a war against Venezuela" which would also create "difficult problems.""
John Yoo served in the George W. Bush administration and authored the 2002 torture memos that sought legal justification for waterboarding and other Geneva Convention violations during the Global War on Terror. In 2025, Yoo criticizes President Donald Trump for ordering strikes that destroyed boats in South American waters allegedly linked to Venezuelan drug cartels. No evidence has been provided to support cartel claims, the United States is not at war with Venezuela, and the killings of civilians amount to murder. Yoo warns that such attacks risk crossing from crime-fighting into war and that a broad military campaign against the drug trade would violate U.S. law and the Constitution and could plunge the country into a war with Venezuela; congressional Republicans have largely supported the president.
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