Protesters Call for Arrest of "Torture Memo" Author Judge Bybee

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Thu, 10/29/2009 - 12:00am
Protesters Call for Arrest of "Torture Memo" Author Judge Bybee

Today in downtown Portland, a group of protesters gathered to call for the ‘torture memo’ author to be arrested. One protester got arrested simply for standing on the steps handing out leaflets. Security guards started shouting at him at close range, then handcuffed him within seconds and hauled him inside the ninth circuit court. Judge Jay Bybee, who wrote the memo authorizing the use of torture by the Bush administration, continues to serve in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Lone Vet Joe Walsh, who was one of the protesters standing in the rain today calling for Bybee’s arrest:

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