Torture Protested at the Inquirer
What they don't like about Yoo.
A small rally against torture -- including a demonstration of waterboarding -- was held Thursday afternoon in front of the Philadelphia Inquirer building. The protest, sponsored by Philly World Can't Wait, targeted the Inquirer because of its hiring of John Yoo as a regular columnist for its op-ed pages. Yoo, of course, is the former Bush Administration official whose memorandums are seen as having laid the legal foundation for the torture of terror suspects. The video at right captures the scene.
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