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It appears the controversy over professor John Yoo has ratcheted up a notch as protesters have started rallying on the UC Berkeley campus with calls for the law school to fire him.

Anti-war protesters are rallying on the University of California, Berkeley campus to call for the firing of a law professor who co-wrote legal memos that critics say were used to justify the torture of suspected terrorists…The tenured professor has defended the controversial techniques, saying they were needed to protect the country from terrorists after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

via The Associated Press.

UPDATE: Apparently at least four protesters have been arrested, so far.

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