Torture Memos--The Prequel

We know what went into writing the "torture memos," but what were the lawyers who penned them up to three days before? A cautionary short film imagining what it would be like if the same legal loopholes taken by Jay Bybee to justify torture were applied to every day law and life.

Directed and Edited by:
Clark Johnsen and Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Featuring:
Tom Souhrada, Koh Mochizuki and Geoffery Goldberg
with
Ellen Harvey, Justin Keyes, Dominic Roberts, Mim Hoffman, Brian Letendre, Clark Johnsen and Andrew Keenan-Bolger

#100 - Top Favorited (5.2.09) - News & Politics

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• jay
• bybee
• torture
• memos
• judge
• bush
• john
• yoo
• waterboarding
• impeach
• dick
• cheney
• rachel
• maddow
• guantanamo
• bay
• chris
• matthews

[LeslieJSnake]

akb, you're so political now! rachel maddow should put this on her show

[WHATTHEBUCKSHOW]

BWAH-HA beyond hillarious!

[broadwaydude2378]

"Art Isn't Easy" (4:05) ...someone's been watching Sunday in the Park with George.....

[Exnyher]

how funny is that middle lawyer...water and a board...sounds like surfing and that sounds like fun...amazing!

[flipdude808]

i love the "art isn't easy" reference! hahaha. too funny.

[pyromaniacchica]

Five stars, subscribed and favorited!

[ShineySquirrelNinja]

I tough the title was tourette memo....

[ellomate07]

nice message.

[mattpipeman]

this is brilliant. that guy is hilarious! n he really does kind of look like jay bybee. i love all your videos, so freaking funny! keep em coming!

[musicxlife37]

brilliant.

[stephaniedfw]

One word.... AWESOME!!!!