Claim: Yoo Choon, born on July 10, 1967 in Seoul, South Korea, is a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and former official in the United States Department of Justice; known for his legal views on warrantless searches, domestic surveillance and torture memos.
Evidence: John Choon Yoo (Korean: 유준; born July 10, 1967) is a Korean-born American legal scholar and former government official best known for authoring the Torture Memos, which provided a legal rationale for the torture of detainees during the War on Terror. Yoo Choon
(1967-07-10) July 10, 1967 (age 53)
Seoul, South Korea Yoo is the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Legal views on warrantless searches, domestic surveillance, torture memos (also known as "enhanced interrogation techniques") and war-time executive privileges