‘Torture Memo’ Author Yoo Gets Private Lawyer for Appeal of Detainee Lawsuit

John Yoo, author of some of the Bush administration's war-on-terror memos, has hired Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Miguel Estrada to appeal a ruling that allowed an allegedly mistreated detainee's suit against Yoo. The Justice Department, which recently announced in a court filing that its lawyers were no longer representing Yoo, said it will still pay for Yoo's defense, "as is normal practice when the potential exists for disagreement between the government and the defendant over complex legal questions."