Christopher Edley Rejects Call to Fire Prof

-KQED Radio, August 17, 2009 Host Cy Musiker
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R908171730

“The fact that he is, in my judgment, wrong, or the fact that he went to Washington and espoused views with which I disagree, and with which I think the vast bulk of academics disagree, is not in itself grounds for dismissing a faculty member at a university. Unpopularity is not sufficient. Criminality of a high order would be.”

-The Associated Press, August 17, 2009 by Terrence Chea
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_13147497

Christopher Edley Jr., Berkeley’s law school dean, has rejected calls to dismiss Yoo, saying the university doesn’t have the resources to investigate his Justice Department work, which involved classified intelligence.