Who is the guy advising Yoo?

[Grizzly]

Fmr. Deputy Asst. Attorney General Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) during House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Detainee Interrogation torture, June 26, 2008

Yoo seen avoiding answering simple questions regarding how his interpretation of torture was implemented. I would be curious to know who is sitting behind him helping him out

[cptmarginal]

The congressional record of that testimony and questioning does not mention anything about him stopping to have someone whisper in his ear - it just gives Yoo's stated answers.

So the easiest trick was to find a few moments in that video when his face was unobstructed, then run the cropped screenshots through the free version of this tool:

https://pimeyes.com/

And here is the answer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Estrada

Yoo's lawyer, Miguel Estrada, was more pointed. During the lengthy investigation, Estrada accused internal investigators of trying to be "Junior Varsity CIA" that second-guessed intelligence decisions. Friday, he said the two lawyers never deserved to be investigated in the first place.

When a coup isn’t - By MIGUEL A. ESTRADA | LA Times - JULY 10, 2009

[Grizzly]

Excellent! I knew we had a torture thread, I couldn't find it. And I miss AlicetheKurious. Thank you, cptmarginal!