09.11.06
Lawsuit Insurance at the CIA
Worried CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance
Well, that inspires me with confidence… CIA officers buying legal expense and liability insurance in case they get sued for torture and whatnot.
To be fair, from reading the article I don’t understand why everyone at the CIA counterterrorism unit wouldn’t buy this insurance, since apparently their premiums are 100% reimbursable (which is great in its own right - at least the Justice Department is marginally honest about the risks CIA operatives incur by performing activites “authorizing” by the DOJ).
Look, I’m all for insuring against all possible ills… I’m just saying that this signals just a wee bit less certainty by the government about the actual legality of the things they’ve asked the CIA to do than the “oh no, our lawyers say it’s fine” rhetoric coming out of the WH/DOJ would suggest.
[via Wonkette]