Worried CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance

[Chimichurri]

I'm glad my niece can sacrifice her art and music programs at her school so that CIA agents can be protected from being sued. I hope I don't have to put the sarcasm smilie up but just in case :sarcasm:

CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government-reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged with criminal wrongdoing, according to current and former intelligence officials and others with knowledge of the program.

The new enrollments reflect heightened anxiety at the CIA that officers may be vulnerable to accusations they were involved in abuse, torture, human rights violations and other misconduct, including wrongdoing related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. They worry that they will not have Justice Department representation in court or congressional inquiries, the officials said.

The anxieties stem partly from public controversy about a system of secret CIA prisons in which detainees were subjected to harsh interrogation methods, including temperature extremes and simulated drowning. The White House contends the methods were legal, but some CIA officers have worried privately that they may have violated international law or domestic criminal statutes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/10/AR2006091001286_pf.html

[madokie]

1. The admission of guilt to take with my morning java

Ah the voices of right sings so beautifully

[Pierre.Suave]

2. So, am I supposed to feel sorry for them?

They could have stood up, refused to do what they did, and on top of that, stood against this administration when they KNEW it was the right thing to do. Instead, the spineless, gutless, little worms choose to remain silent and in my mind are just as culpable as anyone else in the admin.

if they did it, let them hang.

[soothsayer]

3. Hmmmm. Should have thought about that at the time they

were committing their attrocities.