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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:37:48 +0900
Begin forwarded message: From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com> Date: September 12, 2006 10:14:53 AM JST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: fwd: CIA Insurance
Ironic: CIA torturers can buy insurance to cover their crimes while millions of Americans go without health insurance of any kind. Priorities, priorities....GDhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/10/ AR2006091001286_pf.htmlWorried CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, September 11, 2006; A01CIA 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 ... <BIG SNIP> ...
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