Preparations are beginning for the end of the Bush administration. I love the Bush Administration using tax dollars to insure Federal Employees for violating the law at the behest of the Bush Administration. Now..why would anybody want to join the CIA when the Bush administration might force them into law suits where they are only 75% covered for doing the Bush's misdeeds? Sounds like a job for "Brownie"!
Leave it to the Bush Administration to start the demise of the CIA... next in line after, FEMA/Katrina, CIA outings, Justice Department/"Gone"zales, economy, the dollar, education (no child left behind), the environment, housing/dereg, the Veteran's Administration and last but certainly not least, the decimation of our vaunted military and their resources...it's just an extravaganza of Bush failures!
Preparations begin for the end of the Bush administration.
http://hosted.ap.org/...
The CIA announced Monday that it will now pay the full cost of legal liability insurance for about two-thirds of the agency workforce....
One shift is already looming: A change in administrations could make it more likely lawsuits will be filed against CIA interrogators for a controversial program approved by the Bush White House — the use of harsh interrogation techniques and the secret movement of prisoners, known as extraordinary rendition.
The insurance comes from private companies to cover legal expenses that arise out of actions undertaken in the course of a CIA officer's official duties. It is meant to cover potential litigation expenses including damages. It covers legal expenses associated only with those activities undertaken after liability insurance is taken. The reimbursement program began in 2000.
Agency Director Michael Hayden on Monday announced that he had expanded the pool of those eligible to be reimbursed for insurance to include all employees involved in covert activities, not just those involved in counterterrorism and counterproliferation.