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Anxious CIA Officers Buy Insurance in Case They're Sued
President Bush, who insists the US has never authorized torture to make suspects reveal what they know about the war on terror, is still negotiation with Congress over rules for military tribunals to such suspects.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readPresident Bush, who insists the US has never authorized torture to make suspects reveal what they know about the war on terror, is still negotiation with Congress over rules for military tribunals to such suspects. But last week he said that "an alternative set of procedures" has been effective, which has some CIA agents signing up for special insurance--in case their sued or charged with criminal wrong doing.
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3 of 3September 11, Five Years Later- 1:40New Yorkers Remember 9/11
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