Who in his right mind would write professional liability insurancefor a CIA agent, especially one involved with interrogations ofsuspected terrorists? According to an article in “The New Yorker,”at least one unnamed carrier is doing just that. How would suchcoverage even function in this outlaw world of renegade spies,facing little or no legal restraints when manhandling enemycombatants or eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails? Read on andweigh in, if you dare!

This all came up while I was reading a rather disturbing piece byJane Mayer in the Aug. 13 edition, headlined “The Black Sites: Arare look inside the CIA's secret interrogation program,” when thefollowing paragraph jumped out at me.

“A former CIA officer, who supports the agency's detention andinterrogation policies, said he worried that, if the full story ofthe CIA program ever surfaced, agency personnel could face criminalprosecution. Within the agency, he said, there is a 'high level ofanxiety about political retribution' for the interrogation program.If congressional hearings begin, he said, 'several guys expect tobe thrown under the bus.'”