Thinkprogress:
Newsweek reports that the Justice Department’s decision to launch an investigation into the destruction of CIA tapes “has sent several alarmed agency employees scrambling to find lawyers.” CIA veterans “fear the move is tantamount to unleashing an independent counsel on Langley“:
“A lot of people are worried,” says one former CIA official, who asked not to be identified talking about sensitive matters. “Whenever you have the bureau running around the building, it’s going to turn up some heads. This could turn into a witch hunt.”
Legal expenses for each employee could reach “hundreds of thousands” of dollars and will not be paid for by the CIA. (via War and Piece)
Legal expenses for each employee could reach “hundreds of thousands” of dollars and will not be paid for by the CIA. (via War and Piece)
Also, Tenet lawyers up...
George Tenet, who was CIA director when the tapes were made, will be represented by former FBI general counsel Howard Shapiro. Roy Krieger, a Washington lawyer who has represented about 100 CIA employees, says that two agency officers have approached him about representation, though neither has retained him yet.
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