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an undetectable self-reported major disability is quite a potential liability, to say nothing of whether it is real

que the toxic tort "operational exposure" claims. and there goes the CIA's budget.

What would you estimate the ratio of, say, the highest award ever granted in the US for damages due to personal injury to the CIA's annual budget is?

Scientific notation is OK.

It depends, are we including in this budget the off-the-books cash the CIA gets from trafficking drugs to fund its black operations?