The torture memos have shone a light on the CIA’s Office of General Counsel. The lawyers who work there would prefer to stay in the dark. Seth Hettena reports

It is a dark time for the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Office of General Counsel (OGC). A CIA inspector general’s report released in September reported that the OGC “took the lead” in determining the legal parameters for interrogation, determinations that led to “enhanced” techniques such as water boarding.

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