But by insulating contractors from liability, the administration has placed an unacceptable burden on the American mission, undermining the essential goal of winning Iraqis' trust.
Even as BP's lawyers are consumed with the task of limiting the company's liability, the administration continues to insist it has little choice but to follow the company's lead in fighting the spill.
Just as Enron needed auditors who wouldn't blow the whistle when the company lied about the magnitude of its future liabilities, the administration needs scientific reviews that won't sound the alarm on the destruction of the earth's climate balance.
Insofar as a substantial international climate agreement is a precondition of a successful Obama presidency, that might be considered a serious liability for the administration's chief negotiator.
Both Democrats and Republicans said that Mr. Ashcroft could prove either an asset or a liability for the administration in pushing greater acceptance of the measure.
Not only have those responsible escaped criminal liability, but the administration has succeeded in denying victims of the harsh methods any day in court, using exaggerated claims of secrecy and executive power to get federal judges, who should know better, to toss out claims for civil relief.
Apart from some encouraging macro-level trends, the raw data on terrorist incidents collected by the NCTC may be a political liability for the administration.
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Emanuel has become a liability on the administration because of his media presence and the stories that surround him, but is not delivering the legislative victories which were the primary rationale for his appointment.
In the few instances where discrepancies are observed between rat data and the clinical indicators of abuse liability, rat self-administration data corresponds with NHP data in the majority of these cases.
