An unhappy federal judge on Tuesday approved a $3 million settlement with a former narcotics officer who said the CIA spied on him overseas.
The approved settlement caps a 16-year fight for Clovis attorney Brian Leighton and former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Richard A. Horn. It also leaves the judge grumbling over how the government handled the long-secret case.
"It does not appear that any government officials have been held accountable for this loss to the taxpayer," U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth wrote. "This is troubling."