From the  Judicial Reports story about 2d Circuit’s rejection of government’s appeal on the Christie Todd Whitman statment, after 9/11, that the air was safe for people to go back to their homes and schools.

The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit would set a dangerous precedent: after national disasters, public officials would worry that their words of reassurance would open them up to personal liability. “If you speak, you will be potentially held liable,” an attorney said. “Then the clear message for government officials is to say nothing.”

You could always just tell the truth, right?  Nah.