[chiggsy]

He means protected from the consequences that arise from the things he says, the things he does, and the things that he acquiesces to. It is the most important privilege one can have. He wants the benefit of the doubt.

What does that mean? It means that he wishes to require people to interpret his actions and words in the most advantageous way possible, instead of ... "duck typing" them. Because we have heard the very tiresome quacking of this particular kind of duck for almost a thousand years.