Is your boss evil?

Okay kids! Question time. As the title says, is your boss evil?

Mine may be. He has already told me he hired me because I was the most qualified person and at other times that I was the easiest to hire (long story short, that is not true). Today I found out that a project he assigned me to is a project he was explicitly suggested not to do. I will be working with a salesman who can best be described as a snake oil salesman. The last agency scientist to work with him had their career ruined when he disputed the results and went on a letter writing campaign against the scientist.
When a senior staffer of the agency asked my boss why he had accepted this project, especially assigning the newest scientist to the project, his response was "It is Chris on the firing line if it goes bad". The senior staffer at that point reminded my boss that part of his job is to protect his scientists...my boss was silent.
So I ask you: Is your boss evil? Mine might be.


Out of the frying pan and into the fire.