Immunity Deals Offered to Blackwater Guards

tate Department investigators offered Blackwater USA security guards immunity during an inquiry into last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad -- a potentially serious investigative misstep that could complicate efforts to prosecute the company's employees involved in the episode, government officials said Monday. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Oct 30, 2007 - 8:17 AM PDT
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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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Ben Ross
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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

Slight brush with an outrageous situation. The history of this problem and the administrations oblivious and criminal negligence in dealing with mercenaries shows the empathy the ny times has with the cowboys of Bush. Was the president powerless to act? Do legal scholars have opinions? Do murder victims and their families have a right to a day in court? Is the USA a nation which believes in justice?

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Dave Rosso
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by Dave Rosso - Oct. 1, 2008

An important story that needs much more reporting. This is a breaking story that needs more investigatiuon and pushing for answers from this administration.

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