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6 Dec 2008, 8:43 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has indicted five Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians [JURIST report], according to reports. [read post]
17 Apr 2010, 7:05 am by Bhargav Katikaneni
[JURIST] A federal grand jury on Friday indicted [press release] five former Blackwater [JURIST news archive] executives on charges of weapons violations and lying to criminal investigators. [read post]
19 Sep 2007, 1:48 pm
NPR, which has been devoting a great deal of attention to the Blackwater story, has this article on its web site addressing proposed legislation to provide additional legal avenues for dealing with U.S. contractors in Iraq.The bill that the article discusses appears to be S. 674, sponsored by Senator Obama and co-sponsored by Senators Durbin and Whitehouse. [read post]
22 Oct 2011, 2:36 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
A sixth man on the Blackwater crew during the altercation, Jeremy Ridgeway, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 12:27 pm by Jon Robinson
Ben Mathis-Lilley, Jury Convicts Four in 2007 Blackwater Iraq Massacre Case. [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 11:48 pm
After ABC News alleged that Blackwater was exporting weapons and other defense articles to Iraq hidden inside bags of dog food, Blackwater issued a press release with the following reply to that charge: Blackwater has never hidden anything inside a bag of dog food - not a gun, not a radio, nor anything else. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 9:39 am by Mike Scarcella
The suit (PDF) said the men were injured working for Blackwater, now called XE Services, in Iraq and Afghanistan. [read post]
” On September 16, 2007, Blackwater contractors in Nisour Square in Baghdad shot 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians dead and wounded at least 17 others in the wake of a car bomb explosion. [read post]
18 Dec 2008, 11:35 pm
Outside of requiring a bundle of additional paperwork for each Blackwater license, the biggest effect of the new policy is probably that Blackwater won’t be able to follow through on its proposed pirate-chasing gig. [read post]
1 Jan 2010, 8:26 am by CrimProf BlogEditor
Urbina threw out manslaughter and weapons charges against five Blackwater guards because he said prosecutors had violated the men’s rights by building the case based on sworn statements... [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 12:50 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Biden Jr. promised Iraqi leaders on Saturday that the United States would appeal the dismissal of manslaughter charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security contractors involved in... [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 7:45 am by InternationalLaw Blogger
(redacted decision) against four former Blackwater Worldwide employees accused of manslaughter in the shooting deaths of seventeen Iraqis in 2007. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 1:31 pm by Sarah Grant
On Wednesday, a jury in Washington, D.C. found former Blackwater Guard Nicholas Slatten guilty of one count of first-degree murder for his role in a 2007 massacre in Iraqi that left at least 31 Iraqi civilians killed or wounded. [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 12:59 pm
The immunity deal will not prevent the Blackwater guards from ever being prosecuted. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 9:11 am
[JURIST] A federal judge in Utah ruled Monday that five indicted Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians [JURIST report] must report to a DC court. [read post]
13 Nov 2007, 11:54 pm
The investigators found that many as five Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] guards fired on civilians during the shootings [read post]
2 Oct 2007, 11:15 am
[JURIST] Founder and chief executive of Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] Erik Prince testified in a hearing [recorded video] Tuesday before the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee [official website] that employees of his security firm have "distinguished records" and have never intentionally killed civilians. [read post]