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8 Dec 2008, 5:22 pm
Cassell sees the Blackwater guards as victims. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 2:50 pm
In indicting five Blackwater personnel, and accepting a guilty plea of a sixth, for the 2007 Nisour Square shootings resulting in the death of 17 Iraqis, the Justice Department relied on a much discussed law, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) to get jurisdiction over the contractors. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 2:08 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Monday unsealed indictments [text, PDF; DOJ press release] for five Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians [JURIST report]. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
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8 Dec 2008, 11:29 am
Blackwater defendants surrendered in Utah in hopes of having the trial held in Utah. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 9:03 am
Interesting legal news out of Iraq could come down today in the shape of an unsealed indictment against five Blackwater security guards. [read post]
6 Dec 2008, 5:21 pm
The Washington Post reports here that five Blackwater Worldwide Security guards were indicted under MEJA on Thursday for a September 2007 shooting incident that killed 17 Iraqis. [read post]
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]
5 Dec 2008, 8:11 pm
But dealing with the DDTC seems to be the least of Blackwater’s worries here. [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 1:51 pm
This means Blackwater personnel working on a contract with the State Department — the same one under which Nisoor Sq killings occurred – are good to go with Iraqi immunity. [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 4:27 pm
The report helpfully encapsulates many of the calls for better oversight, monitoring and accountability that HRF, Amnesty International and others have been calling for with regard to companies, like Blackwater, Titan, KBR…, whose personnel have engaged in human rights abuses from rape and torture to killing, with impunity. [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]
17 Nov 2008, 5:02 am
In an unusual move, private security firm Blackwater Worldwide issued a press release on Friday containing detailed information on its export activities to "clarify misinformation stemming from several inaccurate media reports" regarding Blackwater's exports to Iraq and other export-related... [read post]
15 Nov 2008, 10:23 pm
Employees of Blackwater will face criminal charges for the shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians. [read post]
23 Oct 2008, 10:36 am
Here is a very large Defense contractor, stating he doesn't want military men and woman to be subject to non-competes, so they can come work for him.Question - do you think Blackwater will have them sign a non-compete when they get there? [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 4:01 am
Government contractor Blackwater Worldwide, which has been the subject of government investigations on export controls and other issues, announced (pdf) that the company has undertaken a "comprehensive initiative to enhance export compliance throughout its global operations. [read post]
5 Oct 2008, 4:19 pm
Rev. 1292 (2008) [PDF] Michael Hurst, After Blackwater: A Mission-Focused Jurisdictional Regime for Private Military Contractors During Contingency Operations, 76 Geo. [read post]
21 Sep 2008, 12:41 am
Reporter Joseph Neff recently noted that private military firm related to Blackwater has asked a federal court to decide a personal injury lawsuit filed in Florida by using the Islamic law known as Shari'a.The widows of three American soldiers who died in Afghanistan when a flight operated by Presidential Airways crashed, should be "...governed by the law of Afghanistan," According to Presidential Airways arguments to a Florida federal court, "Afghan law is largely… [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 10:40 am
Reporter Joseph Neff recently noted that a sister company of the private military firm Blackwater has asked a federal court to decide a personal injury lawsuit filed in Florida by using the Islamic law known as Shari'a.The widows of three American soldiers who died in Afghanistan when a flight operated by Presidential Airways crashed, should be "...governed by the law of Afghanistan," According to Presidential Airways arguments to a Florida federal court, "Afghan law is… [read post]
3 Sep 2008, 10:08 am
"The Blackwater security guards were working as security contractors for the Department of State.Some argue that MEJA does not cover the Blackwater security guards, and thus DOJ cannot bring charges against the guards for the alleged incident last year in Iraq. [read post]
