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19 Dec 2007, 8:15 pm
[JURIST] The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) [advocacy website] Wednesday filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against private security contractor Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] on behalf of an Iraqi man killed during a September 9 shooting in Baghdad. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 5:41 am
[JURIST] Two Blackwater [JURIST news archive] contractors working for the US Department of Defense [official website] will not face the death penalty for the alleged May 2009 shooting of two Afghans at an intersection in Kabul. [read post]
7 May 2009, 6:20 am
[JURIST] The security company known formerly as Blackwater Worldwide [corporate website; JURIST news archive] on Thursday concluded its operations in Baghdad as its contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq ended. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 9:59 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether Blackwater [JURIST news archive], now known as Xe, bribed Iraqi officials to allow them to continue operating in the country following shooting deaths in 2007 [JURIST report], the New York Times reported [text] Monday. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 2:30 pm
Link: Report Depicts Recklessness at Blackwater - New York Times.The report also raised questions about the cost-effectiveness of using Blackwater forces instead of United States troops. [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 1:27 pm
On Lawyer2Lawyer, we will discuss the investigation of Blackwater, the legal issues, the effect the use of private contractors is having on the US, and what the future holds for Blackwater and contractors like them. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 10:34 am
The big issue in the case remains this: keeping the prosecution team walled off from any protected, confidential information the Blackwater guards provided after the shooting. [read post]
4 Aug 2017, 1:25 pm
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday overturned [opinion, PDF] the murder conviction of a former Blackwater Worldwide security guard and ordered resentencing of three others for the killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2007 [NYT report]. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 10:39 am
[JURIST] Two former Blackwater [JURIST news archive] contractors were convicted [press release] Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] for their role in the May 2009 shooting deaths of two Afghan nationals and the wounding of a third. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 1:11 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced on Tuesday that private security contractors Blackwater [JURIST news archive], now known as Academi [corporate website], agreed to settle [agreement, PDF] several federal criminal charges dealing with export and firearm violations. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 6:35 am
[JURIST] Four former security guards for Blackwater [JURIST news archive], now known as Xe Services [corporate website], on Monday filed a petition [text, PDF] challenging an appeals court ruling that reinstated a manslaughter case against them. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 6:41 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Monday sentenced a former Blackwater security contractor to life in prison and three others to 30 years for the killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2007 [NYT report]. [read post]
15 Mar 2008, 7:59 pm
For more, see the March 12 post from the “Ataxingmatter’ Blog House chairman asks agencies to probe Blackwater By Rafael Enrique Valero rvalero@nationaljournal.com March 11, 2008 In letters sent to the Internal Revenue Service, Small Business Administration, and Labor Department on Monday, Rep. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 1:58 pm
That suit also alleged that Blackwater was liable for the wrongful death of the contractors. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 7:55 am
After the fatal shooting, the Blackwater guards provided sworn written statements to the State Department on forms that included a guarantee that the information would not be used in a criminal proceeding. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 5:28 am
The Blackwater fraud trial begins tomorrow. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 7:21 pm
Read the entire article, “Blackwater whistleblower trial starts in Va., ex-employees claim overbilling of government” [read post]
29 Sep 2007, 6:07 am
But this past week's news reports suggest that Blackwater has had the highest rate of shooting incidents. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 4:38 pm
"For more on Blackwater, see January 2010: Adam Ciralsky on Blackwater Politics & Power: vanityfair.com [read post]
8 Jan 2010, 1:34 pm
Iraqis Settle Lawsuits Over Blackwater Shootings [read post]
