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ManiacJoe

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1. Can't say I am surprised.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 08:31 PM

Oct 2014

These laws are often poorly written in their first implementation.

Defense attorneys contend the law doesn’t cover the Blackwater security personnel who were under contract to the State Department and were protecting diplomats at the time of the Nisour Square shooting. This argument was called “rather strong” by U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina in 2009, and legal scholars have underscored the confusion arising from overlapping roles.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/10/23/244495/legal-questions-loom-in-blackwater.html?sp=/99/200/#storylink=cpy

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Legal questions loom in Blackwater convictions [View all] babylonsister Oct 2014 OP

Can't say I am surprised. ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #1

Unfortunately, I agree with Judge Urbina.... jaysunb Oct 2014 #3

If I recall correctly, Bush and co. made all the people who went over there above the law shraby Oct 2014 #2

Well I think he did it through the puppet governor we installed after the invasion. NobodyHere Oct 2014 #6

Ah yes, "legal" questions gratuitous Oct 2014 #4

UCMJ DashOneBravo Oct 2014 #5