skippy the bush kangaroo: blackwater bodyguards given immunity

Monday, October 29, 2007

blackwater bodyguards given immunity

un-freakin'-believable.

the state department promised blackwater usa bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month’s deadly shooting of 17 iraqi civilians, the associated press has learned. - msnbc/ap

while secretary of state condoleezza rice told congress last week she “regrets” the lack of oversight of blackwater, she neglected to mention that she granted the blackwater guards prosecutorial immunity after the shootings. - think progress

the state department investigators from the agency’s investigative arm, the bureau of diplomatic security, offered the immunity grants even though they did not have the authority to do so, the said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. prosecutors at the justice department, who do have such authority, had no advance knowledge of the arrangement, they added. - nytimes

the state department keeps saying that iraq is a sovereign nation...then, shouldn't iraqis decide when, where or if they try these murderers in court?

Labels: blackwater, condaleeza

posted by Cookie Jill at 6:30 PM |

1 Comments:

Here's what I don't understand - they say the State Dept. "didn't have authority" to grant immunity. So if they didn't have authority, they don't have immunity. You can't grant immunity if you don't have authority to do so. Otherwise, I hereby grant Skippy and co-bloggers immunity for any and all past and future misdeeds.

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