Several media outlets including the NYTimes are reporting on an immunity deal for Blackwater employees regarding the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis last month. According to the report, State Department officials lacked the authority to grant immunity while the Justice Department, which does have the authority, was not aware of the deal.
It sounds as if a potential double-jeopardy defense is being prepared. Then again, perhaps that's not even an issue since no one has been charged, much less prosecuted, for earlier, similar "incidents."
So what can we say about this? Among other things, Congress can start exerting a few of their Constitutional muscles, the ones that have been atrophied by some six years of neglect.
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