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US State Department officials Friday announced the resignation of State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard , following a long controversy over allegations that he obstructed inquiries that could harm the Bush administration. Last month, Krongard testified before the...

Blackwater security contractors who were involved in the September 16 shooting of Iraqi civilians ignored a direct order from Blackwater and US State Department personnel prior to the shooting incident, according to an amended complaint [PDF text;...

Estate of Himoud Saed Abtan et al. v. Blackwater Worldwide, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, November 26, 2007 [complaint filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of Iraqi civilians killed by Blackwater security guards...

A US federal grand jury has opened an investigation into Blackwater USA employees involved in the killings of 14 Iraqi civilians during a September 16 incident that took place in West Baghdad, ABC News reported...

The US Justice Department has not yet made a decision on whether it will file criminal charges against Blackwater USA employees involved in the killings of 14 Iraqi civilians during a September 16 incident that...

US State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard Wednesday testified before the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and denied allegations that he politicized the Inspector General's Office by obstructing inquiries that...

An FBI investigation has concluded that private security personnel in Iraq shot and killed 14 Iraqi civilians without justification during a September 16 incident in Baghdad, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The investigators found...

JURIST Guest Columnist Byron L. Warnken of the University of Baltimore School of Law says that the US State Department's reported grant of "immunity" to Blackwater security guards making sworn statements concerning the killings of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad...

The US Department of State does not have the authority to "immunize an individual from federal criminal prosecution," State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said at a daily press briefing Tuesday, correcting an AP report [text; JURIST...

The Iraqi cabinet Tuesday approved a draft law that would strip foreign security contractors of immunity from Iraqi prosecution granted under Order 17 passed by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) . The draft law...