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Open Thread: Meet the Man DOJ Declined to Prosecute

Via Ed Morrissey , a chilling show of racism from the man charged with–and exonerated of–intimidating voters in Philadelphia in 2008. In related news, former DOJ officials are coming forward claiming that the Department’s decision to drop charges was racially or politically motivated. What are your thoughts?

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Open Thread: Meet the Man DOJ Declined to Prosecute

Iraq takes steps to ‘bring Blackwater to justice’

BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq said on Friday it had begun taking steps to “bring Blackwater to justice” over the deaths of 14 civilians in 2007, one of the bloodiest incidents involving a private security firm in the country. A US court decision on Thursday to drop charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of the deaths has unleashed anger in Baghdad. Human Rights Minister Wejdan Mikhail told AFP she was “astonished” by the decision to dismiss the criminal charges against the guards

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Iraq takes steps to ‘bring Blackwater to justice’