US Supreme Court continues Blackwater Iraq killings case
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider throwing out manslaughter and weapons charges against four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards stemming from 2007 shootings in Baghdad that killed 14 Iraqi civilians. The former guards, who were working as U.S. government contractors in Iraq, said in their appeal to the high court the cases against them […]Bob Drummond reports for Bloomberg News:
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider throwing out manslaughter and weapons charges against four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards stemming from 2007 shootings in Baghdad that killed 14 Iraqi civilians.
The former guards, who were working as U.S. government contractors in Iraq, said in their appeal to the high court the cases against them were based on information from post-shooting interviews with State Department officials. Because they were threatened with firing if they refused to give statements, the use of that information by prosecutors violates their constitutional rights against self-incrimination, the men said.
