You are aware Blackwater's thrown these guys under a bus, right?
I don’t think it was BW - it was the DoS that didn’t stand up and tell the FBI and military to shove it.
Now, I will agree with you that BW should have also stood up and promoted the fact that this was an ambush - but under contract - they can’t talk to the media. So they had to remain silent. So again, it falls on the shoulders of the Secretary of State to stand up and tell the DoD and FBI heads to back off and announce that they were cleared.
The military had a shooting after this inside BIAP and killed an entire car of Iraqi’s - never heard a peep of it - I read it in an Iraqi newspaper - but it was covered up. It’s nice how they damn one entity but protect some officer’s evaluation report - wouldn’t want someone not to be promoted over some silly shooting...
WRONG!!!!!!!!! This development does not change our support for those who maintain that they acted appropriately in response to a perceived threat. Blackwater does not have access to all of the information gathered by investigators. Based on the information available to us, however, we understand that these individuals acted within the rules set forth for them by the government and that no criminal violations occurred. Read the whole Blackwater statement on DRUDGE...