Posted on 01/23/2010 9:53:49 AM PST by ColdOne
Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the U.S. government would appeal a court decision that dismissed charges against five Blackwater employees stemming from a fatal shooting in Baghdad in 2007.
The shooting emerged as a political flashpoint in Iraq, where many saw it as evidence that Americans operated outside of the law. Blackwater, since renamed Xe, later had its license to operate in Iraq pulled.
Biden said that he felt ''personal regret'' for the shooting, AP reports.
''A dismissal is not an acquittal,'' he said.
The case against the members of the Blackwater convoy, who were charged with manslaughter after firing into a crowd, collapsed when a federal judge issued an unusually harsh ruling on December 31 dismissing the case and criticizing
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In Obama bin Biden's world, Al Queda terorists get miranda rights, American security presonell don't.
Go away plugs !
Ping.
Oft times our VP proves his lack of understanding what it means to defend yourself whether it be in deepest, darkest Africa to deepest darkest mid-town Manhattan. Joe is far from the sharpest knife in the drawer....another useful idiot who is willing to take the word of terrorists over non-terrorists.
Right, and if the USA appeal does not go well Holder/Plugs&Bambi will probably extradite these guys back to Afghanistan for “trial” in a civilian “court”.
Yeah that makes sense, push ahead with the prosecution of Blackwater, yet protect Black Panthers....unreal!
Way to go, plugs.
These fools keep stepping on their $#@*&.
Oh, that’ll create a lot of jobs in this economy! /s
I signed up for Politico to comment. This really fries me. The DOJ apparently screwed up this case as it did the old Ayers/Dornan case from the 70s. So, my question is: is there a statute of limitations on cases involving murder, in particular murder of US Citizens who are law enforcement personnel.
Joe has his knickers twisted (to match his mind) over this .. is he equally concerned about the victims of the Ayers/Dornan murders those many years ago?
Good question.
The list, ping
Blackwater... isn’t that the outfit that had not lost a client..Word was shoot at them and they would shoot back..
Well obviously that won’t do...
Can you imagine such maddness? LOL
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SOL isn't the issue, admissibility of evidence is. The appeal will not be successful.
Joe has his knickers twisted (to match his mind) over this .. is he equally concerned about the victims of the Ayers/Dornan murders those many years ago?
No.
It was really a rhetorical question. Both cases were dismissed because of DOJ misconduct. Biden, et al. don’t give a fig about the victims of Ayers/Dornan. They want the Blackwater case appealed to give them more reason to beat up on the Bush Administration (as if that hasn’t gotten way past old).
Chances on appeal, I would think, are nil. But anything to deflect attention from how poorly this Administration is being perceive, at long last.
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