Blackwater Banned

• Ehren Watada: Free at Last

  US Military

  Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith: After three years of trying to convict Lt. Ehren Watada for refusing to deploy to Iraq, the Army has allowed him to resign.

• Harry Reid: Investigate Iraq Electrocutions

  Iraq War

  Jeremy Scahill: The Senate majority leader calls on Gates and Clinton to find out if shoddy electrical work by contractors killed Adam Hermanson.

• Triple Canopy Iraq and Electrocution Deaths

  Iraq War

  Democracy Now : Jeremy Scahill appears with the Hermanson family, whose son Adam was killed in Iraq while employed with Triple Canopy, the "new Blackwater."

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• Blackwater Attempted to Bribe Iraqi Officials

  Blackwater

  Jeremy Scahill: Top Blackwater staff authorized attempted bribes of Iraqi officials in the wake of the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, the New York Times has reported.

• Pentagon Investigating Iraq Electrocution Death

  US Military

  Jeremy Scahill: Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Carol Shea-Porter argue that since Adam Hermanson died while working on a Defense Department contract, the DoD is obliged to investigate.

• Judge Refuses to Dismiss War Crimes Case Against Blackwater

  Blackwater

  Jeremy Scahill: A federal judge sends the lawyers for Iraqi victims of Blackwater back to the drawing board, while rejecting Blackwater's plea to toss out the case.