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Blackwater guards offered immunity

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by suburbia, Oct 30, 2007.

  1. suburbia

    suburbia Active Member

    http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/177133260/index.html
     
  2. markvid

    markvid Guest

    Not true.
     
  3. WTF is this sourcing?

    "The senior State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authorization to speak on the matter, said the department's Diplomatic Security branch does not have the right or ability to offer any kind of immunity and did not do anything that would inhibit prosecutors if charges are to be pursued."

    So an anonymous someone who isn;t authorized to speak on the matter does so anyway and in such a way as to bail out his bosses from a PR debacle?
    Again, as in all things, I'm convinced of the good faith of this administration and its anonymous water-carriers.
     
  4. markvid

    markvid Guest

    I don't think they are going to be able to hide that one.
     
  5. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Um, this is the lede.

    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- No immunity deal was offered to Blackwater USA guards for their statements regarding a shootout in Iraq last month that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, a senior State Department official told CNN Tuesday.
     
  6. And what I quoted was graf two, in which the official was described.
     
  7. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Guess somebody needs to change the title of this thread.
     
  8. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Maybe someone thought it applied to the cold and flu season
     
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