Sweeeeeet. IMMUNITY!!!!
"Handling of security firm case criticized; Democrats decry limited immunity" by Lara Jakes Jordan/Associated Press October 31, 2007
WASHINGTON - Patrick Leahy, Senate Judiciary committee chairman, who sits on two Senate panels that oversee the State Department and the Justice Department, called the offer an example of "the amnesty administration.":
"In this administration, accountability goes by the boards. That goes equally for misconduct and for incompetence. If you get caught, they will get you immunity. If you get convicted, they will commute your sentence."
So WHAT are you doin' about it, Pat?
Subpoenas enforced? Impeachment hearings scheduled?
Or just some HOT FART MIST?
Such immunity has been routinely offered to private security contractors involved in shootings in Iraq, State Department officials said yesterday. The White House had little to say about the matter yesterday.
ROUTINELY?
White House press secretary Dana Perino dodged most questions about it at her daily briefing with reporters, referring them to the State Department:
"It is under review. Anyone who has engaged in criminal behavior will be prosecuted."
"And, (snort), if they are convicted, (snort), we'll commute their sentence and let 'em (snort, snort) go free."
Did you see poor Dana today? She look disheveled at the press briefing.
Rough night, girl?
A second senior US official familiar with the investigation said yesterday that the immunity offer stemmed from a waiver, which Blackwater employees signed, that banned their initial statements from being used in court.
Translation: Don't worry, mercenary; If you kill anybody, you won't be held accountable.
We'll cover it up for you (and us).
It's not clear why the Diplomatic Security investigators agreed to give immunity to the bodyguards, or who authorized doing so.
Pffffftttt! We all know why! And WHO!
"U.S. Military to Supervise Iraq Security Convoys" by JOHN M. BRODER and DAVID JOHNSTON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 — Defense Robert M. Gates and military officers in Iraq insisted on the new measures “so they aren’t blindsided by contractors running in and out of their battle space and potentially causing problems.”
What? "GUNMEN" causing problems on the battlefield could be BLACKWATERS?!
O' say it isn't so, Sammy!
The State Department has had repeated problems trying to rein in the nearly 845 Blackwater guards in Iraq, who have fired their weapons in 195 incidents since 2005, according to Blackwater’s count, leaving an undetermined number of Iraqis dead.
Standards have not been enforced and Blackwater guards, in particular, earned a reputation for being quick on the trigger.
Doesn't ANYONE CARE?!?!
And it is not undetermined!
It is 1.2 million since the invasion , and going up!!
Georgie is approaching Hitler #s!!
But the Defense Department has had its own difficulties controlling its nearly 130,000 contractors, who handle a variety of jobs including interrogations of prisoners and transportation of fuel and ammunition. Auditors have uncovered numerous instances of cost overruns, sloppy work, theft and corruption in the tens of billions of dollars in logistics and reconstruction contracts in Iraq.
Geoff Morrell, chief Pentagon spokesman:
"We have to operate with the overall mission in mind, and that is winning the hearts and minds, the trust and confidence, of the Iraqi people.”
It's too late for that, a-hole!! You wanna win their hearts and minds?
Then ABOUT FACE and MARCH!!!!!
Congressional Democrats criticized the administration over the immunity issue, saying it underscored the government’s inability to hold contractors accountable.
Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who sits on two committees that oversee the State and Justice Departments:
“In this administration, accountability goes by the boards. That goes equally for misconduct and for incompetence. If you get caught, they will get you immunity. If you get convicted, they will commute your sentence.”
So WHAT are you doin' about it, Pat?
Subpoenas enforced? Impeachment hearings scheduled?
Or just some HOT FART MIST?
Sniff, sniff? Having a deja-vu, reader?
You know how an odor can do that!
Three law enforcement officials confirmed Tuesday that State Department investigators did take statements from Blackwater employees after offering them immunity, though they had no authority to do so.
Who are they, and when are they going to be FIRED?!
Immunity does not bar a criminal prosecution but is seldom granted in a case in which a criminal prosecution is likely. It is almost never granted without the approval of federal prosecutors."
So WTF?!?!
The "transparent" USA is COVERING-UP its contracted killers?!
And as with everything, the shit MSM provides the blanket!
