Justice Department to seek new indictment of Blackwater guards in Iraq shooting

July 26, 2012 by legitgov

Justice Department to seek new indictment of Blackwater guards in Iraq shooting 25 Jul 2012 The Justice Department plans to bring a new indictment against four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting that killed 17 Iraqis. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina had thrown out the case in 2009, but an appeals court reinstated the charges last year. A Justice Department attorney told Judge Royce Lamberth on Wednesday that a special team will ensure that prosecutors working on the new indictment don't have access to "privileged statements." Prosecutors say they will seek a superseding indictment after gathering additional evidence.