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The Blackwater Murders Aren't Blackwater's Fault. They're Ours.

William M. Arkin · 04/21/15 11:05AM

“The overall wild thing that went on here just cannot ever be condoned by the court,” said Judge Royce Lamberth last week, sentencing three former Blackwater security people to 30 years and one day in prison and the fourth to a life term for their roles in the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting of 14 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.