Comments on: The Unindicted Co-conspirator http://www.1115.org/2007/09/24/the-unindicted-co-conspirator/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: sarabeth http://www.1115.org/2007/09/24/the-unindicted-co-conspirator/comment-page-1/#comment-60632 sarabeth Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:36:04 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/09/24/the-unindicted-co-conspirator/#comment-60632 The State Department moves to <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/054192.php" rel="nofollow">obstruct a congressional investigation</a> into the Blackwater USA "convoy protection" incident: <blockquote>Shortly after Rep. Henry Waxman announced last week that his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would hold hearings on the Blackwater incident in which 11 Iraqi civilians died, the State Department notified Blackwater that under the terms of its contract no information could be produced without prior written State Department approval.</blockquote> Hey, Henry, <em><strong>only</strong></em> the State Department looks into anything “outside of normal operation procedures.” (Maybe Condi hasn't yet got the memo which explains that it's no longer business as usual? That <a href="http://www.1115.org/2007/09/19/state-department-in-the-spotlight/" rel="nofollow">the fix is no longer in</a>?) The State Department moves to obstruct a congressional investigation into the Blackwater USA “convoy protection” incident:

Shortly after Rep. Henry Waxman announced last week that his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would hold hearings on the Blackwater incident in which 11 Iraqi civilians died, the State Department notified Blackwater that under the terms of its contract no information could be produced without prior written State Department approval.

Hey, Henry, only the State Department looks into anything “outside of normal operation procedures.”

(Maybe Condi hasn’t yet got the memo which explains that it’s no longer business as usual? That the fix is no longer in?)

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