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Risen | Blackwater Death Threat Said to Stifle US Inquiry
James Risen, The New York Times
Risen writes: "Just weeks before Blackwater guards fatally shot 17 civilians at Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007, the State Department began investigating the security contractor’s operations in Iraq. But the inquiry was abandoned after Blackwater’s top manager there issued a threat: 'that he could kill' the government’s chief investigator and 'no one could or would do anything about it as we were in Iraq,' according to department reports."
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James Risen, The New York Times
Risen writes: "Just weeks before Blackwater guards fatally shot 17 civilians at Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007, the State Department began investigating the security contractor’s operations in Iraq. But the inquiry was abandoned after Blackwater’s top manager there issued a threat: 'that he could kill' the government’s chief investigator and 'no one could or would do anything about it as we were in Iraq,' according to department reports."
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Supreme Court
Rules Against Key Obamacare Contraceptive Component
Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Sherman writes: "The Supreme Court ruled Monday that some corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women."
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Sherman writes: "The Supreme Court ruled Monday that some corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women."
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