Now this augurs well for a thorough inquiry into Blackwater’s recent behavior in Iraq. Just three days after Rep. Henry Waxman announced his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would hold hearings into the deaths of 11 Iraqi civilians, a State Department contracting official wrote to Blackwater with a simple message: you don’t say anything we don’t tell you to.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179782