The federal grand jury investigating Blackwater Worldwide heard witnesses yesterday as a private lawsuit accused its employees of ignoring orders and abandoning their posts shortly before taking part in a Baghdad shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead. The civil complaint also accuses Blackwater of failing to give drug tests to its guards in Baghdad even though an estimated 25% were using steroids or other “judgment altering substances.” (USA Today)
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