{"id":1284,"date":"2011-12-14T07:43:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T07:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/14\/gentlemen-we-shot-a-judge-and-other-tales-of\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:29:55","slug":"gentlemen-we-shot-a-judge-and-other-tales-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/12\/14\/gentlemen-we-shot-a-judge-and-other-tales-of\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge’ and Other Tales of Blackwater, DynCorp, and Triple Canopy’s Rampage Through Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Scoop.it<\/a> – Rights & Liberties<\/a>
<\/a>
Every time a Blackwater centurion discharged his weapon in Iraq, the company filed a written report with the U.S. State Department. Blackwater shot Iraq to shit. \u00a0
Via gawker.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Via Scoop.it – Rights & Liberties Every time a Blackwater centurion discharged his weapon in Iraq, the company filed a written report with the U.S. State Department. Blackwater shot Iraq to shit. \u00a0Via gawker.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1579,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/06\/29\/holding-private-security-contractors-accountable\/","url_meta":{"origin":1284,"position":0},"title":"Holding Private Security Contractors Accountable for Human Rights Abuses","author":"aslam","date":"June 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesTwo Xe (formerly Blackwater) contractors were recently convicted for killing a civilian in Afghanistan. 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