Fed Judge Dismisses Charges Against Blackwater Guards — Ending 2009 on a Sour Note for Justice Dept.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A federal judge here dropped charges against five Blackwater guards because of questionable prosecution tactics on the very last day of the year. It surely wasn’t the way the Justice Department wanted to wrap up 2009, a year that had a lot of ups and downs in the court….