US judge slaps State Department over Blackwater

April 10, 2014 01:19

A federal judge is calling for an investigation of the US State Department over years of delays in prosecuting Blackwater security guards in the shootings of dozens of Iraqi citizens in 2007.

Four Blackwater guards are scheduled to go on trial June 11 for the deaths of 14 Iraqi civilians and the wounding of 18 others.

In an opinion, US District Judge Royce Lamberth said the State Department caused the delays by allowing the Diplomatic Security Service to grant legal immunity to the guards in exchange for their statements, which were subsequently leaked to the news media.

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