Breaking News: Judge Urbina Dismisses Blackwater Indictment With Prejudice!

Judge Ricardo Urbina today dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater defendants with prejudice. Here is the opinion. The dismissal was based on the Government’s multiple violations of Kastigar v. United States through its improper use of compelled statements and admissions (under Garrity v. New Jersey) made by the defendants to State Department investigators.