Like This is a Surprise; Blackwater Edition

Justice Department officials have told Congress that they face serious legal difficulties in pursuing criminal prosecutions of Blackwater security guards involved in a September shooting that left at least 17 Iraqis dead.

And the surprise to nobody is that the CYA immunity granted by the State Department has worked to absolutely hinder any attempt to prosecute any of the murderous goons involved in the Baghdad Massacre. That there was zero interest in holding any of those thugs accountable was clear from the moment the last cartridge case bounced off the pavement of Nisour Square.

This whole sordid affair has been the subject of a State Department cover-up, for they have a vested interest in not pissing off the armed gorillas in their midst. The fact that the Chief Executive Goon of Blackwater has donated about a quarter-mil to Republicans surely has nothing to do with it, ya, sure, you betcha.