Prosecutors cut such deals daily
and the judges are delighted by it

[US Judge Ricardo] Urbina said the prosecutors ignored the advice of senior Justice Department officials and built their case on sworn statements that had been given under a promise of immunity. Urbina said that violated the guards' constitutional rights. He dismissed the government's explanations as "contradictory, unbelievable and lacking in credibility."
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The Justice Department set up a process to avoid those problems, but Urbina said lead prosecutor Ken Kohl and others "purposefully flouted the advice" of senior Justice Department officials telling them not to use the statements.

Matt Apuzzo AP | Independent/UK

Looks to me like the judge is doing the government’s bidding in junking the Blackwater case, while the supposed "prosecutors" play dumb.

I’m willing to bet there will be no appeal, or only a half-hearted one for show purposes.

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