To the rapidly growing number of overlapping probes of Blackwater (some more probing than others), you can add this one:
Amid questions of reckless behavior by U.S contractors, the FBI is sending a team to Iraq to investigate the role of Blackwater USA in last month’s shoot-out in Baghdad that killed 11 Iraqis, an FBI spokesman said Monday.
FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko said the agency was making the move at the request of the State Department to examine evidence in the Sept. 16 shooting and to pursue possible criminal charges in light of allegations that guards working for Blackwater might have shot innocent Iraqi citizens.
“The results of the investigation will be reviewed for possible criminal liability and referred to the appropriate legal authority,” Kolko said.
