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In this Dec. 31, 2020, file photo, pardoned Blackwater contractor Evan Liberty poses for a photo in Washington.

After pardon, Blackwater guard defiant: ‘I acted correctly’

Evan Liberty is one of four former Blackwater contractors pardoned by President Donald Trump, freeing them from prison after a 2007 shooting rampage in Baghdad that killed more than a dozen Iraqi civilians.

4 years ago

Trump’s pardon of US soldier is an endorsement of war crimes, says ACLU

“This pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military’s own code of justice,” Hina Shamsi, the ACLU’s national security project director, said.

By Kyle Rempfer

6 years ago

Settlement reached in infamous ‘Norfolk 4’ case

The city of Norfolk has agreed to pay $4.9 million to four former sailors who were wrongly convicted of a woman’s rape and murder based on intimidating police interrogations. A copy of the settlement agreement for the “Norfolk Four” was obtained by The Associated Press.

6 years ago

This former Navy sailor wants to sue the feds over classified submarine photos

A former U.S. Navy sailor who spent a year in prison for taking photos in classified areas of a nuclear submarine based in Connecticut wants to sue the Justice Department and several former government officials, including President Barack Obama.

7 years ago

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