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4 Blackwater Operatives Found Guilty in Nisoor Massacre

HeadlineOct 23, 2014

A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against four Blackwater operatives involved in the 2007 massacre of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square. Nicholas Slatten was found guilty of first-degree murder, while three other guards were convicted of voluntary manslaughter. We’ll have more on the Blackwater trial with Jeremy Scahill later in the broadcast.

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