Article: SEN. LEAHY PROVISIONS HOLDING PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS, WAR PROFITEERS ACCOUNTABLE UNDER LAW ADDED TO IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL

The office of Sen. Patrick S. Leahy, D-Vt., issued the following news release:

Three measures sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to hold private security contractors and war profiteers accountable under U.S. law for the first time were approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday afternoon and included in the Senate version of the emergency supplemental spending bill for Iraq, Afghanistan, and key domestic programs.

In response to the killings of 17 innocent civilians by Blackwater security guards in Iraq last September, a provision to close a jurisdictional gap in the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) was adopted by the Appropriations Committee. Leahy's ...

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