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‘Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge’ and Other Tales of Blackwater, DynCorp, and Triple Canopy’s Rampage Through Iraq. Every time a Blackwater centurion discharged his weapon in Iraq, the company filed a written report with the U.S. State Department. Blackwater shot Iraq to shit. Here are the reports.

Senate Inquiry Shows Contractor Signed for Rifles Using 'South Park' Alias -- google "erik prince god" -- NORFOLK, Va. — A former Blackwater contractor charged in the shooting deaths of two Afghans is scheduled for trial Sept. 14 in Norfolk.

Justin Cannon of Corpus Christi, Texas, faces second-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge Tommy Miller scheduled the 27-year-old Cannon's trial during his arraignment today. Cannon did not enter a plea.

In a significant blow to the Justice Department, a federal judge on Thursday threw out the indictment of five former Blackwater security guards over a shooting in Baghdad in 2007 that left 17 Iraqis dead and about 20 wounded.

Voting on strictly partisan lines, a House committee recommended Wednesday that Attorney General Eric Holder be cited for contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents relating to the botched Fast and Furious weapons sting operation. The vote ended an extraordinary daylong hearing that took place after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege over some documents sought by the panel investigating Fast and Furious. The White House move means the Department of Justice can withhold some of the documents.

House Financial Services chairman-elect Spencer Bachus, an Alabama Republican, has chosen Paul to lead the panel’s domestic monetary policy subcommittee when Republicans take the House majority next month, the committee chairman said today.

Two former employees of Blackwater Worldwide have accused the private security contractor of defrauding the government for years with phony billing, including charging for a prostitute, alcohol and spa trips.

Iraq has ordered hundreds of private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa violations, the interior minister said Wednesday.

Transportation Security Administration challenges and failures will be the focus of a joint hearing of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Monday. Members will solicit questions from the public via their Facebook pages to ask TSA officials at the hearing. Should you share your Facebook info with the Gestapo in order to ask them questions or relate a TSA horror story? Will you be added to a watchlist? You decide.

GSA scandal: Is Congress engaged in hearing overkill?

Analysis

(CBS News) Congress is holding a pair of hearings today on spending by the General Services Administration (GSA), the federal procurement agency that has come under fire for a 2010 fundraiser that cost taxpayers more than $822,000. Those two hearings follow two other hearings earlier this week into the GSA scandal.