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WASHINGTON — Defense lawyers are alleging misconduct by Justice Department prosecutors in the case against one of five Blackwater security guards accused in the killings of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad.
Recent pretrial proceedings that took place behind closed doors led the Justice Department to seek dismissal of charges against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., one of five guards accused in the shootings in busy Nisoor Square in September 2007.
The hearings focused on whether statements some of the guards gave after the killings under a grant of immunity tainted the government’s subsequent criminal case.
