01/05/10: Politico reports that the Washington Post is asking for access to transcripts of secret
hearings that led to the dismissal of all criminal charges against five
ex-Blackwater employees accused of massacring Iraqi civilians in 2007. Judge Ricardo Urbina, who threw out the charges against the five on
New Year's Eve, has ordered the government and defense attorneys to
file any objections to the Post's request by the end of the day.

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