The Interior Ministry of Iraq, immediately suspends the activities of Blackwater Security Consulting after some of its security guards (soldiers of fortune) were involved in a skirmish that resulted in the deaths of eight Iraqi citizens.

       NOTE: Sixty percent of Blackwater’s revenues come from no-bid Federal contracts.

       [restored 5/19/2024]

       The Federal court for the district of (the Federal enclave of) Nevada decides United states v. Kahre: The jury refuses to convict Robert D. Kahre of income tax evasion for having paid his construction workers in gold and silver Coin (lawful Money) as opposed to Federal Reserve Notes (legal tender), and not reporting the income to the Internal Revenue Service because the face value of Coins was below IRS reporting requirements.  This is another example of Jury Nullification (The act of a fully informed Jury, empowered through self-knowledge, to judge the decrees and the evidence in question).

       NOTES:

• Through Jury Nullification (the act of a fully informed Jury, empowered through self-knowledge, to judge the decrees and the evidence in question), the jurors suspended the statutes they determined to be unlawful rendering the facts of the case irrelevant.