"Appalling" doesn't cover it

It takes a lot to penetrate my outrage fatigue these days, but here's a news item that did it: remember the four Blackwater contractors killed in Fallujah in 2004? Now Blackwater is suing their families for $10 million. Apparently they figure this is the best way to to stop the families from seeking information about the circumstances surrounding the contractors' deaths.

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