"What is at the heart of this case is whether or not the US government can or will hold corporate killers accountable for their crimes. The supreme court decision keeps the possibility of justice open in this notorious case.
"It is a devastating statement on the lack of accountability for criminal contractors that the men who did the shooting have not been successfully prosecuted. This was not an isolated incident, unfortunately. I believe that [Blackwater founder] Erik Prince and other top – now former – Blackwater executives should be brought up on charges for all of the murder and mayhem their forces unleashed on the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Short of shutting down the mercenary industry completely, that would be the strongest deterrent we would have to future massacres by US government-funded and supported mercenaries."
After the shooting and other controversies, Blackwater changed its name to Xe Services and then to Academi.