FOREIGN CORRUPT MURDERERS ACT

BANZAI7 NEWS--Top executives at the Company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials.

The company thought it could rely on a special exemption under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, covering all payoffs made for murders committed during the Bush Administration's term.