Blackwater guard defiant after pardon: âI acted correctlyâ
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Former Blackwater security guard Evan Liberty (L) and members of the Blackwater security force surrender to federal authorities December 8, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Liberty was one of five Blackwater security guards charged after a September 200
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WASHINGTON - Evan Liberty was reading in the top bunk of his cell one evening late last month when a prison supervisor delivered news he had hoped for.
"He says, ‘Are you ready for this?’" Liberty recalled. "I said, ‘Uh, I’m not sure. What is going on?’ He said, ‘Presidential pardon. Pack your stuff.’"