Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt

Series on the prosecution of American soldiers in a Baghdad gun battle AI summary

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How did four highly decorated American soldiers become prisoners of war in their own country? This series re-examines the US Department of Justice’s controversial prosecution following a gun battle in Baghdad between Iraqi insurgents and military contractors. Why did the DOJ hold multiple trials for over a decade? Was the DOJ seeking justice? Or playing politics?

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  1. 2025-07-08 · 22 min · Episode 1

    On September 10, 2001, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld presented his vision for a new type of military that relies heavily on privatization. Rumsfeld claims that he is not trying to destroy the Pentagon but “save it…

  2. 2025-07-08 · 28 min · Episode 2

    What would you do if nearly every institution we are supposed to trust - the government, the media, and the judiciary - conspired to lie about you? That is exactly what happened to four Blackwater contractors who now…

  3. 2025-07-08 · 24 min · Episode 3

    The decision of a notoriously vindictive judge destroys the career of a promising FBI agent and creates a chilling effect among every branch of law enforcement. As a result, several known terrorists travel freely in the…

  4. 2025-07-08 · 30 min · Episode 4

    As the civil war in Iraq grows, the United States looks to private contractors to provide critical security services. Blackwater emerges as the poster child of Private Military Contractors (PMCs). They are willing to…

  5. 2025-07-08 · 46 min · Episode 5

    The U.S. government’s mistakes in its occupation of Iraq coalesce in a deadly firefight on Sept. 16, 2007 in Nisour Square, in the heart of violence-ravaged Baghdad. The gun battle between Blackwater’s Tactical Support…

  6. 2025-07-08 · 24 min · Episode 6

    Several eyewitnesses directly contradict the US government's two primary charges against "The Nisour Four." First, they prove that these wrongly accused military veterans faced major enemy fire in the battle at Nisour…

  7. 2025-07-08 · 25 min · Episode 7

    Just hours after being attacked, the men of Raven 23 discover that the truth of what happened in Nisour Square will immediately come under attack as well. They are about to discover that their own government are willing…

  8. 2025-07-08 · 21 min · Episode 8

    We pick up TWO YEARS after the investigation into the Nisour Square Incident and Blackwaters alleged misconduct US District Judge Ricardo Urbina throws out the case against Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Paul Slough and…

  9. 2025-07-08 · 52 min · Episode 9

    Just two days after Judge Ricardo Urbina threw out the government’s case against Raven 23, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her legal advisors were scheming on ways to revive it.The news of the dismissal…

  10. 2025-07-08 · 51 min · Episode 12

    In our final episode, Gina visits with Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nick Slatten and Paul Slough three months after President Donald J. Trump issued unconditional pardons to free them from prison. They talk about hearing…

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07/2025 · over a year
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