It was set up following talks between politicians and senior Department for Regional Development officials.
Nordstrom said in written testimony it was "inexplicable" a a followup internal State Department review ignored "the role senior department leadership played before, during, and after" the attack.
The decision did not affect other contracts Blackwater has with the State Department, a senior State department official told CNN earlier this year.
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"There's not a lot of new information, " said one senior State Department official late Friday.
One senior Justice Department prosecutor listened to portions of the FBI tape, the consensual recording.
Such a predisposition is not, however, one to be sought in a senior Defense Department policy-maker.
However, a senior Justice Department official told CNN that reports the inquiry is "on hold" are wrong.
The board's report found "a lack of transparency, responsiveness, and leadership" among certain senior state department officials.
However, a senior defense department official said late Tuesday that the agency was not aware of any such communication.
Mr. Gaffney, formerly a senior Defense Department official, is the director of the Center for Security Policy in Washington.
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So have several senior Justice Department officials, including the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division and the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs.
"We are in a vicious cycle, " said Evans Revere, a former senior State Department official who now works on Asia issues at the Brookings Institution.
Senior fire department official Mohammad Mahbub told the Associated Press news agency that the factory had no fire exit on the outside of the building.
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The plane, which wasn't carrying live ordnance, crashed 2.2 miles from the runway of Naval Air Station Oceana, a senior Defense Department official told CNN.
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Several U.S. officials said senior Justice Department lawyers are increasingly skeptical any criminal charges would be filed against individuals at the company, although the investigation continues.
The newly appointed American diplomat spoke on the phone Monday with al-Khatib and encouraged him to attend the Rome conference, said a senior State Department official.
For now, a senior Justice Department official said, "Everybody is talking to everybody from several agencies, including the Defense Department" as they determine the best course.
Secretary of State Colin Powell and other senior State Department officials had "serious discussions" as to what indictments could go forward, a State Department official told CNN.
According to senior State Department officials, there are 380 government employees at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, and 760 spouses and children living with them in Egypt.
He will say that senior State Department decision makers "determined that funding would not be provided, " and will ask who waived requirements that embassy facilities meet security standards.
But a section of the Status of Forces Agreement pertaining to Pentagon contractors says "primary jurisdiction falls to the government of Iraq, " the senior Defense department official said.
Warren questioned senior Treasury Department officials Thursday about why there was no criminal prosecution for alleged money laundering by British bank HSBC and no effort to shut it down.
Senior State Department officials said Friday's move was part of a "carefully calculated series of steps" the United States decided to take in response to Libya's cooperation on weapons of mass destruction.
"There are still areas of difficulty and difference, but, out of respect to Kofi, they agree that we should go to Geneva tomorrow to try to produce a result, " said a senior State Department official.
The report said Burke told a senior Justice Department official that he didn't know the memo was only to be given to congressional investigators and thought the member of the media who received it had already seen it.
Negroponte is expected to meet Musharraf and other Pakistani officials over the weekend to convey how seriously the United States views his imposition of emergency rule and will suggest he rescind it, Senior State Department officials told CNN.
It also wants more information on which senior Justice Department officials knew about the operation and who approved it, as well as why the various law enforcement agencies allegedly failed to communicate with each other about the operation.
Senior State Department officials said Friday that before the U.S. fully restores diplomatic relations with Libya, it wants Libya to resolve outstanding legal claims with Germany and other countries who charge Libya was responsible for terrorist attacks on their soil.
Senior State Department officials said the administration was still hoping to coax the Russians into signing off on a "smart sanctions" package for Iraq that would end the embargo on humanitarian goods while strengthening military and financial controls on President Saddam Hussein's regime.
Dennis Burke, who was U.S. Attorney for the state, admitted to senior Justice Department officials in 2011 that he had leaked to the media the memo written by John Dodson, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to the Justice Department inspector general's finding on Monday.
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