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Witness Testimony Sheds Light on Blackwater

The Justice Department is considering whether to bring criminal charges against Blackwater employees for their role in a shooting incident that left 17 Iraqis dead. Madeleine Brand talks to NPR FBI correspondent Dina Temple-Raston, who shares the stories of three witnesses — a traffic officer, a bank employee and a doctor who lost his wife and daughter in the shooting.

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