"The State Department [3]'s initial report of last month's incident in which Blackwater [4] guards were accused of killing Iraqi civilians was written by a Blackwater contractor," reports CNN. Blackwater's Darren Hanner drafted the two-page report, "on the letterhead of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security for the [U.S.] embassy's Tactical Operations Center," which has "outsourced positions to Blackwater and another private firm." Hanner's report agrees with Blackwater's assertion that "its employees responded properly to an insurgent attack"; it also "doesn't mention civilian casualties." A State Department spokesperson stressed that the report is "a first-blush account" that "has no standing whatsoever." The State Department is conducting an investigation into the shootings, with help from FBI agents. "A senior Iraqi National Police official participating in the Iraqi government probe of the shooting said the Blackwater gunfire was unprovoked and the guards fired randomly." Eight Iraqi civilians were reported killed and 13 wounded in the incident.