Also read: US Embassy Sex Scandal In Afghanistan, Coming To Pakistan Soon
First an INVISIBLE INK(?) special from the BG:
"US was told of abuse at embassy, suit says" by New York Times | September 11, 2009
WASHINGTON - Two former employees of a contractor hired to provide security at the US Embassy in Afghanistan charged that State Department officials were aware as early as 2007 that guards and supervisors were involved in lewd conduct.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, one of the former employees, James Gordon, who served as director of operations at the contractor, ArmorGroup North America, charged that he had spoken numerous times with State Department officials about problems that threatened embassy security.
Among other things, he said that ArmorGroup hired guards who could not speak English and had no security experience; that the company employed fewer guards than needed and worked them for longer hours than at other embassies to cut costs; and that it allowed managers and employers to hire prostitutes....
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Nope, that never made my printed paper; however, this did one week later(?):
"Testimony by security firm disputed" by Associated Press | September 19, 2009
WASHINGTON - A top executive of the private security contractor hired to protect the US Embassy in Afghanistan was informed in July 2008 of alleged illegal and immoral conduct by guards, lawyers for a whistle-blower suing the company said yesterday.
The claim contradicts the sworn testimony of Samuel Brinkley, a vice president for Wackenhut Services, the owner of ArmorGroup North America. Brinkley told the Commission on Wartime Contracting under oath Monday that he and other corporate officials outside of Afghanistan did not know until a few weeks ago of problems that reportedly included lurid parties and ArmorGroup employees frequenting brothels in Kabul.
But in a 10-page letter to the commission, the lawyers say their client, James Gordon, told Brinkley during a meeting on July 15, 2008, of alleged guard misconduct. The meeting took place in Brinkley’s office in Arlington, Va., Gordon said in a separate e-mail through the lawyers.
Gordon was ArmorGroup’s director of operations until February 2008. He says he was forced out of the job after trying to get the company to fix a long list of shortcomings with the $189 million embassy security contract that the State Department awarded ArmorGroup in March 2007. He filed a lawsuit earlier this month in federal court contending the company retaliated against him for telling the department about the deficiencies.--more--"
I'm SICKENED by it ALL!!
Yeah, just PILE DEBAUCHERY upon MASS-MURDER!!!
