Watchdog alleges abuses of Afghanistan security contract

Government Executive:  Contractors hired to guard the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, claim their co-workers and supervisors hazed them, engaged in behavior that left the embassy vulnerable and required them to work lengthy shifts in violation of their State Department contract, according to a new report from a Washington-based watchdog group.

The report by the Project on Government Oversight -- based on accounts of current and former employees of ArmorGroup North America Inc.-- stated that security contractors were forced to participate in a variety of lewd activities or risk losing their jobs. E-mails and photographs shared with POGO showed security contractors and their supervisors urinating on themselves and in various stages of nudity at parties, fondling each other. The alleged abuses took place at Camp Sullivan, a few miles from the U.S. embassy, where roughly 1,000 Afghan nationals and American staffers and diplomats are stationed, and reportedly have been an ongoing issue for 18 months.  Read Article

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