WASHINGTON — Guards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan live and work in a “Lord of the Flies” environment in which they are subjected to hazing and other inappropriate behavior by supervisors, a government oversight group charged Tuesday.
In a 10-page letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Project on Government Oversight in Washington contended the situation has led to a breakdown in morale and leadership that compromises security at the embassy in Kabul, where nearly 1,000 U.S. diplomats, staff and Afghan nationals work.
Wackenhut Services, ArmorGroup North America’s parent firm, had no immediate comment on the allegations.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Tuesday that Clinton has been apprised of the allegations. The Associated Press
