ArmorGroup North America - Revision history

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[[ArmorGroup North America]] is a subsidiary of the [[Wackenhut Corporation]] and ultimately of [[G4S]].<ref>Daniel Schulman, [http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/09/animal-house-afghanistan Animal House in Afghanistan], Mother Jones, 1 September 2009.</ref>

In June 2009, a US Senate report found serious failings in the company's performance of a contract to guard the US Embassy in Kabul, the ''Wall Street Journal'' reported:

::The probe found evidence that the company left guard posts at the embassy vacant, hired contractors who didn't speak English, and failed to properly train their personnel on how to repel attacks.<ref>Yochi J. Dreazen, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124468336429504781.html Senate Probe Exposes Embassy Security Failures], 11 June 2009.</ref>

In September 2009, the Project on Government Oversight revealed evidence of further serious violations including "deviant hazing and humiliation" and victimisation of Afghhan nationals.<ref>Project on Government Oversight, [http://www.pogo.org/pogo-files/letters/contract-oversight/co-gp-20090901.html POGO Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul], 1 September 2009.</ref>

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 ::The probe found evidence that the company left guard posts at the embassy vacant, hired contractors who didn't speak English, and failed to properly train their personnel on how to repel attacks.<ref>Yochi J. Dreazen, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124468336429504781.html Senate Probe Exposes Embassy Security Failures], 11 June 2009.</ref>
-In September 2009, the Project on Government Oversight revealed evidence of further serious violations including "deviant hazing and humiliation" and victimisation of Afghhan nationals.<ref>Project on Government Oversight, [http://www.pogo.org/pogo-files/letters/contract-oversight/co-gp-20090901.html POGO Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul], 1 September 2009.</ref>
+In September 2009, the Project on Government Oversight revealed evidence of further serious violations including "deviant hazing and humiliation" and victimisation of Afghan nationals.<ref>Project on Government Oversight, [http://www.pogo.org/pogo-files/letters/contract-oversight/co-gp-20090901.html POGO Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. Embassy in Kabul], 1 September 2009.</ref>
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