101st Tequila Brigade Pays Up in ‘Mercs Gone Wild’ Case By Spencer Ackerman
July 7, 2011
The company who turned a compound near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul into a dangerous, booze-fueled party just agreed to reimburse the government $7.5 million for its misdeeds.
ArmorGroup North America used to hold a contract worth an estimated $189 million to protect the embassy. But that was before the Project on Government Oversight revealed in 2009 that the guard force operated a “Lord of the Flies environment” nearby — complete with pictures documenting it, like the one above. That meant, in the words of one of the guards, “peeing on people, eating potato chips out of ass cracks, vodka shots out of ass cracks (there is video of that one), broken doors after drnken [sic] brawls, threats and intimidation from those leaders participating in this activity.” (He allowed, “they are not jamming guys in the ass per say [sic].”)
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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/101st-tequila-brigade-pays-up-in-mercs-gone-wild-case/
